| | Massive
Change , by Bruce
Mau and the Institute
without Boundaries.
Massive Change is an ambitious project
by graphic designer (among other potential titles) Bruce
Mau and the Institute without Boundaries (a 12-month interdisciplinary
postgraduate program) that aims to "evolve a global
society that has the capacity to direct and control the
emerging forces in order to achieve the most positive outcome."
Found in book form here, Massive Change is also a traveling
exhibition (coming to Chicago in September 2006), radio
show, online
forum, and line
of products. As a book, the project successfully conveys
the notion that design is all-encompassing, though that
knowledge must be tempered by the foresight to know what
should -- and should not -- be done with that power. This
book takes an extremely positive view of design, seeing
it as the way to solve many contemporary problems:
poverty, energy shortage, and war, to name a few. While
the uncritical way the book presents most of the ideas may
be its biggest shortcoming, the extraordinary wealth of
ideas and voices contained within its pages is its greatest,
acting as a starting point into realms of science, technology,
and other fields that offer a great deal of hope. Under
the right circumstances, much of what's presented could
realize its full potential. And that's the crux of Massive
Change: for its ideas to have effect, the problems and solutions
it proposes must reach the right people. After reading this
book, you just might think that's possible.
. . or . . 
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