We Are All Designers Introducing the Freeman Design Leadership Council {A Note to Readers: As promised, the amazing Bruce Mau, Freeman Chief Design Officer and tonight’s recipient of the prestigious Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2016 National Design Award for Design Mind, is back with me to talk about the big announcement he made last night.} Bob: Yesterday, speaking to members of the press, customers […] Written by BPH October 20, 2016November 16, 2020
We Are All Designers Diversity By Design {A Note to Readers: Tomorrow evening our Chief Design Officer of Freeman – the amazing Bruce Mau – will be receiving the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2016 National Design Award: Design Mind. I asked him to collaborate with me on this blog… and on a special announcement we’ll blog about tomorrow.} Bob: We are […] Written by BPH October 19, 2016October 26, 2020
We Are All Designers What’s Your Manifesto? Recently, while attending an event at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, I participated in a client workshop that was facilitated by our Chief Design Officer, Bruce Mau. We were talking about the value of creating manifestos to articulate what’s important to us as companies, as business leaders, and as regular people taking up space on […] Written by BPH March 17, 2016November 16, 2020
We Are All Designers Design Excellence It’s not every day that you get to invite valued clients to someplace as prestigious as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and then let them personally experience an exhibition featuring the work of your colleague. Of course, it’s not everybody that can claim a colleague who’s been presented with a Design Excellence Award by fellow […] Written by BPH March 15, 2016November 16, 2020
We Are All Designers How Design Thinking Will Transform the Events Industry [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7jyUYFtRq4&w=560&h=315] Our industry is on the verge of massive change. The idea that we can simply keep doing what we did, even three or four years ago, is just not plausible. We have the incredible opportunity, and the obligation, to innovate. At CEIR Predict, I was thrilled to moderate a conversation with Freeman’s […] Written by BPH November 19, 2015November 16, 2020
We Are All Designers Designing the Future of Freeman—and Our Industry As architect, designer, and inventor Buckminster Fuller famously said, “The best way to predict the future is to design it.” I couldn’t agree more. Face-to-face brand experiences remain the most powerful platform to create change. Through live events, our clients deliver their vision, launch groundbreaking new products, and attract new audiences. These are the moments […] Written by BPH November 9, 2015October 26, 2020