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Bruce Mau

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October 25, 1959 in Sudbury, Canada

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http://www.brucemaudesign.com/

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Mau was born in Sudbury, Ontario. He studied at the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto, but left prior to graduation in order to join the Fifty Fingers design group in 1980. He stayed there for two years, before crossing the ocean for a brief sojourn at Pentagram in the UK. Returning to Toronto a year later, he became part of the founding triumvirate of Public Good Design and Communications. Soon after, the opportunity to design Zone 1/2 presented itself and he left to establish his own studio, Bruce Mau Design. From 1991-93, he also served as creative director of I.D. magazine.

In addition, Bruce is an honorary fellow of the Ontario College of Art & Design and a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He was awarded th...more

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Books by Bruce Mau

Average rating: 4.05 · 691 ratings · 63 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Massive Change by Bruce Mau, Jennifer Leonard, Without Boundaries Institute 4.05 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Life Style 3.61 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	S, M, L, XL by Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau 4.14 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Life, and Maybe Even the World by Warren Berger (Goodreads Author), Bruce Mau 4.08 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Spectacle by David Rockwell, Bruce Mau 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Living by Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Open Design Now: Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive by Paul Atkinson, Michael Avital (Contributor), Bruce Mau (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Quotes by Bruce Mau

“I'm interested in the moment when two objects collide and generate a third. The third object is where the interesting work is.”
― Bruce Mau

tags: creativity , process

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“Imitate. Don’t be shy about it. Try to get as close as you can. You'll never get all the way, and the separation might be truly remarkable.”
― Bruce Mau

tags: design

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“Love your experiments (as you would an ugly child). Exploit the liberty in casting your work as beautiful experiments, iterations, attempts, trials, and errors. Take the long view and allow yourself the fun of failure every day.” -Bruce Mau.”
― Bruce Mau

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