Happiness is many things to many different people. To Julian Schnabel it is clearly the idea of ceaseless creativity that leads – sometimes inadvertently – to happiness. If Schnabel’s philosophy is that there is no past or future, but an endless present, then his art becomes a means of simultaneously existing in as many places as possible. Happiness for him is the bi-product of multiple acts of creativity. Separating where creativity ends and happiness begins is difficult to describe, as chef Carlo Cracco found. Alberto Alessi meanwhile used the history of his company to challenge our notions of what is serious and what makes us happy.
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BE OPEN Debates Happiness and Offers New Opportunities to Creative Youth: Three BE OPEN Award Winners Announced
Today the winners of the BE OPEN AWARDS, an international scheme for the promotion of young creative talent, were announced.
In first place was ALEXANDRA GINEVA from Russia, who received a grant of 10,000 euros for the implementation of her project, which combines a futuristic winery, vineyard and spa.
$100m to Be Invested in Intellectual Development by Russian Entrepreneur Elena Baturina
International Design Week of Milan: the launchpad for BE OPEN
The Director of the BE OPEN Foundation today announced the intentions behind a new cultural and philanthropic initiative that aims to harness the brainpower of the global creative elite – the great minds in the arts, education, design, business and the media – and asks them to imagine and then build solutions for the future.