Happy City Machine: Vancouver book launch + party + design lab

by Charles Montgomery on

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SORRY FOLKS THIS IS SOLD OUT.
YOU CAN STILL CATCH AMAZING DESIGNS FOR HAPPINESS AT THE  HAPPY MACHINE LAB, SAME DAY.
Hey YVR! Come join us as the Museum of Vancouver is transformed for one night into a laboratory of happiness on Nov. 23. Experiments in trust, design, and urban joy will intermingle with a celebration of the launch of my new book: Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design (Doubleday).
·      Test new designs for happiness!
·      Experience the altruism endurance challenge!
·      Enter the mysterious subway squeeze!
·      Party like a lab rat while neuroscientist Dr. Colin Ellard observes changes in your brain and body! 
This event will showcase outstanding design interventions by students from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Emily Carr University, Simon Fraser University’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology and CityStudio.

Music by DJ Itchy.
Cash bar.
Date: Saturday, November 23
Time: 7:00pm-10:00pm

Admission: free, but space is very limited
RSVP now at: http://happycityparty.eventbrite.com/
Media enquiries to Patricia Kells: pkells@randomhouse.ca