All the way from New Zealand, prominent designer David Trubridge, takes the audience through the [...]

27 October | 7 - 8pm
The Atrium, Building 4, Dubai Design District (d3)

David Trubridge takes us on a journey that begins with the origin and migration of early man, and makes stops along the way to show how beauty has always been a part of art and survival. We follow a varied path through neuroscience, anthropology and global culture, looking at how our brains function, cave paintings, Brancusi, Polynesian canoes and even sheep. Finally we arrive at our current day where, in David's opinion, sustainability will never succeed unless it also includes beauty. The designer and thinker offers a new take on the creative process, showing how failure to follow this has led to today’s emphasis on novelty and gimmicks at the expense of genuine originality.

"Beauty is a fundamental expression of our humanity, of who we are — if we deny beauty we deny our humanity and we deny our future."

About David Trubridge

David Trubridge is New Zealand's best known furniture/lighting designer. His work, which is all manufactured by his own company in Hawkes Bay, is sold and exhibited all around the world. His designs have featured in countless international publications including the most influential, as an instigator of the trend of 'raw sophistication' and as an exemplar of environmentally responsible design. In 2008 the French magazine Express listed him as one of the top 15 designers in the world, and in 2012 the Pompidou Centre in Paris purchased his 'Icarus' installation for its permanent collection.