Design Perspectives
by Swinburne University of Technology
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Description
A free lecture series hosted by Swinburne Faculty of Design with the aim of sharing the ideas of internationally renowned professors and other design experts.
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| 1 | Typography and branding (Design perspectives) | Jack Yan will address typography's impact on branding, the cultural aspects of branding, and nation branding. He will also speak about his work as a director of the Medinge Group, a think-tank in Sweden devoted to cutting-edge humanitarian branding. | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | New York vernacular (Design perspectives) | Emily Tenzer Santoro, Adjunct Instructor at Pratt Institute, Queens College and New York University and SUN/FIT, brings her background in anthropology (BA, Barnard College, 1984) to the culture of graphic design. This feeds her understanding of the social | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New York vernacular (Design perspectives) | Emily Tenzer Santoro, Adjunct Instructor at Pratt Institute, Queens College and New York University and SUN/FIT, brings her background in anthropology (BA, Barnard College, 1984) to the culture of graphic design. This feeds her understanding of the social | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Typography and branding (Design perspectives) | Jack Yan will address typography's impact on branding, the cultural aspects of branding, and nation branding. He will also speak about his work as a director of the Medinge Group, a think-tank in Sweden devoted to cutting-edge humanitarian branding. | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoExpanding Design Education through Indigenous Design (Design Perspectives) | Dr. Pi'ikea Clark will address how Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi University is attempting to expand design education through indigenous knowledge and a focus on social, educational, economic and cultural sustainability and the needs of indigenous c | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoUser-centred design (Design perspectives) | How can interaction design contribute to innovating business models? The very model of how to make business is at play in most innovation projects today. | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The story of the Aalto University Design Factory (Design Perspectives) | The essence of Design Factory is its unique blend of creative, meeting and social spaces. Design Factory also hosts research projects for industry and nurtures start-up companies in the adjacent 'Venture Garage'... | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Activity theory as a "trading zone" for design research and practice (Design Perspectives) | Dr Gregory updates and augments key concepts, terms and new developments to bring them forward in relation to 3rd generation Cultural Historical Activity Theory... a lively and notable area over the past 10 years with significant uptake in design research | 7/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoChocolate bread, sacred rice: Continental ways of looking at things (Design Perspectives) | "A thing found is a found thing; das ding an sich, the thing-in-itself, is altogether something else. We know chair before we know this chair. We know chair-ness and yet there is no such thing-in-itself, as a chair..." | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chocolate bread, sacred rice: Continental ways of looking at things (Design Perspectives) | "A thing found is a found thing; das ding an sich, the thing-in-itself, is altogether something else. We know chair before we know this chair. We know chair-ness and yet there is no such thing-in-itself, as a chair..." | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Graphic design in China since 1979 (Design Perspectives) | Internationally renowned design academic, Dr Wendy Suiyi Wong reviews graphic design in China over the last three decades in the third of a series of free public lectures hosted by Swinburne University's Faculty of Design. | 6/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Understanding design thinking (Design Perspectives) | While we often speak of design ability as a mysterious gift or talent, there is even more to this mystery than many people realise. Nigel Cross is a leading figure in the area of design research that is gradually building a deep understanding of what... | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Creative thinking in design (Design Perspectives) | Current research indicates that leading designers draw on common cognitive patterns in their work. To examine this phenomenon, Nigel Cross draws on reports and observations of creative design by outstanding designers... | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 13 Episodes |
