Tasoulla Hadjiyanni: Design introspection in the post-COVID/post-protests era
The Design Speaker Series presents a talk by Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, Northrop Professor of Interior Design at the University of Minnesota.
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2020-21
2021-22
Eileen Jones: Design, Brand, and Culture
The Design Speaker Series presents a talk by Eileen Jones, whose work focuses on strategic research, cultural interpretation, planning, and design.
2022-23
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.
2023-24
Ronn Daniel: Measure and Mis-Measure: Rethinking Anthropometry in Interior Design
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?"
2024-25
Upali Nanda: Linking Design to Outcomes
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
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
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.
2025-26
Designing for the Future: Kay Sargent of HOK
As part of the Interior Design at 100 observance on the IU Bloomington campus, the Design Speaker Series presents this talk by Kay Sargent, one of the foremost voices in inclusive design. A licensed and certified interior designer with 40 years of experience, Sargent is the Director of Thought Leadership at HOK.
Elbert Girón: Virtual Talk and Q&A
Elbert Girón is an interdisciplinary designer whose practice includes apparel design, footwear design, furniture design, spatial design, identity design, and print.
Tong-June Moon's career has taken him from Seventh Avenue to outer space. In this Design Speaker Series talk, Moon will discuss his transition from New York's fashion industry to the NASA Johnson Space Center’s Softgoods Lab, where he designs spacesuits.
Benjamin Edgar’s Theory of Momentum
Benjamin Edgar—a Chicago-based multidisciplinary designer—uses design, emotion, and decade’s worth of research and development across varying processes and materials to participate in the world around him. Notable work includes his namesake object company, founding Boxed Water, and the cultural blog THE BRILLIANCE!
Shabboo Valipoor | Interdisciplinary Design Research: How Technology Drives Impact and Innovation
In this talk, Shabboo Valipoor Ph.D., EDAC, will discuss how emerging technologies, such as virtual reality, computational simulation, and machine learning, are advancing research at the intersection of design, health, and well-being. Valipoor is an Associate Professor of Interior Design in the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida.
Amy Franceschini: Presence as Practice
Amy Franceschini is an artist and founder of Futurefarmers, a group of international artists, architects, computer programmers, writers, farmers and anthropologists whose practices coalesce in many forms – from the far-reaching digital realms to the deeply rooted earthly domains.