Michael Rock is a founding partner and Creative Director at 2x4 and Director of the Graphic Architecture Project at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. At 2x4, he leads a wide range of projects for Prada, Nike, Kanye West, Barneys New York, Harvard and CCTV. Before starting 2x4, he was co-founder of Information incorporated in Boston. From 1984–91 he was Adjunct Professor of Graphic Design at the Rhode Island School of Design and since 1991 he has been a member of the design faculty at the Yale School of Art where he holds the rank of Adjunct Professor. In addition, he was a fellow at the Jan Van Eyck Akademie in Maastricht, The Netherlands, and a contributing editor and graphic design journalist at I.D. Magazine in New York. His writing on design has appeared in publications worldwide. He holds an A.B. in Humanities from Union College and a M.F.A from the Rhode Island School of Design. He is the recipient of the 1999/2000 Rome Prize in Design from the American Academy in Rome and currently serves on the board of the Academy. He is the author and editor of Multiple Signatures, on the history and development of 21st century design. 

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Michael Rock

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I get inspired from the worlds of Edm and Hip-Hop to create my own universal music.

'Chris kilbane' has played in a few clubs in his home town of Leeds including warming up at 'Bar Home' and after hours lock ins at 'Paradise club' along with playing at arranged house parties in the underground club culture of Leeds back in 2005.

During his time promoting various nightclubs in Leeds
'He says'
 
"Dance music that inspires me tends to be from DJ's who fuse sounds together, and set build to take the crowd through ups and downs, forward thinkers in house, trance and techno" 

"I've done a lot of clubbing; traveling around in the past and the Dj's that do that ! are the performances that stand out for me ! " 

'He continues'
"Ive been to a lot trance and techno mainstream and underground gigs up and down the country and a lot of them are now committed to memory".

 "Leeds has an amazing underground music scene and introduced me to house music for the first time!"

"Working for some of the best clubs by reputation this gave me a great insight into the house music scene too"

"I think the merge in music genres is showing through more and more nowadays in the music we listen to on the dance club scene which is an exciting time for any DJ".

