Lets Talk Possibility Episode 5: Why Sustainable Design
=In this show= *Telana Simpson wiki.letstalknetwork.tv *Jacobus Malan wiki.letstalknetwork.tv =Guests= *Steven Bakker wiki.letstalknetwork.tv =Contacts Us= *@LTPossibility *feedback@letstalkgeek.net *Leave us a voice mail on Skype at +27 11 083 7833 =Topics= *Our viewpoint: Lets be proactive rather than reactive regarding sustainable design, so as to look after our earth and ourselves – so we have a better future. *Definitions: What do we mean by Sustainable Design? *VIDEO www.youtube.com Short animated movie explaining sustainability See:en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org *Examples of sustainable design: alternative energy renewable resources intuitive/natural technologies rejuventation/ renovation – in architecture and transport Strawbale/Rammed Earth Buildings Prefabricated Structures Minimise materials South African Examples: Villa Mall – 4star rating green building council Nedbank Sandton – 4star rating green building council Norwegian Embassy SolarPower Plant plans in South Africa – we checked up and its still in planning phase: www.worldchanging.com *If we dont start being proactive in how we design things, then what? If we dont change, then what will the future problems be? We need to prepare ourselves for the change in the world – we need to adapt. Alex Steffan in his TED video touches on this: **www.ted.com Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanitys ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the …
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【Architecture & Interior Design】Autocad Children room design template.wmv
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Ball and Plate: Advanced Controller Design Testing System
Author: Grgo Cupic Abstract: The main objective of the research described in this paper is to develop an educational model designed for studying, experimenting and evaluating different advanced controller designs based on classical and modern control theory. The developed educational model has to meet the basic requirement of being a standalone solution. Since the late 1980s the ball and plate system has been utilized by numerous research groups. The ball and plate is a classic example of inherently unstable, non-linear and in many cases coupled system. Considering the given characteristics the ball and plate system makes an excellent basis for an educational model. The development of educational model consists of three basic steps: system modeling, controller design and real system implementation. The paper describes derived mathematical models representing the ball and plate system. Mathematical models provide a basis for controller designing process and system testing using Matlab Simulink environment. The plate utilized is not completely flat and solid; its surface is warped via the direction of the unconstrained plate point. The plate surface curvature is an additional control problem, since it introduces more non-linearities in the system. The plate surface curvature problem is solved by introducing auxiliary closed control loop based on the inverted surface mathematical model. The Truxal-Guillemin method is used for the demo controller design. The proceedings of …
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Home Designer Software Reviews | Home Design Blogs Tumblr | Best Home Design Software For Mac
amaon.net Home Designer Software Reviews | Home Design Blogs Tumblr | Best Home Design Software For Mac Hi, my name’s Bob Linde. I’m an herbalist and an herb grower. Today, I’m going to talk to you about some of the home gardening questions that I get on a regular basis. And, there’s so many different questions that new gardeners oftentimes have. They don’t know what can grow in their area, they’re not sure how to work the soil, and whether they can do it indoors or out. Besides looking for, you know, good questions on the Internet for your answers, actually, the best place to find the questions is anything from a community garden that you may be able to find some local experts just in your own block oftentimes. Go to your local garden supply store. Or, oftentimes, your county agricultural extension will have wonderful resources and classes to answer all of your questions to help your with testing soil, and even have free seeds and cuttings that you can get on a regular basis from some of them. So, as you start to explore the idea of growing a garden in your backyard, or even on your back porch, or inside your southern or western window, you can find answers to a variety of questions about vegetables, plants, herbs, and so many other wonderful things that you can grow. So, find out where your interest is, and go ahead and start asking questions from all of your local experts to see what’s the best herbs, plants, flowers, and all the variety of green and other colors that …
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Mini PU Leather Retro Big Ben design Case Cover Stand Skin for Apple iPad MLM06
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Nice Empower Network photos
A few nice Empower Network images I found:
Casey Reas speaks at Design Dialogues in the Media Design Program at the Art Center College of Design. Friday November 19th 2010.
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Design Dialogues Fall 2010: Computation After New Media
Media Design Program, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
Guest Curator: Garnet Hertz
This lecture series explores key concepts in computational media to empower individuals to imagine, collaborate, provoke, and prototype through computing.
As a result of its widespread adoption, digital media has transitioned from "new media" to a ubiquitous part of contemporary life. This shift from novelty to familiarity has considerable ramifications for academic institutions working in the fields of media arts and digital culture. Exploring the formal potentials of information and networked technologies is no longer of significant interest: information technologies need to be understood as an embedded part of culture and history. Digital cultural practices must also work to extend their parent disciplines, including the studio arts, media history and theory, design, computer science and engineering.
Each speaker in the "Computation After New Media" series will focus on one word— a single term they feel is a core part of their work within the framework of computation. These lectures will be aimed at exploring the underlying structures of computationalism, providing an important leverage into the philosophy, languages, and principles of digital media.
October 1: Sharon Daniel, UCSC
October 8: Eddo Stern, UCLA
October 22: Paul Dourish, UCI
October 29: George Legrady, UCSB
November 19: Casey Reas, UCLA,
December 3: Celia Pearce, Georgia Tech
Design Dialogues brings provocateurs from the worlds of design, art, academia, and technology into the MDP Studio. Each term, a guest curator is invited to build a series around a theme of their choosing.
Meetings: 12-2 pm. Talks: 3-6 pm in the Wind Tunnel Gallery. Open only to Media Design students, alumni, and faculty.
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Paul Dourish at Design Dialogues, Art Center College of Design
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Paul Dourish at Design Dialogues, Art Center College of Design
Image by G A R N E T
Guest Curator: Garnet Hertz
This lecture series explores key concepts in computational media to empower individuals to imagine, collaborate, provoke, and prototype through computing.
As a result of its widespread adoption, digital media has transitioned from "new media" to a ubiquitous part of contemporary life. This shift from novelty to familiarity has considerable ramifications for academic institutions working in the fields of media arts and digital culture. Exploring the formal potentials of information and networked technologies is no longer of significant interest: information technologies need to be understood as an embedded part of culture and history. Digital cultural practices must also work to extend their parent disciplines, including the studio arts, media history and theory, design, computer science and engineering.
Each speaker in the "Computation After New Media" series will focus on one word— a single term they feel is a core part of their work within the framework of computation. These lectures will be aimed at exploring the underlying structures of computationalism, providing an important leverage into the philosophy, languages, and principles of digital media.
October 22: Paul Dourish
Paul Dourish is a Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Anthropology. He teaches in the Informatics program and in the interdisciplinary graduate program in Arts Computation and Engineering. His primary research interests lie at the intersection of computer science and social science; he draws liberally on material from computer science, science and technology studies, cultural studies, humanities, and social sciences in order to understand information technology as a site of social and cultural production. In 2008, he was elected to the CHI Academy in recognition of his contributions to Human-Computer Interaction.
Dourish is the author of "Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction" (MIT Press, 2001), which explores how phenomenological accounts of action can provide an alternative to traditional cognitive analysis for understanding the embodied experience of interactive and computational systems. Before coming to UCI, he was a Senior Member of Research Staff in the Computer Science Laboratory of Xerox PARC; he has also held research positions at Apple Computer and at Rank Xerox EuroPARC. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University College, London, and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh.
NDAA 2013: Indefinite Detention Without Charge Or Trial For American Citizens
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While mainstream media keeps the Sheeple distracted with Christmas
classics and inconsistent reporting about killings in Connecticut,
Amerika’s corporate fascist puppet Congress quietly hacks away at habeus
corpus.
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"In recent decades we have lost sight of the historic achievement that
empowered the individual. The religious, legal and political roots of
this great achievement are no longer reverently taught in high schools,
colleges and universities or respected by our government. The voices
that reach us through the millennia and connect us to our culture are
being silenced by ‘political correctness’ and ‘the war on terror.’
Prayer has been driven from schools and Christian religious symbols from
public life. Constitutional protections have been diminished by
hegemonic political ambitions. Indefinite detention, torture, and murder
are now acknowledged practices of the United States government. The
historic achievement of due process has been rolled back. Tyranny has
re-emerged."–Paul Craig Roberts
www.paulcraigroberts.org/2012/12/23/the-greatest-gift-for…
"Over the past two years, the Obama administration has been secretly
developing a new blueprint for pursuing terrorists, a next-generation
targeting list called the ‘disposition matrix’… Although the matrix is
a work in progress, the effort to create it reflects a reality setting
in among the nation’s counterterrorism ranks: The United States’
conventional wars are winding down, but the government expects to
continue adding names to kill or capture lists for years… The Obama
administration has touted its successes against the terrorist network,
formally acknowledging for the first time the United States’ use of
armed drones. Less visible is the extent to which Obama has
institutionalized the highly classified practice of targeted killing,
transforming ad-hoc elements into a counterterrorism infrastructure
capable of sustaining a seemingly PERMANENT WAR."–Greg Miller
www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/plan-for-h…
"[T]he legal foundation for U.S. counterterrorism strategy is partially
based on "the Congressional authorization to use military force" (AUMF)
that was passed after 9/11… Specifically it seems to be based on an
interpretation of the AUMF that was "reaffirmed" by the indefinite
detention clause of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)…
This explains why Obama is fighting so hard to keep the indefinite
detention clause in effect… In court the government argued that the
indefinite detention clause is simply a "reaffirmation" of the
Authorization Use Of Military Force (AUMF), which gives the president
authority "to use all necessary and appropriate force against those …
[who] aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001 or
harbored such organizations or persons." In the NDAA lawsuit, the
government argued that the NDAA §1021 is simply an ‘affirmation’ or
‘reaffirmation’ of the AUMF… But the NDAA adds language to the AUMF
when it says ‘The President also has the authority to detain persons who
were part of or substantially supported, Taliban or al-Qaida forces or
associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United
States or its coalition partners, INCLUDING ANY PERSON WHO HAS COMMITTED
A BELLIGERENT ACT, or has directly supported hostilities, in the aid of
such enemy forces.’ That extra part is what Judge Katherine Forrest
ruled unconstitutionally vague."–Michael Kelley
www.businessinsider.com/why-losing-indefinite-detention-p…
"It may seem like imprisoning an American citizen without charges or
trial transgresses against the United States Constitution and basic
norms of Western justice dating back to the Magna Carta… It may seem
like reiterating the right to due process contained in the 5th Amendment
would be uncontroversial… It may seem like a United States senator
would be widely ridiculed for suggesting that American citizens can be
imprisoned indefinitely without chargers or trial, and that if numerous
U.S. senators took that position, the press would treat the issue with
at least as much urgency as "the fiscal cliff" or the possibility of a
new assault weapons bill or likely nominees for Cabinet posts… It may
seem like the American citizens who vocally fret about the importance of
adhering to the text of the Constitution would object as loudly as
anyone to the prospect of indefinite detention… But it isn’t
so."–Conor Friedersdorf
www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/scandal-aler…
"Lawmakers charged with merging the House and Senate versions of the
National Defense Authorization Act decided on Tuesday to drop a
provision that would have explicitly barred the military from holding
American citizens and permanent residents in indefinite detention
without trial as terrorism suspects, according to Congressional staff
members familiar with the negotiations."–Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/us/politics/congressional-comm…
"Over the past year I and other plaintiffs including Noam Chomsky and
Daniel Ellsberg have pressed a lawsuit in the federal courts to nullify
Section 1021(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
This egregious section, which permits the government to use the military
to detain U.S. citizens, strip them of due process and hold them
indefinitely in military detention centers, could have been easily fixed
by Congress. The Senate and House had the opportunity this month to
include in the 2013 version of the NDAA an unequivocal statement that
all U.S. citizens would be exempt from 1021(b)(2), leaving the section
to apply only to foreigners. But restoring due process for citizens was
something the Republicans and the Democrats, along with the White House,
refused to do. The fate of some of our most basic and important
rights—ones enshrined in the Bill of Rights as well as the Fourth and
Fifth amendments of the Constitution—will be decided in the next few
months in the courts. If the courts fail us, a gulag state will be
cemented into place."–Chris Hedges
www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_final_battle_20121223/
"Treat any #GOV agent or #LEO who enters your premises to detain you
under #NDAA as an armed intruder."–VVV PR
twitter.com/VVVPR/status/282928688071315456
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Cool Empower Network images
A few nice Empower Network images I found:
Infrastructure – Paul Dourish at Design Dialogues, Art Center College of Design
Image by G A R N E T
Guest Curator: Garnet Hertz
This lecture series explores key concepts in computational media to empower individuals to imagine, collaborate, provoke, and prototype through computing.
As a result of its widespread adoption, digital media has transitioned from "new media" to a ubiquitous part of contemporary life. This shift from novelty to familiarity has considerable ramifications for academic institutions working in the fields of media arts and digital culture. Exploring the formal potentials of information and networked technologies is no longer of significant interest: information technologies need to be understood as an embedded part of culture and history. Digital cultural practices must also work to extend their parent disciplines, including the studio arts, media history and theory, design, computer science and engineering.
Each speaker in the "Computation After New Media" series will focus on one word— a single term they feel is a core part of their work within the framework of computation. These lectures will be aimed at exploring the underlying structures of computationalism, providing an important leverage into the philosophy, languages, and principles of digital media.
October 22: Paul Dourish
Paul Dourish is a Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Anthropology. He teaches in the Informatics program and in the interdisciplinary graduate program in Arts Computation and Engineering. His primary research interests lie at the intersection of computer science and social science; he draws liberally on material from computer science, science and technology studies, cultural studies, humanities, and social sciences in order to understand information technology as a site of social and cultural production. In 2008, he was elected to the CHI Academy in recognition of his contributions to Human-Computer Interaction.
Dourish is the author of "Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction" (MIT Press, 2001), which explores how phenomenological accounts of action can provide an alternative to traditional cognitive analysis for understanding the embodied experience of interactive and computational systems. Before coming to UCI, he was a Senior Member of Research Staff in the Computer Science Laboratory of Xerox PARC; he has also held research positions at Apple Computer and at Rank Xerox EuroPARC. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University College, London, and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh.
Death Certificate – Paul Dourish at Design Dialogues, Art Center College of Design
Image by G A R N E T
Guest Curator: Garnet Hertz
This lecture series explores key concepts in computational media to empower individuals to imagine, collaborate, provoke, and prototype through computing.
As a result of its widespread adoption, digital media has transitioned from "new media" to a ubiquitous part of contemporary life. This shift from novelty to familiarity has considerable ramifications for academic institutions working in the fields of media arts and digital culture. Exploring the formal potentials of information and networked technologies is no longer of significant interest: information technologies need to be understood as an embedded part of culture and history. Digital cultural practices must also work to extend their parent disciplines, including the studio arts, media history and theory, design, computer science and engineering.
Each speaker in the "Computation After New Media" series will focus on one word— a single term they feel is a core part of their work within the framework of computation. These lectures will be aimed at exploring the underlying structures of computationalism, providing an important leverage into the philosophy, languages, and principles of digital media.
October 22: Paul Dourish
Paul Dourish is a Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Anthropology. He teaches in the Informatics program and in the interdisciplinary graduate program in Arts Computation and Engineering. His primary research interests lie at the intersection of computer science and social science; he draws liberally on material from computer science, science and technology studies, cultural studies, humanities, and social sciences in order to understand information technology as a site of social and cultural production. In 2008, he was elected to the CHI Academy in recognition of his contributions to Human-Computer Interaction.
Dourish is the author of "Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction" (MIT Press, 2001), which explores how phenomenological accounts of action can provide an alternative to traditional cognitive analysis for understanding the embodied experience of interactive and computational systems. Before coming to UCI, he was a Senior Member of Research Staff in the Computer Science Laboratory of Xerox PARC; he has also held research positions at Apple Computer and at Rank Xerox EuroPARC. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University College, London, and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh.
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Magazine Interior Design
A few nice Empower Network images I found:
Magazine Interior Design
Image by VFS Digital Design
For her graduate project, Melody Teichroeb wanted to break down the barriers separating design schools and empower students to build a design community. She created Connexion, a magazine that enables students to gain insights into what students and professionals are doing, learn valuable tips and tricks, connect with other students, and build networks.
Find out more VFS’s one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Final Logo Design
Image by VFS Digital Design
For her graduate project, Melody Teichroeb wanted to break down the barriers separating design schools and empower students to build a design community. She created Connexion, a magazine that enables students to gain insights into what students and professionals are doing, learn valuable tips and tricks, connect with other students, and build networks.
Find out more VFS’s one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Final Magazine Layout
Image by VFS Digital Design
For her graduate project, Melody Teichroeb wanted to break down the barriers separating design schools and empower students to build a design community. She created Connexion, a magazine that enables students to gain insights into what students and professionals are doing, learn valuable tips and tricks, connect with other students, and build networks.
Find out more VFS’s one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
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Digital Backyards Japan
Some cool Empower Network images:
Digital Backyards Japan
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The conference „Digital Backyards Japan“ has been initiated by smal.jp and berlinergazette.de. It took place during three days of January 2013 (10th-12th) in northern Japan at the Sapporo Media Arts Lab. The aim was to explore future forms of networking in the field of knowledge production.
The awareness towards the digital monopolism of companies based in Silicon valley is growing all over the world. Also in Japan. But what are alternatives to Google and Facebook? The conference „Digital Backyards Japan“ claims: The answer can not be yet another internet giant of Japanese origin to rival Google and Facebook. A real alternative would be to empower diversity.
The resources for alternatives to an increasingly centralized internet landscape lie dormant in Japan’s diversity itself: tinker garages, corporate hotbeds, grassroots hubs, institutional labs, hacker bedrooms, editorial outposts etc. In those digital backyards various stakeholders in the field of knowledge production have been pursuing their innovative work over the last decades. However its potential has not been exhausted yet.
What can be done about this? The conference invited open minded bloggers, entrepreneurs, researchers, cultural workers, journalists and programmers to explore synergies between their work. Here they discussed: Why do we network in the first place? What do we see as emerging trends? What are up and coming web services? What is the potential of decentralized strategies?
The motivation of the conference is to think and network beyond the given (e.g. infrastructures) and the dominant (e.g. cultures). Above all it is about exploring dormant potentials: How can Japan’s digital backyards catalyse networking cultures in a sustainable way? How can they revitalize a country in deep crisis? And how can they help to connect Japan anew with world society?
„Digital Backyards Japan“ was a kick off event for more meetings in Japan/Asia and a follow up of a Berlin summit in October 2012. The spontaneous proliferation of the conference enables a fruitful process of cross-regional learning from: Insights from the debates in Europe are shared in Japan/Asia and vice versa.
documentation of the Berlin conference:
berlinergazette.de/digi-yards-documentation
program of the Berlin conference:
berlinergazette.de/digital-backyards
Photo Credit: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (Mayer Planning Office/ City of Sapporo, SMAL), Chris Piallat (Alliance ’90/The Greens), Krystian Woznicki (berlinergazette.de)
Digital Backyards Japan
Image by Berliner.Gazette
The conference „Digital Backyards Japan“ has been initiated by smal.jp and berlinergazette.de. It took place during three days of January 2013 (10th-12th) in northern Japan at the Sapporo Media Arts Lab. The aim was to explore future forms of networking in the field of knowledge production.
The awareness towards the digital monopolism of companies based in Silicon valley is growing all over the world. Also in Japan. But what are alternatives to Google and Facebook? The conference „Digital Backyards Japan“ claims: The answer can not be yet another internet giant of Japanese origin to rival Google and Facebook. A real alternative would be to empower diversity.
The resources for alternatives to an increasingly centralized internet landscape lie dormant in Japan’s diversity itself: tinker garages, corporate hotbeds, grassroots hubs, institutional labs, hacker bedrooms, editorial outposts etc. In those digital backyards various stakeholders in the field of knowledge production have been pursuing their innovative work over the last decades. However its potential has not been exhausted yet.
What can be done about this? The conference invited open minded bloggers, entrepreneurs, researchers, cultural workers, journalists and programmers to explore synergies between their work. Here they discussed: Why do we network in the first place? What do we see as emerging trends? What are up and coming web services? What is the potential of decentralized strategies?
The motivation of the conference is to think and network beyond the given (e.g. infrastructures) and the dominant (e.g. cultures). Above all it is about exploring dormant potentials: How can Japan’s digital backyards catalyse networking cultures in a sustainable way? How can they revitalize a country in deep crisis? And how can they help to connect Japan anew with world society?
„Digital Backyards Japan“ was a kick off event for more meetings in Japan/Asia and a follow up of a Berlin summit in October 2012. The spontaneous proliferation of the conference enables a fruitful process of cross-regional learning from: Insights from the debates in Europe are shared in Japan/Asia and vice versa.
documentation of the Berlin conference:
berlinergazette.de/digi-yards-documentation
program of the Berlin conference:
berlinergazette.de/digital-backyards
Photo Credit: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi (Mayer Planning Office/ City of Sapporo, SMAL), Chris Piallat (Alliance ’90/The Greens), Krystian Woznicki (berlinergazette.de)
Casey Reas speaks at Design Dialogues in the Media Design Program at the Art Center College of Design. Friday November 19th 2010.
Image by G A R N E T
Coding (with Processing) as a design practice
Design Dialogues Fall 2010: Computation After New Media
Media Design Program, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
Guest Curator: Garnet Hertz
This lecture series explores key concepts in computational media to empower individuals to imagine, collaborate, provoke, and prototype through computing.
As a result of its widespread adoption, digital media has transitioned from "new media" to a ubiquitous part of contemporary life. This shift from novelty to familiarity has considerable ramifications for academic institutions working in the fields of media arts and digital culture. Exploring the formal potentials of information and networked technologies is no longer of significant interest: information technologies need to be understood as an embedded part of culture and history. Digital cultural practices must also work to extend their parent disciplines, including the studio arts, media history and theory, design, computer science and engineering.
Each speaker in the "Computation After New Media" series will focus on one word— a single term they feel is a core part of their work within the framework of computation. These lectures will be aimed at exploring the underlying structures of computationalism, providing an important leverage into the philosophy, languages, and principles of digital media.
October 1: Sharon Daniel, UCSC
October 8: Eddo Stern, UCLA
October 22: Paul Dourish, UCI
October 29: George Legrady, UCSB
November 19: Casey Reas, UCLA,
December 3: Celia Pearce, Georgia Tech
Design Dialogues brings provocateurs from the worlds of design, art, academia, and technology into the MDP Studio. Each term, a guest curator is invited to build a series around a theme of their choosing.
Meetings: 12-2 pm. Talks: 3-6 pm in the Wind Tunnel Gallery. Open only to Media Design students, alumni, and faculty.
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