Upcoming Events
Deborah Marton, “Design Trust: Building Partnerships to Improve Public Space”
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When: 16 Mar 2010, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, 136 West 21st Street, New York, 2nd floor
Price: Free and open to the public
Deborah Marton has spent her career focusing on the development of public space in New York City. After a fellowship with the Design Trust for Public Spaces, in 2002, she came on as Executive Director in 2004. The Design Trust brings together neighborhoods, public agencies, and design professionals to find innovative opportunities for change and [...]
Casey Jones, “E Pluribus Unum: Creating Design Policy in the U.S.A.”
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When: 30 Mar 2010, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, 136 West 21st Street, New York, 2nd floor
Price: Free and open to the public
Casey Jones, Director of Design Excellence and the Arts for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), will discuss his role in overseeing the design and development of new and renovated federal buildings as well as the artwork commissioned for them. Previously, Jones led jones|kroloff with Reed Kroloff (Director of Cranbrook Academy), an architect selection advisory [...]
Brian Collins and John Fulbrook, “Defining the Story”
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When: 6 Apr 2010, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, 136 West 21st Street, New York, 2nd floor
Price: Free and open to the public
Brian Collins, chairman and chief creative officer of COLLINS, along with creative director John Fulbrook will take us through the creative process at the core of two unique design projects: a new interactive Microsoft store model and the strategy behind Al Gore’s Nobel Prize-winning Alliance for Climate Protection. COLLINS is a branding agency which creates [...]
Gary Hustwit, “On the Design of Certain Films about Design”
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When: 13 Apr 2010, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, 136 West 21st Street, New York, 2nd floor
Price: Free and open to the public
Independent filmmaker Gary Hustwit discusses the creative process behind his films, and the power and shortcomings of documentary filmmaking as a critical tool.
Gary Hustwit is an independent filmmaker based in New York and London. He has produced six feature documentaries, including I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, the award-winning film about the band Wilco; [...]
David Barringer, “Design As Literature: The Changing Shape of the Novel”
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When: 20 Apr 2010
David Barringer will discuss new mediums of storytelling through his latest project in the works, a written novel that incorporates imaginary magazine covers and interiors, photographs, illustrated stories, a photo comic, and more.
Barringer is the author of novels American Home Life (So New Press, 2007) and Johnny Red (Word Riot Press, 2005) and has contributed [...]
Elio Caccavale, “Design in the Age of Biotechnologies”
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When: 21 Apr 2010, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, 136 West 21st Street, New York, 2nd floor
Price: Free and open to the public
Elio Caccavale will discuss the potential of speculative social narrative and design proposals to generate public debate about social, cultural and ethical issues surrounding life sciences. Caccavale’s research focuses on collaborations between design, life sciences and bioethics. His projects include Utility Pets, a series of speculative products investigating the ethical consequences transplanting animal organs into [...]
Joanne Dolan Ingersoll, “Mannequins in the Museum: Perspectives on Curating Fashion”
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When: 27 Apr 2010, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, 136 West 21st Street, New York, 2nd floor
Price: Free and open to the public
Joanne Dolan Ingersoll, Curator of Costume and Textiles at the Museum of Art, RISD, will discuss the interpretation of fashion in a museum setting. In exhibitions such as “Evolution/Revolution: The Arts and Crafts in Contemporary Fashion and Textiles” Ingersoll has explored craft and fashion, historical costume and contemporary couture in the context of such [...]
Crossing the Line: The 2010 D-Crit Conference
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When: 30 Apr 2010, 11:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
Where: Visual Arts Theater, 333 West 23rd Street (between Eighth and Ninth Avenues)
Price: Free
On April 30, 2010, the D-Crit program culminates in an annual public conference, conceived and organized by graduating students, in which they present papers based on their theses, alongside professional design critics and thinkers. Students’ topics range from the design of personal memorial objects to the use of smell as a communicative tool in design [...]
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