Ronn Daniel: Measure and Mis-Measure: Rethinking Anthropometry in Interior Design
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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
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
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?"
Jill Pable: Leveraging Design's Potential in the Housing Crisis
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
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.