115 Harris Hall
12pm
Guest presenter: Jeffrey Inaba
Jeffrey Inaba is the Director of C-Lab, an architecture, policy and communications think tank at Columbia University ‘s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and the Features Editor of Volume Magazine. Previously, Rem Koolhaas and he co-directed the Harvard Project on the City, a research program investigating contemporary urbanism and planning worldwide, and before starting INABA, he was a principal of AMO, the research consultancy founded by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. In addition to being a faculty member at Columbia, Inaba has taught at UCLA, Harvard and SCI-Arc. He serves on the Mayor’s Design Advisory Panel in Los Angeles and as an advisor to several private institutions. Inaba received Master of Architecture with Distinction and Master in Design Studies degrees from Harvard University, and an AB with Highest Honors from University of California, Berkeley.
At a time when "coolness" is at its peak in society, Jeffrey Inaba definitely succeeds. He is the intellectual equivalent of Twitter. His information gets to you quickly and relentlessly. This inspires the thought of how cool is too cool? At what point does the content become less relevant than the context in which it is displayed? Inaba walks this fine line and often falls on the wrong side of it. How does one critically respond to information hidden behind a pretense of art?
ReplyDeleteAt the essence of it all, Jeffrey was giving information and knowledge. This just makes it curious as to how and why often times, many people have become so caught up with themselves, that being selfless was more of an afterthought.
ReplyDeleteJeffrey Inaba was the shining example of bridging the gap between architecture and true design. He turns every thought process into a design itself. A refreshing, unique and interesting perspective showing just one of the many possibilities that can be done while working in the world of design.
ReplyDeleteI loved the graphics used in his presentation. His use of color stood out to me and drew my eye. I think his work is definitely thought provoking and interested me in keeping up with his work in the future.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is: Where can I sign up!? Jeffrey Inaba is my new hero- that might sound a bit over dramatic, but he does have one of the coolest jobs in the world. The "World of Giving" book is going on my amazon.com "wish list". I have always considered myself an architecture student that loves research and making interesting diagrams, but I never thought I really had a place- until know. AMO- look out!
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