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Check out American Craft Council’s symposium, “Making, Meaning and the Marketplace: An Evening with Design Visionary and Entrepreneur Rob Forbes.“
Rob Forbes is the founder of Design Within Reach. He also has a background in retail management experience for Williams-Sonoma, London-based Selfridges, The Nature Company, and Smith and Hawken. In 2007 Forbes left DWR to launch Studio Forbes. He is an avid cyclist and proponent of modern urban design initiatives and programs that helps to reduce dependency on cars.
The event is FREE, and is co-hosted by the American Craft Council and the University of Minnesota’s Department of Art and will take place on Friday, Apr. 16 from 5:00-6:30pm at the Cowles Auditorium.
Please visit the University of Minnesota’s webpage for more information.