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Trip to Dubai
In the Middle East we have entered into partnership with BMTC which is a large lighting distributor in Dubai. In May we held a joint promotional dinner function in Abu Dhabi where David gave a talk on sustainable design to an invited group of architects, interior designers and other influential people from across the Middle East. The evening was a great success and we look forward to some exciting projects in the area.
Europe Trip
In September David returned to Europe to teach another class at the Vitra Museum summer design school in France. Afterwards he traveled to Amsterdam to give a lecture as part of Elle Decor's design event. This was immediately followed by another speaking engagement in Brussels as part of Design September, where there was also an exhibition of his work at ditto gallery. Both talks stressed the importance of designs responsibility for reducing our mass consumption in order to slow down climate change and create greater social equity around the world.
Vitra Summer Design School
David will be teaching a summer school class again at Boisbuchet for the Vitra summer school. The dates are 19 - 25th August 2007. See www.boisbuchet.com
Summer School Workshop
David Trubridge will be running a design workshop at the Vitra Design Museum summer school in France in August: www.boisbuchet.com There are still places left in the class.
On Thin Ice - Hawkes Bay Museum and Art Gallery
In 2005 David went to Antarctica as one of the New Zealand Artist Fellows. The admirable project is co-funded by Antarctica NZ and Creative NZ and aims to communicate something of this amazing and unique place through the vision of artists rather than through the usual scientific and National Geographic viewpoint. One of the conditions of the Fellowship is some kind of follow-up exhibition and/or publication. In 2006 David presented 'On Thin Ice' at the Napier City Art Gallery. The theme of the exhibition was black and white, partly because these were the predominant colours there, and partly because the issue of global warming and melting glaciers is black and white: there is no argument about it.
Antarctica Trip
Last December David went to Antarctica as one of the Antarctica New Zealand Arts Fellows. (www.antarcticanz.govt.nz) The trip is part of his project that looks at the environmental responsibility designers should have for the the products they create. He spent 12 days in and around Scott Base on Ross Island. During that time he visited the historic huts of Scott and Shackleton, climbed into a 15m deep crevasse, and flew in a helicopter over to the Dry Valleys for two days. The wild beauty of the continent had a deep effect on him: its remarkably clear light imparts a clarity of focus for the smallest detail. It gave him a strengthened commitment to trying to reduce the effect of global warming and its devastation to the planet and life on it. Since returning he has given a number of public lectures on this issue around New Zealand and Australia, including seminars at Designex in Melbourne and Auckland.
