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Category Archives: Transformation
Redefining Design | AIGA Fellow Interview
Frames from a short film introducing the Sea Change Design Institute founded by Lauralee Alben. Lauralee Alben is now part of a remarkable circle of design luminaries recognized as AIGA Fellows. Bonnie DeVarco’s astute and insightful interview covers the arc of Lauralee’s career and the pinnacle moments that shaped the soul of her life’s work.
Also posted in Design, Design Consciousness, Evolutionary Potential
Tagged AIGA, Design Being, Design Consciousness
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Grief Cry
Grief Cry is a poetic immersion into mourning and re-emergence into life. Grief is a liminal space of transformation. It’s where sorrow merges with the sacred and grief and grace co-exist in the same moment.
Also posted in Evolutionary Potential, Humanity, Nature, Poetry, Water Mimicry
Tagged #COVID-19, #Grief, #Loss, #Mega-crises, #Whales
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Fire, Ice, Prophesy
In the Medieval Old Norse poem,“Völuspá,” the god Odin listens to the Völva prophesy the world’s birth, death, and rebirth. 2021 marked a massive eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano near Reykjavík, eclipsed by the most recent one in December 2023. Nine years earlier in Iceland, the Okjökull glacier was declared dead due to climate change. […]
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Tagged Andri Snær Magnason, Bioneers, climate change, storytelling
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Transforming crisis into consciousness
From within the sanctum of inner transformation, the butterfly effect of each blessed one of us is amplifying the sea change in consciousness that is occurring right now. At this nexus of self, crisis, and life, we can use design as both vessel and revelation to evolve a flourishing world.
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Tagged #ButterflyEffect, #Crisis, #DesignConsciousness
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Design Mastery
When I think of teaching graphic design at Ravensbourne, my thoughts often turn to Geoff White. I remember the moment he gave me an exquisite, original woodblock print of a samurai.
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Tagged Bushidō Code, Design Warrior, Geoff White, Ravensbourne, Samurai, Swiss Design
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Signs of Hope
It’s curious how the arc of one life can shape the arc of another. In the blink of an eye. And so it happened with Malcolm Grear’s design career and his influence on mine. As a sophomore graphic design student at RISD, I was fascinated with Malcolm’s teaching and his professional work. I grew to […]
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Tagged environmental design, Malcolm Grear, RISD, signage
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Born to create | Part 4: Care
Creative commitments. Who are we becoming? Each and every one of us is a designer. As designers, we are life-givers, caring for the questions that ensure the viability of our future. Our legacy is dependent on how we create the present.
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Tagged #BornToCreate, creativity, design, Lauralee Alben
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Born to create | Part 2: Source
Creative inspiration. Where does it originate? From a Sea Change Design perspective, we are all designers. As designers, we are vision-seekers, summoning transformative resolutions and revelations.
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Tagged #BornToCreate, creativity, design, Lauralee Alben
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Born to create | Part 1: Life
During this great climax of our time, creativity is essential—if we are to resolve the pressing issues that define whether our way of life evolves or dissolves.
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What’s at risk? | Part 4: The Salt Doll
What is it about water that transforms risk into rewarding experiences? At the Blue Mind Summit, I heard the mesmerizing call of water in the inspiring talk by retired neurologist Dr. Andrew Stern, Founder of the Lost Bird Project and Smart Fin. He shared a story that embodies Flow, which we define in Sea Change […]
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Tagged #100DaysOfBlue, Blue Mind, Dr. Andrew Stern, Lost Bird Project, Smart Fin
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