January Salon

Glimmer: How Design can Transform your Life and Maybe Even the World by Warren Berger

Why bother to read it?

Design thinking has become a trending topic. It has gone far beyond multi-million dollar interiors and fancy shoes. Find out what design is. See examples of how it has been applied to a disparate range of real world problems from simple water portage systems in third world countries to high tech solutions in the developed world.

Learn 10 design principles that you can apply to designing your everyday life and the world around you. Glimmer is a fun, easy read.

Warren Berger is an award winning author and journalist who has written for The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, Reader’s Digest, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Business 2.0, and New Yorker magazine. He spent 2 years researching and studying with designers, design firms, and design schools.

Read the book. Come and join the discussion.

Date: Wednesday January 20, 2010

Time: 7:00-9:00pm

Location: 2400 Yorktown #495, Houston, TX 77056

Cost: $15

For more information call Chris Welsh 713-439-1442

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