Thursday, 02 Feb 2017
Lecture: Artist-in-Residence Jonathan Castro
"Branding Your Creativity: The Business of Art, Networking, Social Media and Development." Ceramics designer and ISU alumnus Jonathan Castro will visit Iowa State Jan. 30 -Â Feb. 4 as an artist-in-residence for the College of Design and Memorial Union. In this lecture, he will share his journey from student to full-time professional artist and the lessons he's learned on the way.
Friday, 10 Feb 2017
CANCELED: The Smart Mandate: Ubiquitous Computing, Environment and 'Resilient Hope'
This lecture has been canceled due to a family health emergency. We hope to reschedule at a later date. Interactive design historian and theorist Orit Halpern will discuss the relationship between "resilient hope"-- a managerial compulsion to anticipate and speculate upon disaster -- and "smart" infrastructure.
Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017
Lecture: Operating in the Margins
Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radulovic, founders of Winnipeg-based design firm 5468796 Architecture, will talk about the conditions and ambition required to change the Midwest status quo in architecture and share examples from their firm's projects.
Friday, 17 Feb 2017
Lecture: Hybrid Careers in Design: Industrial Design + Design Anthropology
Industrial designer and applied anthropologist Siobhan Gregory, a senior lecturer in design and design research at Wayne State University in Detroit, will speak about the changing roles, responsibilities and expectations of industrial designers working in the private and social sectors and the increasingly important role of anthropological methods in creating designs that are culturally appropriate, inclusive and relevant.
Monday, 20 Feb 2017
Lecture: Understanding Climate Change through Interactive Simulations
Travis Franck, program director for the nonprofit Climate Interactive and an expert on international climate and energy issues, will share his organization's free climate change decision-support tools and talk about policy struggles and successes.