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MAK is a museum in Vienna that we will be visiting. Here is a mission statement.

Bruce Mau Design is a studio that Tate talked up a lot during class. I visited an exhibition his studio put on at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto while returning from Noel's wedding. The exhibition is called MASSIVE CHANGE. There was a lot to take in (I spent two and half hours there and didn't get to see the whole thing), but the ideas that were presented were spectacular, if not a bit idealistic. The exhibition is an extension of the MASSIVE CHANGE project, which presents the idea of sustainability and shelter for the entire human race as a realistic design goal. I find the idea of sustainability to be very interesting. When you put aside the baggage that's associated with "greenies" and "hippies" and "tree-huggers", sustainability is a very holistic and maybe even plausible objective. An age of sustainablity would usher in entirely different economic archetypes as well. For more on sustainability, read Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. It's waterproof—literally.

EOOS is a design studio similar to Bruce Mau Design based in Vienna, which we will be visiting as well.

Almost done with Invisible Cities. It's a good read. Marco Polo describes city after city to Kublai Khan, and at one point Polo admits that they are all the same city. It puts an interesting perspective to the idea that all cities are unique, and makes me wonder what it is about Paris or Florence (or Vienna for that matter) that makes me want to go back.

On that note, this past weekend, my friend Tyler and I sorted out a trip to Venice during our collective stays in Europe this summer. There's something about a city built on water that is a little supernatural, and thus magical. The water adds such an element of romance and sensuality and fantasy. Venice has an aura that defies conventions or explanations. It must be experienced.

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