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In collaboration with the institute without borders, bmd collected these stories into a touring museum exhibition that shattered attendance records in vancouver, toronto and chicago, as well as a bestselling book. A sleepless bruce mau, having decided that he had ruined what was, at that point, the second most important job of his career, phoned his client across five time zones from toronto to paris, to confess. Bruce mau founded the critically acclaimed firm bruce mau design in 1985. Mau, who is the author of quintessential publications on architecture and design, shares his thoughts on how we can bring the book into the technological environment without losing its beauty and richness.
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