This video presentation of our Cities x Design project premiered in Shanghai, China as part of the Better City & Better Life Conference at the World Expo 2010. It was the only project that discussed the role of creative entrepreneurs in North American cities. Watch the video here.

Doug Grimmet, Founder, Primal Screen talks to Cities x Design about the booming growth of the broadcast design industry and why Atlanta ranks among the nation’s largest employers in this dynamic sector.

Steve Wilson, Founder, 21c Museum Hotel, talks to Cities x Design about philanthropy, collecting art, regenerating a city center and why he chose to open an art hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.

Cities x Design explores one of America’s most unique places to stay. This is one of the insider’s institutions of the US capital.

Hilary Jay and Beth Van Why talk to Cities x Design about the concept, ideas and inspirations that lead to America’s largest design event.

The Design Center at Philadelphia University currently has an exhibit on Quaker lace traditions and how they can inspire a new generation of designers. Hilary Jay gave Cities x Design a quick tour.

Hilary Jay, Director, gives Cities x Design a short glimpse into the collection of The Design Center at Philadelphia University. The collections spans more than 40,000 items in a variety of the domains of the design industries.

Richard Grefe, Executive Director AIGA, talks with Cities x Design about the potential of design during the economic crisis, how designers view business problems and why now is the best time to be a designer.

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Andy Cutler and Lynn Mc Cormack talk with Cities x Design about the approach, policies and support given to the creative economy of Providence, Rhode Island.

Cities x Design managed to speak a few moments with the ultra busy Founder of The Steel Yard, Clay Rockefeller. Before breaking away to more important things he talked about the challenges of rehabbing a brownfield site and the lessons he’s learned from this first experience.