Proposal + Symposium = PROPOSIUM November 18-20
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Proposal + Symposium = PROPOSIUM
November 18–20 2011
North Carolina State University, College of Design, Raleigh, NC
www.ncsu.edu/graphicdesign/proposium2011
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Previous student symposiums sought to contribute to design discourse by addressing and challenging contemporary issues within the discipline. Students traditionally invite distinguished scholars and practitioners to give lectures, panel discussions, and workshops that inform all other event activities. With each gathering, the network of scholarly activity grows stronger, while the event garners more prestige and participation from current and prospective graduate students, academics, and practitioners alike.
75+ students and faculty from leading national and international design programs attended our last symposium in 2010 (Design, Community and the Rhetoric of Authenticity). With a legacy of high standards and anticipated critical mass, we would like to take advantage of the momentum.
Moving beyond a traditional symposium format, this year’s event is a symposium plus a proposal—a Proposium. With your participation, we would like to collectively create an international “Graduate Design Network,” which includes students, recent alumni, and forward-thinking businesses. We think this form of design collective among graduate students would benefit and support our discipline as a whole.
Conferees may attend in-person or remotely to discuss, map, and solidify a shared mission for the network and the support platform. The event will include two keynote speakers, two design strategy speakers, and four strategy-oriented workshops aimed at conceptualizing the network. Remote attendees will have exclusive access to videos of the keynote addresses and participate in the workshops through online collaborative tools. By the end of the Proposium, participants will identify task force groups who will take the next step in developing the Graduate Design Student Network and the support platform.
Come experience a little Southern hospitality, get to know your graduate peers from around the country, and participate in building something bigger than all of us. We look forward to hearing from you soon and meeting you in November!
For more information visit www.ncsu.edu/graphicdesign/proposium2011
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Call for Participation in the Pre-Week Challenge
Deadline: Monday, October 31 5:00 pm
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We invite graduate students to submit a 500-word written response to the following question:
Why would you want to collaborate with graduate students from other programs?
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• No more than 500 words
• Names of team members and institution(s)
• Short biographies (no more than 150 words) of each member
• 2 links to examples of previous time-based work
• Deadline: Monday, October 31 5:00 pm
If your proposal is accepted, you will be asked to create a 30-second video based on your written submission. Your video submission will become one running narrative in a longer “exquisite corpse” video that will be presented at the beginning of the Proposium.
We appreciate your response. Please reply to proposium2011@gmail.com with a nod of interest, questions and/or to submit a proposal.
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Michael Carbaugh, Joshua Dillard, Erin Hauber, Hayley Hughes, Rachael Huston, Alexandria Jarvis, Rebecca Knowe, Claire Kohler, Hao Li, Minfei Li, Ariella Mostkoff, Marysol Ortega Pallanez, Amina Patton, Whitney Pride, Nadya Rodionenko, Nastia Tumash, Jay Vaglio and Andrew Whitcomb
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Amber Howard, Lead Organizer; Deborah Littlejohn, Public Liaison; Meredith Davis, Director of the MGD Graduate Program; and Santiago Piedrafita, Head, Graphic Design and Industrial Design Department
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Proposium Update 10/27/11
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Shelley Evenson, Research Manager, Facebook.com
Debera Johnson, Director, Pratt Design Incubator Sustainable/Social Enterprise
WORKSHOP LEADERS
Abe Crystal, Principal Design Researcher, MoreBetterLabs
Matthew Muñoz, Partner & Chief Design Officer, New Kind/President of AIGA, Raleigh
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Shelley Evenson is a research manager at Facebook. As a pioneer in the emerging practice of service design, Shelley’s expertise is in the areas of design languages and strategies, design prototyping, organizational interfaces, service design—and what lies beyond user-centered design. Previously, Shelley was a principal in user-experience design at Microsoft’s FUSE LABS and an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Other notable hats Shelley has worn include: founder of seespace, vice president and chief experience strategist for Scient, director of design at DKA/Digital Knowledge Assets, director at Doblin Group, and vice president of Fitch. With over 25 years in consulting experience Shelley has worked with such luminaries as Apple, BMO, CIBC, Kodak, and Xerox.
Interview with Dan Shaffer in Design for Interaction
Service as Design Presentation IxDA
Changing Conditions: Emerging Practices Presentation AIGA
IIT Design Research Conference Presentation
Debera Johnson is the founder, executive director and academic director of sustainability at the Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation. As an advocate for collaboration and sustainability, Deb’s work fosters environmental, social and cultural initiatives in activities that bring people together who share a common goal by linking social entrepreneurship with design. Envisioning a world built on sustainable business practice, Debera’s mission as executive director is to create impact through sustainable business incubation. Since its inception in 2002, the Incubator has consulted for 15 organizations and supported the launch of 23 companies that have generated more than $4.2 million in revenue and employed over 50 people. Debera is the president of Greenmatter, LLC, a shared creative work environment for designers, artists and architects, and most recently, she founded PALS (Partnership for Academic Leadership in Sustainability), an international group of educators envisioning the future of art and design education. Debera is the chair of the NYC chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America and was chair of the Industrial Design program at Pratt from 1997–2005.
Vision India Interview
The Living Principles Interview
Compost Modern Interview
I.D. 2011 Annual Design Review
WORKSHOP LEADERS
Dr. Abe Crystal is a principal at MoreBetterLabs, applying human-computer interaction research and design methods to make systems and software easier to understand, more pleasant to use, and more useful. As a user experience researcher and conceptual designer, he is dedicated to creating better online communities, digital libraries, and e-commerce experiences through design. He has worked with clients such as Phonebooth.com, Princeton University, Duke University, NC State University, and NC LIVE to improve their user experience and develop new products that help “passionate experts” create online learning communities. Abe was a part of the user experience team in IBM’s Rational Software division where he conducted user research and conceptual design. Previously, Abe was adjunct professor of information science at the University of California Los Angeles and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He co-founded the Triangle Usability Professionals Association, serving as vice president in 2006, president in 2007, and chair of its advisory council in 2008 and 2009. Abe received his Ph.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Ruzuku
UX for Smart Marketers Article
Focus and Empathy Presentation
Matthew Muñoz is the partner and chief design officer of New Kind and president of AIGA Raleigh chapter. Matt’s background in communication design informs strategies that include co-create messages, activities, systems, and experiences that help organizations form their future with intent, align people’s self-interest with shared purpose, clarify hard to understand concepts, and inspire action through openness. Matt specializes in forming visual identities, storytelling, strategy-building, and making information understandable. He co-founded New Kind to to help governments, businesses and non-profit institutions solve their complex problems and create competitive advantage through design, brand, culture and community. Matthew is a nationally award-winning designer, having held design roles at IBM, Capstrat and Work Worth Doing, in addition to his consultancy, DesignHeals. He has mapped complex concepts for several organizations, including the U.S. National Design Policy Initiative and Red Hat. He has also created growth maps that demonstrate how leaders and stakeholders can manage multiple problems challenging their organization’s future vitality.
Design Policy Summit Video
Raleigh News and Observer Article
