The second collaboration between David Rockwell and Bruce Mau, Drama explores Rockwell’s core principles at the intersection between his work in architecture and theatrical set design. It’s both an exciting new insight into the work of an important contemporary architect and a compelling case for the virtues of interdisciplinary collaboration. Mau collaborated on the design concept of this stunning book and contributed an essay.
Archives: Books
MC24
Bruce Mau’s 24 principles for designing massive change in your life and work. 24 global, inclusive, and galvanizing principles to overhaul the way we think and to inspire massive change
MC24 gives us the tools for applying entrepreneurial design to the massive challenges that are exploding all around us.
Life Style
A collection of perceptive, often playful statements about the visual and cultural trends that influence today’s design culture Expresses the methods and convictions of Bruce Mau Design, a ‘multidisciplinary think-tank’ that includes artists, film-makers and writers
Includes work such as the highly acclaimed Zone books, S,M,X,XL, which he co-authored with Rem Koolhaas and his collaborations with Frank Gehry, the Netherlands Architecture Institute and the Getty Center.
Written by Mau and designed by his studio collaborators, with over 1,000 images.
Massive Change
Massive Change is a modern, illustrated primer on the new inventions, technologies, and events that are affecting the human race worldwide. This book is part of a broader research project by Bruce Mau Design, intended to provoke debate and discussion about the future of design culture – defined generally as the ‘familiar objects and techniques that are transforming our lives’.
Through an original selection of essays, interviews and provocative imagery aimed at a broad audience, Massive Change explores the changing forces of design in the contemporary world and, from this angle, expands the definition of design to include the built environment, transportation technologies, revolutionary materials, energy and information systems, and living organisms. The book is divided into 11 heavily illustrated sections, covering major areas of change in contemporary society – urbanism and architecture, health and living, wealth and politics and the military. Each section intersperses intriguing documentary images with a general introductory essay, extended captions and interviews with leading thinkers, including engineers, designers, philosophers, scientists, architects, artists, and writers. In its totality, this volume embodies a graphic timeline of significant inventions and world events from 10,000 BC to the present, in a sweeping and scintillating intellectual tour de force.
S,M,L,XL
S,M,L,XL presents a selection of the remarkable visionary design work produced by the Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) and its acclaimed founder, Rem Koolhaas, in its first twenty years, along with a variety of insightful, often poetic writings. The inventive collaboration between Koolhaas and designer Bruce Mau is a graphic overture that weaves together architectural projects, photos and sketches, diary excerpts, personal travelogues, fairy tales, and fables, as well as critical essays on contemporary architecture and society.
The Living Book of Imagineering Know-How
A celebration of the complex creative life at Imagineering and a compendium of tribal knowledge for Imagineers by Imagineers.
New Tokyo Life Style Think Zone
The Mori Building Company commissioned us to help create a rethink of city-life in Roppongi Hills; a $4 billion and 27-acre integrated property development in the heart of Tokyo.
We were tasked with producing a marketing and communications strategy for the construction and launch phases of the project.
Bruce co-authored, edited and designed a 350-page monograph of essays and studies on the city’s future. Through hundreds of images, the book explores the story of Tokyo, interweaving the traditional and contemporary Japanese identity.
The “Think Zone” is a richly programmed event gallery where visitors can experience a centerpiece video installation, “Tokyo Countdown”, which, through the lens of “artificial nature” and other contradictory elements, posits the past, present and future of Tokyo in a global context.
The Third Teacher
Created by an international team of architects and designers concerned about our failing education system, The Third Teacher explores the critical link between the school environment and how children learn, and offers 79 practical design ideas, both great and small, to guide reader’s efforts to improve our schools. Written for anyone who has school-age children in their life, from educators and education decision-makers to parents and community activists, this book is intended to ignite a blaze of discussion and initiative about environment as an essential element of learning.
Including a wealth of interviews, facts, statistics, and stories from experts in a wide range of fields, this book is a how-to guide to be used to connect with the many organizations, individuals, and ideas dedicated to innovating and improving teaching and learning. Contributors include children’s singer and advocate Raffi, author and creativity consultant Sir Ken Robinson, scientist and environmentalist David Suzuki, inventor James Dyson, and other experts who are working to create fresh solutions to problems and create a new blueprint for the future of education.
Perfection, Way, Origin
A collaboration with Terry Winters, a handmade limited edition book with a portfolio of 10 prints by the artist in a custom made aluminum box. Printing is letterpress and etchings on handmade paper. Took over two years to print. Perfection, Way, Origin is a text by Jean Starobinski
Spectacle
Spectacle is a dynamic visual essay that celebrates the phenomenon and history of public performance worldwide — from the theater to the streets, from religious festivals to political marches, and from permanent spectacles like the city of Las Vegas to ephemeral fireworks displays. Stunning color and archival photographs document 19 events, among them the Olympic Games, Carnival, the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, and the Burning Man festival in the desert of Nevada. The book includes descriptive essays, interviews with noted cultural figures, an essay by critic Herbert Muschamp, and a listing of 40 spectacles around the globe.