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Topic: Samuel Mockbee

  
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  2 comments

Elevate Something Ordinary to Something Extraordinary.

BY Curtis Sittenfeld
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:23 AM

Every fall since 1993, Samuel Mockbee and his students have left Auburn and headed west to Hale County, one of the country's poorest regions. Their assignment: to build great houses with low-cost materials.READ»

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Samuel Mockbee: A Design for Life

BY Curtis Sittenfeld
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:41 AM

More than a year after profiling Samuel Mockbee for our Who's Fast 2001 issue, former Fast Company writer Curtis Sittenfeld reflects on the legacy of an architecture professor who taught both compassion and craft.READ»

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MICHAEL CANNELL   |  Comment

Watch Your Back Depp: Design Films Are On a Roll

BY Michael Cannell
Relevancy Score: 89
Tue Jul 7, 2009 at 10:42 AM

A wave of design documentaries are unlikely crowd pleasers.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Innovation Wednesday: Meet the 2007 MacArthur Fellows

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 72
Wed Sep 26, 2007 at 6:13 PM

Over the years we've featured our share of MacArthur Fellows in Fast Company. Choreographer Twyla Tharp. Jim Fruchterman, the founder of Benetech, which creates technology for the disadvantaged. The late Samuel Mockbee, an ...READ»

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MICHAEL CANNELL   |  Comment

Can Designers Stamp Out Rural Poverty?

BY Michael Cannell
Relevancy Score: 52
Tue Oct 13, 2009 at 4:27 PM

Designers, corporate leaders, foundation heads and journalists meet next month in Aspen to solidify plans for a national design center in Alabama to study and alleviate rural poverty.READ»

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PieLab in Rural Alabama Serves Up Community, Understanding, and, Yes, Pie

BY Alissa Walker
Relevancy Score: 46
Fri Jun 19, 2009 at 2:07 AM

A space created by designers gives local residents common ground and a mean slice of Key Lime pie.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

5 Years of Who's Fast

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 16
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:37 AM

Who's Fast 2003 marks our fifth-annual celebration of the unsung heroes and rising stars of business. As a group, they represent a new generation of leaders who blend integrity and imagination, brains and guts. What follows is a roster of Who's Fast profiles from prior years (titles and company affiliations reflect each person's status at the time of their selection).READ»