Design studies stories

Two-Day Conference at Parsons The New School for Design, March 7-8

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Narratives and Design Studies: A Task of Translation – Symposium
66 West 12th Street, Room 407, New York, NY
FREE and open to the public
March 7-8, 2014

Stories. We understand our world by telling stories that involve people, places, and things—nothing less than people and design. This spring, a two-day symposium, organized by the MA program in Design Studies at Parsons The New School for Design, will explore the wide variety of plot lines that run through and across design.  A distinguished interdisciplinary group of design scholars, critics, and professionals will share specific stories that are opening up new opportunities for design today.  The conference, Narratives and Design Studies: A Task of Translation, will be held March 7 – 8.

Poet, writer, and Columbia University professor Phillip Lopate will set the tone of the event with a keynote on Narratives of Place.  The symposium’s five sessions—on history, political power, social engagement, technology, and gender—will be led a scholars and practitioners from the realms of literature, design, architecture, engineering, sociology, urbanism, and social entrepreneurship.  Included among them are: 

• Christopher Bull, Professor, Engineering, Brown University
• Aldo Cibic, architect and designer, AldoCibic Workshop, Milan
• Liz Collins, artist, fashion designer, New York
• Clive Dilnot,  Professor, Design Studies, Parsons
• Sean Donahue, media designer, Research Centered Design; faculty, Art Center College, Pasadena
• Alex Eaton, Executive Director, International Renewable Resources Institute, Mexico City
• Elizabeth Guffey, Professor, Art History at SUNY Purchase; editor, Design and Culture Journal
•  Peter Hall, writer and design studies scholar, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, Australia
• Elzbieta Matynia, Professor, Sociology at the New School for Social Research
• Jenny Sabin, Jenny Sabin Studio; Assistant Professor, Architecture, Cornell University
• Susan Yelavich, Director, MA Design Studies, Parsons

The symposium is free and open to the public.

For more information, please visit the event website. 

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The Master of Arts in Design Studies at Parsons The New School for Design was established to shape a new generation of thinkers to critically address historical, philosophical, and social issues related to design practices, products, and discourses. Intended for those seeking to pursue a career in design research, writing, curating, and criticism, as well as designers seeking to incorporate design research into their practice, the program is based in the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons, alongside related M.A. programs in Fashion Studies and the History of Decorative Arts and Design. For more information, visit: www.newschool.edu/parsons/ma-design-studies.

Parsons The New School for Designis one of the leading institutions for art and design education in the world. Based in New York but active around the world, the school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the full spectrum of art and design disciplines. Critical thinking and collaboration are at the heart of a Parsons education. Parsons graduates are leaders in their respective fields, with a shared commitment to creatively and critically addressing the complexities of life in the 21st century. For more information, please visitwww.newschool.edu/parsons.

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