Work-Life in London

The Work-Life issue of design mind launches today at a special TED Salon in London. Yes, London, present day Pompeii, city of the #ashtag, capital with the current designation of "Most Geographically Unfortunate Location." There's no need to dwell on the volcano and we won't. But first: Surely sales of Malcolm Lowry's 1940s classic "Under the Volcano" have spiked in recent days, along with a brisk pub business.

But the show must go on, and it is. As I was saying, the Work-Life issue of design mind is up and ready for consumption (print copies will ship by May 3, so if you'd like to order a copy we're taking orders), and the party at London's Unicorn Theater is moments away from starting. The speakers have rehearsed, the host, Bruno Giussani, TED's European Director, has his cue cards at the ready, and the camera crews are plugged in and ready to film. With various presentaions on the subject of Designing Differently, it should be a riveting evening.

In addition to the original lineup of speakers such as Frank Stephenson of McLaren Automotive,  Shamim Sarif, filmmaker and author, Charles Leadbeater, education expert and author, Rory Sutherland, advertising guru, Bridget Nicholls, founder of Pestival, Marc Koska, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, and singer-songwriter Leonie Casanova, we've added a few more.

Tonight's event will include previous TEDGlobal speaker James Geary, an author and "aphorisms expert," who will be speaking, appropriately, about "Volcanoes and Eruptions." There ought to be a few laughs among the audience for that one. Also, physicist Brian Cox will join the fun with a talk called "Looking at the Extremes," and singer-songwriter Shany Moore will add to the night's entertainment.

Despite the ash, we will be broadcasting on Twitter from tonight's event using the #tedsalon and #worklife hash tags.

Look for images and wrap up posts of the talks on this blog tomorrow.

Sam is the director of publishing for frog where he oversees frog's global content, editorial, and digital publishing strategy. He is also the editor of design mind, frog's print and online media platform. Sam is the author of numerous books of non fiction and has written for Dwell, Metropolis, GOOD, and other magazines.