Richard Koshalek, President of Art Center College of Design talks about Disruptive Thinking and the upcoming Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking event in Barcelona.

Could going to a dialogue* or a debate be the new night out in a few years’ time?
The notion might not be as absurd as all that.
There are definite signs of a growing appetite in Britain and the USA for live debate, fuelled, I believe, by a increased hunger for ideas that will explain […]

My attempt to answer in 200 words (first draft):
Many of us passionately believe that design has to play a more central role in the world. In the West, the 20th century was essentially the story of markets. Many now are calling for change. Consumer appetites are out of control. We need leaders who will design […]

I am proud of the ‘presenters’ that we have gathered to run each of the six dialogues on March 7th.
I’ll introduce you to them on this blog over the next few days.
First, I admit, I had to ponder awhile about what to call them. Their role is not just to interview the three or four […]

I am not any sort of a scientist.
However talking to the brilliantly lucid Robert Matthews  who is presenting our science dialogue I began to feel the tingle of excitement that signals a big idea.
He was telling me about the three scientists who are coming (last minute cancellations permitting) to take part in the dialogue with […]

First of all there was Erica’s vision.
Erica Clark is Senior Vice President, International Initiatives, at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. She and Art Center’s President, Richard Koshalek, had the idea of a public event in Barcelona, Spain’s most sizzling of cities - always on the cutting edge of architecture, food, fashion, style, […]