Happy Birthday to Bruce Mau! As Fuller is quoted below: "There are very few [people] today who are disciplined to comprehend the totally integrating significance of the 99 percent invisible activity which is coalescing to reshape our future." Bruce is one of those people. Thank you Bruce, Aiyemobisi "Bisi" Williams, and Massive Change Network for your commitment to the 99 percent invisible activity of supporting the journey to a thriving planet against daunting headwinds.
"And then someone pulled out the book 'MASSIVE CHANGE' by Bruce Mau..." So begins the "99% Invisible" podcast episode in which host Roman Mars recounts the story behind naming his project, "99% Invisible." Mars shares that the title was inspired by Bruce Mau's insight, inside the cover of "MASSIVE CHANGE": "For most of us, design is invisible. Until it fails." Today, October 25th, is Bruce's birthday! We celebrate not only Bruce’s journey but also the countless creative projects — 99% invisible — that he has inspired with his ideas, books, art, bold fonts, sketched squiggles and infectious laugh! In that same "MASSIVE CHANGE" introduction, Bruce draws upon one of his greatest sources of inspiration, R. Buckminster Fuller, dedicating an entire paragraph to quoting "Inventory of World Resources Human Trends and Needs" (1963) in which Fuller writes: "There are very few men today who are disciplined to comprehend the totally integrating significance of the 99 percent invisible activity which is coalescing to reshape our future." From Fuller, to Bruce, to storytellers like Roman Mars — a lineage of designers and big thinkers continues to flourish and inspire. Happy Birthday, Bruce! And Happy Inspiration to All! — Catch the 99% Invisible episode here: "Brilliantly Boring" https://lnkd.in/gjw87HuB And special thanks to friend of MCN, Nick Puglisi for sharing the story with us! Bruce Mau Buckminster Fuller Institute #design #brucemau #designers #inspire
CEO & Co-Founder at Massive Change Network; Founder, Bruce Mau Studio; Freeman Innovator in Residence; Author: MC24 (Phaidon); Co-author: The Nexus (MIT Press)
4moDeeply grateful! We have t make that 99% VISIBLE! So many people don't believe it is happening! Thank you for your generous note — and for all that you do! Best — Bruce