Schedule
1:00 Registration; desserts and coffee provided by Cafe Grumpy
1:30 Opening remarks by Alice Twemlow
1:45 Keynote: Rob Walker, “Imaginary Objects and Fictional Critiques”
2:20 Opening remarks by Adam Harrison Levy
2:30 Amelie Znidaric, Listen to Your Chair: Design and the Art of Storytelling
2:45 Zachary Sachs, Permanence as a Criterion
3:00 Coffee break
3:15 Sarah F. Cox, The Detroiter: Resident Design Initiatives
3:30 Stephanie Jönsson, Designing Sound: Aural Agency in the Twenty-First Century
3:45 Kimberlie Birks, Recreate: New Grounds for New York’s Playgrounds
4:00 Coffee break
4:15 Saundra Marcel, Living Licensed: Consuming Characters in Girls’ Popular Culture
4:30 Michele Washington, Untangling the Naps: The Afro Talks Back
4:45 Aileen Kwun, Mirror Image Maker: Looking at Music Videos of the Internet Age
5:00 Coffee Break
5:15 Molly Heintz, Going Public: Creation and Dissemination of the Designer’s Identity
5:30 Vera Sacchetti, Design Crusades: A Critical Reflection on Social Design
5:45 Avinash Rajagopal, Tinkering with Design: The Convergence of Design and Hacking
6:30 Panel Discussion, “Speculatively Speaking: The Future of Design Criticism,” featuring Paola Antonelli, Bjarke Ingels, Olympia Kazi, John Seabrook, Linda Tischler and Rob Walker
7:30 Closing Remarks
8:00 Reception at GD Cucine, 227 West 17th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues
