“We need to be much more ambitious when it comes to systems and design. That means that designers must always be good collaborators.” fastcompany.com/90909909/man…
Presented about my thesis topic last week! More to come, and I will be looking for community participation throughout the next couple of months for us activating space throughout PDX! If you're interested, please consider filling out the following form: forms.gle/8NkKSeomLeR1QJow5
Miguel Rodriguez' thesis 'Space Activation: A collaborative exchange between BIPoC artists cultural institutions' asks “How does space activation encourage collaboration between BIPoC artists museums, & what can it look like through #designjustice participatory frameworks?”
Miguel Rodriguez' thesis 'Space Activation: A collaborative exchange between BIPoC artists cultural institutions' asks “How does space activation encourage collaboration between BIPoC artists museums, & what can it look like through #designjustice participatory frameworks?”
Katie Vellman's MFA thesis proposal 'Project Clean Your Beauty: Is Your Skincare Safe?' harnesses research through design to ask, “How might we empower Portland beauty consumers to make more informed decisions about their skincare products?” #skincare#transparency
Hafsa Aden's MFA thesis proposal 'A Better Read on Identity: ... representation in children’s books' asked, “How might we use design to activate critical discourse about children's pictures books that center racially diverse characters with a variety of lived experiences?” 📚
Students presented their thesis proposals last week! Brendy Hale's 'CitySound PDX: Fostering community through noise' asked, "How might design play a role in preserving the local music scene's stewardship of arts and culture through community-based research and collaboration?"
Thursday evening @PDXArtMuseum, @pnca faculty member & speculative design strategist @Joy_Alise of @ImagineBlack_ speaks w/ scholar Robin D. G. Kelley, poet @aja_monet, & political educator Ekundayo Igeleke about the power of the Black radical imagination. imagineblack.org/blog/freedo…
There's still time to get your tickets for Wednesday's conversation on the state of Black political power in Oregon! Join us in Portland along with guests @Joy_Alise Davis, Keith Jenkins, Marcus LeGrand and facilitator @brucepoinsette.
oregonhumanities.org/program…
Collab Design alumna Ophir El-Boher published her MFA thesis in 'This is Distributed Design'! Her participatory design research intervention focused on the post-modern evolution of distributed fashion. Read her chapter FREE online distributeddesign.eu/this-is…@ddesignplatform@pnca
First Thursday is tonight (6/2, 5–8pm)! All three exhibition spaces in the Pearl will be open, highlighting our @pnca MFA/MA thesis work. CD/DS student installations are in the Maddox Building at 1231 NW Hoyt St (entrance on 13th). Hope to see you there!
Announcing the 2021 Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies Symposium: Speculative Futures: Art, AI, and Digital Worldmaking. November 19-20. Click the link to learn more. pnca.edu/academics/graduate/…