“We need to be much more ambitious when it comes to systems and design. That means that designers must always be good collaborators.” https://t.co/JKGJwDSM46
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: https://t.co/G5BjVP5sfj
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?"
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?"
This Wednesday 10/5 @pnca, @ronbronson leads a group discussion on how designers perpetuate harm in UX and how that might change. It's part of @aigaportland PDX Design Festival happening this week! https://t.co/IG0nSxElip
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. https://t.co/eLgvaecbyR
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.
https://t.co/zUedCQUIyd
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 https://t.co/NHARaAISZb @ddesignplatform@pnca
Our Chair @SeaMeetsSkye visualized 'How the Ocean Sustains Complex Life' for Scientific American's August issue. Our new cohort of grad students start their first Information Design class today! @pnca@willamette_u https://t.co/coC16EvtiD via @sciam
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!