Eric Heiman, designer, Volume Inc hosts Shawn Allen, Bob Aufuldish, Guthrie Dolin, Mike Simonian & Maaike Evers, and Joshua To in a Pecha-Kucha style state of the state of the art face off.
With master of ceremonies Melina Jones.
Technology is evolving more quickly than ever. The planet can't sustain our consuming ways anymore. We're still in a deep economic recession. And 40,000 design students are graduating every year across the country. Is a new golden age of creativity upon us? Or is it the end of design as we know it? (Or both?) Many are touting design as the primary catalyst towards meaningful societal change, but will we all just be designing mobile apps in 5 years instead? And what about the rest of us who still just want to make cool posters?
On October 21, designer, design educator, and Open Space contributor Eric Heiman, will assemble five designers/design teams to address these issues in "Pecha Kucha" format—20 slides, 20 seconds each, 400 seconds total—and then moderate a discussion between them. Master of ceremonies and resident MC for the evening Melina Jones, will be introducing each guest's credentials with a freestyle rap performance of her own composition.
This fall Open Space (the SFMOMA blog) takes its online forum for critical and personal writings about art, visual culture, and issues specific to the Bay Area into real time & space. The evenings will be informal, intimate, and inviting, as well as engaged, critical conversations.
Join us!
Free with museum admission (only $3 that night!).
