Book Launch for World of Giving by Jeffrey Inaba and C-Lab

New Museum
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002
+1 212 219-1222
http://www.newmuseum.org
RSVP: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Music by Jamison Guest

In place of the pursuit of personal wealth, World of Giving presents a mindset revolving around generosity. It paints a picture in which giving animates all levels of human interaction, acknowledging that each and every one of us gives. From helping out an acquaintance to donating to a valued cause, we all provide in acts big and small that benefit the immediate recipient and often others as well. In this important exploration of the sentiments of our time, the authors describe the basic motivations for why we give in reference to examples such as local volunteering, philanthropy and the flow of aid through foundations, governments, multinationals and NGOs. The book details the process of working toward a greater good and shows that a gift transforms at numerous junctures as it circulates from giver to receiver. Articulating these intricate relationships, World of Giving offers an understanding of the actions that build bridges between goodwill and need, intention and realiza
tion.

World of Giving is by Jeffrey Inaba and C-Lab in collaboration with Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, New Museum and Lars Müller Publishers.

To celebrate the book’s release, join us for the party Thursday November 12th from 630-830p with Richard Flood, Mark Wigley, Lars Müller and Jeffrey Inaba.