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VIDEO Steve Almond, “How to Make the Reader See It: The Book as a Visual Artifact”

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When: 27 Nov 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Where: SVA MFA Design Criticism Department, 136 West 21 Street, Second Floor
Price: Free and open to the public; Registration required

Steve Almond will discuss the natural affinity between visual and literary artists, and specifically delve into his collaboration with the visual designer Brian Stauffer, with whom he has made three DIY books.
Steve Almond is the author of ten books of fiction and non-fiction, three of which he published himself. His memoir Candyfreak was a New [...]

VIDEO Emilie Baltz, “Why Foreplay Makes the Food (AKA: There’s more to a steak than beef)”

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When: 20 Nov 2012, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: SVA MFA Design Criticism Department, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd Floor
Price: Free and open to the public; Registration required

Taking as tenant that food is our most fundamental form of consumption, Emilie Baltz will discuss the dimensions in which food design stimulates both the head and heart of consumers and creators alike. Using highlights from her two (diametrically opposed) books Junk Foodie : 51 Delicious Recipes for the Lowbrow Gourmand, and her forthcoming publication [...]

VIDEO SVA MFA Design Criticism 2012 Open House

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When: 17 Nov 2012, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Where: SVA MFA Design Criticism Department, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd Floor
Price: Free and open to the public; Registration required

On November 17, over strong coffee, mimosas, and donuts, we discussed the philosophical aims, curriculum, and applications of this exciting two-year graduate program, and engaged in debate over such issues as the priorities for emerging design critics today, the changing media landscape, and the relationship between design criticism and practice.
The world-renowned graphic designer, artist, and [...]

VIDEO Karrie Jacobs, “The City Beautiful All Over Again”

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When: 23 Oct 2012, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: SVA MFA Design Criticism Department, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd Floor
Price: Free and open to the public; Registration required

The City Beautiful movement and disciples of the Ecole des Beaux Arts seeded our cities with examples of monumental splendor. Now, after a century-long hiatus, American cities are embracing beauty again though not through a monolithic, top-down strategy. Rather, cities are being made more beautiful incrementally, in exactly the unmethodical way that earlier generations would [...]

VIDEO Project Projects, “As of 10.15.12″

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When: 16 Oct 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Where: SVA MFA Design Criticism Department, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd Floor
Price: Free and open to the public; Registration required

Adam Michaels, Prem Krishnamurthy, and Rob Giampietro will speak about their multidisciplinary practice at design studio Project Projects. With a conceptual and critical approach to visual form, the studio engages in varied modes of production across a wide range of media and scales. Each of the three principals will discuss a sampling of current projects, [...]

VIDEO Lucy Collins, “From the Ivory Tower to the Tents: Thinking Critically about Fashion”

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When: 9 Oct 2012, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: SVA MFA Design Criticism Department, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd Floor
Price: Free and open to the public; Registration required

What is fashion criticism? As the field of fashion studies continues to grow, it’s essential to develop and understand the conceptual distinctions between fashion theory, fashion criticism, fashion journalism, and costume history. Lucy Collins will look at these interrelated yet distinct kinds of fashion writing, while arguing for the need for a [...]

VIDEO Pedro Gadanho, “Is Curating the New Criticism?”

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When: 2 Oct 2012, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Where: SVA MFA Design Criticism Department, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd Floor
Price: Free and open to the public; Registration required

Curator Pedro Gadanho will speak about the impact of working in a large institutional setting such as MoMA, reflecting in particular on the organization of his first collection rotation show “9+1 Ways of Being Political.” He will also talk about his past experience as a freelance curator, and ideas he has been developing on the [...]

VIDEO Zoe Coombes, “Dirt from Glass Cages”

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When: 25 Sep 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Where: SVA MFA Design Criticism Department, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd Floor
Price: Free and open to the public

Zoe Coombes will speak about her experiences working in the world of contemporary furniture design. Reflecting on both the rate of change within digitized production, and the all-too-contemporary question of how best to learn from the past, Zoe’s talk will pose questions about the future of work and desire in a robotized age.
Zoe Coombes is [...]

VIDEO Eventually Everything: The 2012 D-Crit Conference

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When: 2 May 2012, 10:00 a.m.
Where: Visual Arts Theatre, Visual Arts Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street (between Eighth and Ninth Avenues)
Price: Free and open to the public

Eventually Everything: The 2012 D-Crit Conference
Wednesday, May 2, 12:30–7:00 p.m.
Visual Arts Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street
No charge for admission; Registration required
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The 2012 D-Crit Conference, featuring graduating students of the SVA MFA in Design Criticism, and moderated by Change Observer co-editor Julie Lasky, will take place on May 2, 2012 at the Visual Arts Theatre [...]

VIDEO Damon Rich, “Working the System”

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When: 17 Apr 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Where: SVA MFA Design Criticism Department, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd floor
Price: Free and open to the public

From designs for an experimental financial learning center in Queens to the first riverfront park in Newark, New Jersey, Damon Rich will share recent attempts to bring design and politics to productive crisis.
Damon Rich is the Urban Designer for the City of Newark, New Jersey where he leads design efforts with public and private actors [...]