What is a salon? A salon is a gathering of stimulating people of quality under the roof of an inspiring hostess or host, partly to amuse one another and partly to refine their taste and increase their knowledge through conversation and readings…. (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
Spend a casual evening with Houston’s longest continuously running literary salon. Exchange ideas with our community’s leading-edge thinkers and conversationalists.
Begin with a contemporary book—who knows where the path will lead? Sometimes it is a stimulating discussion. Sometimes it is intellectual mud-wrestling.
Upcoming Salons
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