Nose to The Ground

February 19th, 2014

Nose to The Ground is a one day colloquium at Queen’s University Belfast in association with Arup to provoke discussion, awareness, and hopefully understanding, as to the potential of design and creative thinking to contribute to the development of our society inspired by the life and work of the great Irish engineer Peter Rice. John McLaughlin will contribute to a discussion on the topic of Design and Value alongside other practitioners, commentators, commissioning agencies, educationalists, and policy makers. The colloquium will take place in QUB on Friday 28th February 2014. details and tickets – http://peterriceatqueens.com/colloquium-2/

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Peter Rice in the Serres at La Villette observed by Hugh Dutton, 1990 ©  Michel Denance