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Legendary Designer Inspires Youth to Pursue Greatness
Memphis, TN
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
For Immediate Release
October 7, 2009
Contact: Joeffrey Trimmingham, (773) 256-0426, www.alifesdesign.com
Legendary Designer Inspires Youth to Pursue Greatness
Memphis) – In today's global business environment, business strategies are duplicated almost overnight. Design offers the last strategic advantage for building long-term business advantage. On Saturday, October 10, 2009, Charles 'Chuck' Harrison, legendary industrial designer, educator, and speaker presents insights on design success at the AIGA Make/Think Conference in Memphis, TN. Harrison presents alongside design student Ethan Bodnar in a session entitled "Generation Gap" on Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 9:00AM to 10:45AM at the AIGA Design Conference: Make/Think in Memphis, TN.
Harrison's talk, entitled "Make/Think: Becoming a Great Designer" provides insight into how designers can find their place in the industry and what it takes to achieve a great impact as a designer. While focusing on the importance of a formal education, Harrison and Bodnar also share stories demonstrating how education truly never ends. Expect an engaging and thoughtful look at the differences and similarities of these two uniquely successful designers.
Harrison also participates in a roundtable discussion from 12:30 – 1:30PM on Saturday and will sign his memoir A Life's Design from 7:00 – 7:30PM on Friday, October 9.
An early pioneer in global business, Harrison designed products and worked with manufacturers around the World on behalf of Sears Roebuck and Company. Over more than three decades, Harrison designed 700-plus products including the legendary View-Master and received more than 20 patents. As a result of the breadth, quality and innovation of his approach, Harrison's designs improved the quality of life of millions around the World. His work also was at the heart of suburban America.
Harrison has built an impressive career as an educator, teaching at University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia College of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute. His legacy continues through the hundreds of designers he is training and guiding and warrants revisiting especially in light of the growing consumer demand for more sustainable and affordable products.
Harrison's accolades include the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement, IDSA Personal Achievement Award and most recently, an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute Chicago.
Harrison chronicled his experiences and work in a memoir entitled A Life's Design: The Life and Work of Industrial Designer Charles Harrison (Ibis, ISBN 0-9773271-0-8). The book combines a retrospect on Harrison's life and career with a detailed visual survey of his work and a summary of his design philosophy. Highlights include his early life in the segregated South and Southwest; his education; his apprenticeship on the leading edge of design under Henry Glass; his distinction as the first African American executive ever hired by Sears Roebuck & Company; and insights into some of his most important work. Along the way, Harrison transcends race to share the inside story of life as a designer in a rapidly changing America. Harrison's life, his timeless approach to design and his passion for inspiring others with humor, insight and humility are providing inspiration to young designers and lovers of design.
Learn more about Chuck Harrison and A Life's Design at www.alifesdesign.com.
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October 7, 2009
Contact: Joeffrey Trimmingham, (773) 256-0426, www.alifesdesign.com
Legendary Designer Inspires Youth to Pursue Greatness
Memphis) – In today's global business environment, business strategies are duplicated almost overnight. Design offers the last strategic advantage for building long-term business advantage. On Saturday, October 10, 2009, Charles 'Chuck' Harrison, legendary industrial designer, educator, and speaker presents insights on design success at the AIGA Make/Think Conference in Memphis, TN. Harrison presents alongside design student Ethan Bodnar in a session entitled "Generation Gap" on Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 9:00AM to 10:45AM at the AIGA Design Conference: Make/Think in Memphis, TN.
Harrison's talk, entitled "Make/Think: Becoming a Great Designer" provides insight into how designers can find their place in the industry and what it takes to achieve a great impact as a designer. While focusing on the importance of a formal education, Harrison and Bodnar also share stories demonstrating how education truly never ends. Expect an engaging and thoughtful look at the differences and similarities of these two uniquely successful designers.
Harrison also participates in a roundtable discussion from 12:30 – 1:30PM on Saturday and will sign his memoir A Life's Design from 7:00 – 7:30PM on Friday, October 9.
An early pioneer in global business, Harrison designed products and worked with manufacturers around the World on behalf of Sears Roebuck and Company. Over more than three decades, Harrison designed 700-plus products including the legendary View-Master and received more than 20 patents. As a result of the breadth, quality and innovation of his approach, Harrison's designs improved the quality of life of millions around the World. His work also was at the heart of suburban America.
Harrison has built an impressive career as an educator, teaching at University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia College of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute. His legacy continues through the hundreds of designers he is training and guiding and warrants revisiting especially in light of the growing consumer demand for more sustainable and affordable products.
Harrison's accolades include the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement, IDSA Personal Achievement Award and most recently, an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute Chicago.
Harrison chronicled his experiences and work in a memoir entitled A Life's Design: The Life and Work of Industrial Designer Charles Harrison (Ibis, ISBN 0-9773271-0-8). The book combines a retrospect on Harrison's life and career with a detailed visual survey of his work and a summary of his design philosophy. Highlights include his early life in the segregated South and Southwest; his education; his apprenticeship on the leading edge of design under Henry Glass; his distinction as the first African American executive ever hired by Sears Roebuck & Company; and insights into some of his most important work. Along the way, Harrison transcends race to share the inside story of life as a designer in a rapidly changing America. Harrison's life, his timeless approach to design and his passion for inspiring others with humor, insight and humility are providing inspiration to young designers and lovers of design.
Learn more about Chuck Harrison and A Life's Design at www.alifesdesign.com.
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Joeffrey Trimmingham
Ibis Design
Richmond, VA
773-256-0426
