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Apr 16

Designers, Drinks and Social Change: The Obsolete Designer Part II

  • April 16, 2010
  • Eric Benson
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Designers, Drinks & Social Change this month is going to be Series II from the topic: “Are Designers Becoming Obsolete?” Designers, Drinks & Social Change this month is going to be Series II from the topic: “Are Designers Becoming Obsolete?”

WHEN: August 19th, 2010

WHERE: http://www.tokbox.com/tiltstudioinc/ddsc

TIME: 12am GST, 7pm EST, 6pm CST and 4pm PST.

WHO: Elaine Asal (Gensler/Urban Forest Project), Bernard Caniffe (MCAD/Project M), Eric Benson (Re-nourish/University of Illinois), Eric Karjulouto (SmashLab/Design Can Change), and Rachael Baird (Tilt).

QUESTIONS:

  • What does it mean to be obsolete and is it happening?
  • What does it mean to be a designer and what mediums does it encompass?
  • How is the current state of the economy driving change within the design sector?
  • In pitches, how much “design” should you do to get the work? How did this differ from the past?
  • How could design or designers have effected the effort in the oil spill better?

Please bring your favorite drink of choice and your thoughts and ideas. 

 

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Eric is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Illinois. He has worked as a professional designer for such companies as Razorfish and Texas Instruments. His research as a professor explores how design can be sustainable and consequently how to teach it. Eric has a BFA in Industrial/Graphic design from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Design from the University of Texas.

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