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At play in the fields of Pasadena

koshalek and maynes 002.jpg Art Center College of Design President Richard Koshalek, left, himself trained as an architect before he came west as the founding boss of MOCA, hosted a Mi Piace lunch a couple of Saturdays ago for Thom Mayne, the star-power architect and Morphosis principal who will be redefining the new South Campus addition to the college at the old power plant on Glenarm. Mayne, below, with Art Center's Gloria Kondrup, had just given the spring commencement address on the Lida Street campus.

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This week I'll be blogging from Art Center's latest international biennial get-together of design-world major players, this time themed "Serious Play." It's growing into Pasadena's version of George Soros' Davos conference in Switzerland -- the place to be for really big ideas from the best in the business. Participants include NPR's John Hockenberry, Google's Director of User Experience Irene Au, JPL Director Charles Elachi and double-amputee Aimee Mullins, the springy-legged holder of the world record in the 100-yard dash.

"Serious Play" kicks off Wednesday night and continues through Thursday and Friday.

Posted by Larry Wilson on May 6, 2008 2:14 PM |

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