This article in the National Journal is an abridged version of the preface to The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited, out this month from Basic Books.
adminJuly 3, 2012
Excerpted with permission from The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited: 10th Anniversary Edition, by Richard Florida.
adminJuly 3, 2012
As his ‘The Rise of the Creative Class’ reaches its tenth anniversary, Richard Florida has a plan to keep the artists from starving. It involves a lot more than art. Florida describes how creatives have fared relatively well in the economic downturn of the time between editions of the book.
adminJuly 3, 2012
In Richard Florida’s new book The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited, he’s compiled a list of the top tech cities in the U.S.Seattle, home to Microsoft and Amazon, claims the top place from Silicon Valley, which ranked first in his last book. Silicon Valley, which consists of the San Jose metro area, ranks second followed by the greater San Francisco area. Portland, Oregon claims the fourth spot followed by Austin.
adminJune 29, 2012
This article was adapted from Richard Florida’s new book “The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited” from Basic Books. His nitial research over a decade ago identified the rise of the creative class as a key factor in America’s cities and economy overall. What has struck him since is that the effects of class are not just limited to cities, jobs and the economy. Class increasingly structures virtually every aspect of our society, culture and daily lives — from our politics and religion to where we live and how we get to work, from the kind of education we can provide for our children to our very health and happiness.
adminJune 25, 2012
Raine Magazine’s interview with Rana Florida on understanding the Creative Class.
adminApril 9, 2012
In this newest installment of our Creative Spaces series, we have assembled a slideshow to celebrate and congratulate those pioneers, some of whom we’ve worked with at CCG, who are envisioning and actualizing new ways of living and working.
adminJanuary 4, 2012
In this new millennium, the most influential class in society is something Richard Florida calls the “Creative Class” who boost the economy not through financial ability or skill alone, but rather through their ideas.
adminOctober 19, 2011