Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin “I’ve always been attracted to the momentum of institutions,” begins the art historian Tim Marlow. “I like a busy place. I want to bring different audiences and for them to have communal experiences in a shared space.” He clarifies: “This is what museums do best.” As director and chief executive of the Design Museum in London, a position he’s held since 2019, he’s in a prime spot to achieve this. I’m meeting Marlow at the museum west of the city in Kensington, housed in the former Grade II* listed Commonwealth Institute. A curious building with its place in time, it opened in 1962 to inform and educate about the Commonwealth of Nations. The listing notes say its founding came “at a critical moment in the evolution of the modern Commonwealth out of the old Empire.” Meanwhile, the design and displays conveyed a “sense of idealism and a new start.” It, therefore, feels like a fitting place to be occupied by a museum also … [Read more...] about What Is A Design Institution Today? London’s Design Museum Director Tim Marlow Considers
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Is It Time To Own Up To Your Hearing Loss?
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin In March of every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) and people in the hearing industry celebrate and support a “World Hearing Day.” It’s been going on for decades and is generally used to raise awareness about hearing loss and inform listeners and readers about the options available to them – options for appliances that are available today to help people hear better. Of course, much of the hearing loss occurring around the world is associated with getting older. Since I suffer from mild hearing loss myself, I like to track and periodically share any new information I find. For the last few years, the big news has been about the ability to purchase hearing aids online and over-the-counter. More on that later in this post. I want to start with some guidance and wisdom from a couple of experts in the audiology world, Dr. Daniel Troast and Dr. Beki Kellogg. Dr. Troast is from HearUSA and Dr. Kellogg is from Hope … [Read more...] about Is It Time To Own Up To Your Hearing Loss?
The Empathy Muscle—It’s A Real Thing
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin In its simplest form, empathy is an awareness or general sense of the emotions of other people. It is the ability to understand what others are feeling and imagine what they may be experiencing. Like any other ability we possess, we must develop and strengthen our ability to empathize through practice. But before we talk about how to strengthen our empathy muscle, let’s shatter three of the top misperceptions people have about empathy. #1: Misconception: Empathy requires you to take on the other person’s beliefs and values. Truth: Empathy is understanding why another person believes what they believe and values what they value, even if it’s different from your own. #2: Misconception: Empathy makes you weak. Truth: Empathy takes courage to acknowledge and sit with your own difficult feelings so that you can better understand and connect with those around you. #3: Misconception: … [Read more...] about The Empathy Muscle—It’s A Real Thing