15 November 2007
THE ART CENTER GLOBAL DIALOGUES: DISRUPTIVE THINKING
Pasadena, CA and Barcelona, Spain – Art Center College of Design, one of the world’s premier art and design schools, will stage The Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking, in Barcelona on March 6-7, 2008 in partnership with ESADE Business School, the world’s leading international business school.
The Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking is the first in a series of global events to be presented by Art Center in collaboration with preeminent educational institutions in major world cities, as part of its international strategy of engaging in dialogue about the critical issues in society. The inaugural event will take place in Barcelona, which Art Center has identified as the gateway to its developing presence in Europe. Art Center has recently entered a long-term formal agreement with ESADE Business School, which has been ranked by the Wall Street Journal as the #1 international business school for two consecutive years.
Disruptive Thinking will feature conversations with a wide range of radical thinkers and provocateurs from all fields and disciplines – including artists, designers, scientists, executives, architects and entrepreneurs – whose work in their respective fields has had a discernable effect on urban life and other significant global issues through changes in policies and paradigms. Speakers will be paired with influential members of the media who will interview them on their perceptions, accomplishments and ideas for the future.
Distinguished journalist Richard Addis, former editor of the Financial Times’ Weekend Edition and former Executive Editor of London’s Daily Mail, now heading the new online media venture Shakeup Media, will serve as the event’s master of ceremonies. The international lineup, drawing from more than nine countries to date, includes such notables as:
In announcing the event, Art Center College of Design President Richard Koshalek said, “In order to meet the challenges of an ever-changing and increasingly complex world, it is the responsibility of institutions of higher learning to stimulate global dialogue. The extraordinary creativity and innovation needed to shape society’s future can only be achieved through the highest level of sophisticated thinking and risk-taking. At Art Center, we inspire artists and designers to become creative leaders who will make a difference in the world, and we celebrate those who have stretched the limits and broken the boundaries of traditional thought. We have conceived the Global Dialogues event to be a forum for provocative discussion as well as a catalyst for new ideas that will transcend geographic boundaries and have an impact on us all.”
ESADE President Carlos Losada said, “In business, innovation is the great differentiator. ESADE has taken a leadership position in advocating business innovation through design-based education, and to that end our institutional collaboration with Art Center is breaking new ground in connecting the worlds of business and design. We are extremely pleased to note that the inherent synergy between our two institutions makes us natural and logical collaborators in this effort. Our participation as presenting partners of the Global Dialogues demonstrates ESADE’s commitment to applying creative thought to business development. We believe that dialogue can ignite both innovation and change with measurable results.”
About the Art Center – Barcelona Project
The Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking is one major element of a recently-announced, long-term and multi-faceted collaboration with ESADE Business School that will create a new model for combining critical design thinking with business strategy through advanced education. This collaboration will produce a variety of content-based executive education, research and industry-related programs and projects that will contribute to the development and market orientation of the field of innovation and design, as well as its application to cultural and civic enhancement.
In June 2008 Art Center and ESADE will offer an Executive Studio on Innovation Leadership, the first executive education program specifically developed to teach corporate leaders about the creative process. Participants will experience a hands-on approach that will provide a better understanding of how to drive and manage the design process toward positive and profitable innovation.
About Art Center College of Design
Since its founding in 1930, Art Center College of Design (www.artcenter.edu) has been a global leader in art and design education. Located in Pasadena, California, the College offers programs in undergraduate, graduate and public education in a variety of art and design disciplines. Art Center is also unique among education institutions for its ongoing commitment to social responsibility and the humanitarian application of design. Widely recognized in the media, Art Center has been named the top industrial design school in the United States by the prestigious journal Design Intelligence, and is also distinguished for its world-renowned transportation design program, which includes the head designers of SEAT, BMW, Audi and Nissan among its notable alumni.
About ESADE
Founded in 1958, ESADE has campuses in Barcelona, Madrid and Buenos Aires, and has established collaborations with over 100 universities and business schools worldwide. Each year, more than 6,000 students participate in the Executive Education, MBA and undergraduate programs through ESADE Business School and Law School. In recognition of its international scope, the Wall Street Journal ranked ESADE as the world’s top international business school in 2006 and 2007. ESADE currently has a network of 32,000 alumni occupying positions of responsibility in enterprises around the globe.
For more information and registration for The Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking, presented in partnership with ESADE please visit www.artcenter.edu/dialogues
Contacts
Art Center College of Design
Iris Gelt
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications
t: +1 626 396 2403
e:
Global Dialogues - Barcelona
Ansley Garner
PR and Communications
t: +34 660 106 076
e: Ansley.garner@artcenter.edu
ESADE
Berta Ares / Isabel Navarro / Rosa Sadurni
Communications
t: +1 34 93 495 20 99 / 679 43 07 68
The Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking is the first in a series of global events to be presented by Art Center in collaboration with preeminent educational institutions in major world cities, as part of its international strategy of engaging in dialogue about the critical issues in society. The inaugural event will take place in Barcelona, which Art Center has identified as the gateway to its developing presence in Europe. Art Center has recently entered a long-term formal agreement with ESADE Business School, which has been ranked by the Wall Street Journal as the #1 international business school for two consecutive years.
Disruptive Thinking will feature conversations with a wide range of radical thinkers and provocateurs from all fields and disciplines – including artists, designers, scientists, executives, architects and entrepreneurs – whose work in their respective fields has had a discernable effect on urban life and other significant global issues through changes in policies and paradigms. Speakers will be paired with influential members of the media who will interview them on their perceptions, accomplishments and ideas for the future.
Distinguished journalist Richard Addis, former editor of the Financial Times’ Weekend Edition and former Executive Editor of London’s Daily Mail, now heading the new online media venture Shakeup Media, will serve as the event’s master of ceremonies. The international lineup, drawing from more than nine countries to date, includes such notables as:
- Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of the Tate Gallery, London;
- Peter Head, former Senior Partner at the renowned London-based engineering firm Ove Arup;
- Thom Mayne, Pritzker Prize-winning architect and designer of the world’s tallest building in Europe;
- Richard Burdett, Director of Urban Age and a global authority on mega-cities and their growth in the 21st century;
In announcing the event, Art Center College of Design President Richard Koshalek said, “In order to meet the challenges of an ever-changing and increasingly complex world, it is the responsibility of institutions of higher learning to stimulate global dialogue. The extraordinary creativity and innovation needed to shape society’s future can only be achieved through the highest level of sophisticated thinking and risk-taking. At Art Center, we inspire artists and designers to become creative leaders who will make a difference in the world, and we celebrate those who have stretched the limits and broken the boundaries of traditional thought. We have conceived the Global Dialogues event to be a forum for provocative discussion as well as a catalyst for new ideas that will transcend geographic boundaries and have an impact on us all.”
ESADE President Carlos Losada said, “In business, innovation is the great differentiator. ESADE has taken a leadership position in advocating business innovation through design-based education, and to that end our institutional collaboration with Art Center is breaking new ground in connecting the worlds of business and design. We are extremely pleased to note that the inherent synergy between our two institutions makes us natural and logical collaborators in this effort. Our participation as presenting partners of the Global Dialogues demonstrates ESADE’s commitment to applying creative thought to business development. We believe that dialogue can ignite both innovation and change with measurable results.”
About the Art Center – Barcelona Project
The Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking is one major element of a recently-announced, long-term and multi-faceted collaboration with ESADE Business School that will create a new model for combining critical design thinking with business strategy through advanced education. This collaboration will produce a variety of content-based executive education, research and industry-related programs and projects that will contribute to the development and market orientation of the field of innovation and design, as well as its application to cultural and civic enhancement.
In June 2008 Art Center and ESADE will offer an Executive Studio on Innovation Leadership, the first executive education program specifically developed to teach corporate leaders about the creative process. Participants will experience a hands-on approach that will provide a better understanding of how to drive and manage the design process toward positive and profitable innovation.
About Art Center College of Design
Since its founding in 1930, Art Center College of Design (www.artcenter.edu) has been a global leader in art and design education. Located in Pasadena, California, the College offers programs in undergraduate, graduate and public education in a variety of art and design disciplines. Art Center is also unique among education institutions for its ongoing commitment to social responsibility and the humanitarian application of design. Widely recognized in the media, Art Center has been named the top industrial design school in the United States by the prestigious journal Design Intelligence, and is also distinguished for its world-renowned transportation design program, which includes the head designers of SEAT, BMW, Audi and Nissan among its notable alumni.
About ESADE
Founded in 1958, ESADE has campuses in Barcelona, Madrid and Buenos Aires, and has established collaborations with over 100 universities and business schools worldwide. Each year, more than 6,000 students participate in the Executive Education, MBA and undergraduate programs through ESADE Business School and Law School. In recognition of its international scope, the Wall Street Journal ranked ESADE as the world’s top international business school in 2006 and 2007. ESADE currently has a network of 32,000 alumni occupying positions of responsibility in enterprises around the globe.
For more information and registration for The Art Center Global Dialogues: Disruptive Thinking, presented in partnership with ESADE please visit www.artcenter.edu/dialogues
Contacts
Art Center College of Design
Iris Gelt
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications
t: +1 626 396 2403
e:
Global Dialogues - Barcelona
Ansley Garner
PR and Communications
t: +34 660 106 076
e: Ansley.garner@artcenter.edu
ESADE
Berta Ares / Isabel Navarro / Rosa Sadurni
Communications
t: +1 34 93 495 20 99 / 679 43 07 68
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