7.10.08

lecture series at the d-crit mfa department



for those of you who might have heard about the new department: Design Criticism at SVA, they are launching a series of lectures on tuesdays at one of the west side buldings (the one next to davinci) Here's a list of topics for you to take a glance at:

Fall 2008 Lecture Series
Tuesdays, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
136 West 21st St., New York, 2nd Floor
RSVP to dcrit@sva.edu or 212.592.2228.

October 7: Jenni Sorkin, "The Pottery Seminar at Black Mountain College,1952"

October 28: Rob Giampietro, "On Design, Distribution, and Circulation"

October 31 (Friday at 4 p.m.): Rick Poynor, "The Observer Self-Critiqued: Design Columns and Design Criticism"

November 4: Elyssa Dimant, "In Rogue: Crafting Fashion Criticism"

November 11: James Sanders, "Begin with the Screen: Using Film to Explore Issues of Architecture and Design"

November 18: Eugenia Bell, "Design, Observed: Writing Design and Architecture"

November 25: Allan Chochinov, "Design and the Blog Space"

December 2: Pat Kirkham, "Writing Critical Monographs: Case Studies of Ray and Charles Eames & Elaine and Saul Bass"

December 9: Chee Pearlman, "Designing the Live Content Experience"

December 16: Cathleen McGuigan, "The Role of Design Criticism in the National Press"

source: SVA: D-crit