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Jill Pable: Leveraging Design's Potential in the Housing Crisis

Monday, January 30, 2023, 5:30 p.m.—Monday, January 30, 2023, 7 p.m.

Jill Pable, professor of interior architecture and design at Florida State University, will discuss trauma-informed design and its capacity to improve the lives of those experiencing homelessness.

Nate Storring: Placemaking: Care and Complexity in the City

Tuesday, February 07, 2023, 5:30 p.m.—Tuesday, February 07, 2023, 7 p.m.

Why do some public spaces and buildings endure -- or even get better with age -- while others fail to adapt to the ever-changing human use? Nate Storring, co-executive director of Project for Public Spaces, discusses the elements that make for successful urban life.

Ronn Daniel: Measure and Mis-Measure: Rethinking Anthropometry in Interior Design

Wednesday, November 08, 2023, 4 p.m.—Wednesday, November 08, 2023, 5 p.m.

Anthropometry, in which scientists applied ostensibly objective measurements to human physical diversity, was long used to advance immoral ends. Ronn Daniel (design historian and associate professor at Kent State University) critiques the use of anthropometry in interior design.

Design Speaker Series: Failure, an Asset in the Design Process

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 1 p.m.—Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 2 p.m.

Failure, an Asset in the Design Process is a series of conversations that tackle the question,"How have you used one project's failures to your advantage?"

Design Speaker Series: Failure, an Asset in the Design Process

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 12 p.m.—Thursday, April 18, 2024, 1 p.m.

Failure, an Asset in the Design Process is a series of conversations that tackle the question,"How have you used one project's failures to your advantage?"

Upali Nanda: Linking Design to Outcomes

Monday, November 04, 2024, 5 p.m.—Monday, November 04, 2024, 6 p.m.

In this presentation Dr. Upali Nanda will share how research and strategy are integrated into the design process in pursuit of better outcomes for human and planet health. Nanda is Global Sector Director for Innovation at global architecture firm HKS and Professor of Practice at the Taubman School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.

Felicia Francine Dean: Embodied Material Narratives

Monday, January 27, 2025, 3:15 p.m.—Monday, January 27, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

Felicia Francine Dean investigates the underrepresented cultural, racial, and social narratives embedded within interior architecture and objects. Dean is on the faculty of the College of Architecture & Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Matthew Muller of Pneuhaus: Design, Build, Inflate, Play

Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 6 p.m.—Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 7 p.m.

This lecture by Pneuhaus cofounder Matthew Muller will briefly describe the history of pneumatic structures as the jumping-off point to share Pneuhaus’ design process. With the help of some physical models, Muller will talk through selected projects to share how the studio works to expand their craft and explore new ways of experiencing space.

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