Save the Date – F1RST: The Masters Thesis – Presentations of SVA MFA Products of Design Program
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Our readers are likely well aware that Core77’s Allan Chochinov has been primarily focused on his duties as co-founder and chair of the School of Visual Arts MFA Products of Design program for the past few years now, and he is pleased to announce that they will be graduating their inaugural class next month. It has by all accounts been a major learning experience for all parties involved, from Allan and his faculty to the students themselves (who, of course, were joined by a second class, of 2015, last semester).
On Thursday, May 8, the 15 intrepid students who first set foot in the department back in 2012 will be presenting their year-long thesis work (names and projects listed below). The event at the SVA Theater on West 23rd St will take place from 1:00–6:30pm, starting with a few opening remarks from Allan and a keynote presentation by author and social theorist Douglas Rushkoff, whose latest book, Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now was published last year, followed by formal presentations by each student.
Richard Clarkson – “Super. Moments of Remarkable”
Emi Yasaka – “Upward: Fostering Human Mobility in a Sedentary World”
Clay Kippen – “Lucid: Seeing as a Tool for Learning
Kathryn McElroy – “Presence: How to Use Digital Technology to Live a More Analog Life”
Mansi Gupta – “BETTER: The Prejudices and Practices of Mass Production”
Damon Ahola – “The Benefits of Harvesting Ambient Energy”
Gaïa Orain – “the goods”
Samantha Moore – “Around: Drawing Out Relief and Engagement in the Urban Environment”
Rona Binay – “Coexist: Mixing with Wildlife in an Urban Environment”
Cassandra Michel – “Five+: An Exploration of Mindful Experience Through the Lens of Sense”
Joseph Weissgold – “The Teacher’s Lounge: Re-Empowering Teachers Through Design Offerings”
Willy Chan – “Alive: Comforting Your Food”
Zena Pesta – “State of the Art Project: Transforming Local Businesses Into Learning Laboratories”
Charlotte Hellichius – “Whateverest. Exploring the Landscape of Apathy and Agency”
Matt Barber – “The End.”
It seems like just yesterday that we saw the fresh faces of the inaugural class of SVA PoD roaming the floor of WantedDesign for their 2013 NY Design Week project “ALSO!” Congrats to Allan and all of the students!
Seating is limited, so RSVP is required.
About the Masters Thesis
The http://productsofdesign.sva.eduMFA Products of Design Masters Thesis is a unique, year-long design pursuit that investigates, iterates, and articulates around a given subject matter or territory. Using a series of progressive lenses—from speculative objects to social interventions—student work is instantiated along a continuum from product to service to system to platform. Integrating brand, business, and environmental and social stewardship, the thesis stands as a testament that the “products of design” must span multiple modalities in order to provide effective, holistic offerings.
About the MFA Products of Design Program
The MFA in Products of Design is an immersive, two-year graduate program that creates exceptional leaders for the shifting terrain of design. We educate heads, hearts and hands to reinvent systems and catalyze positive change. Graduates emerge with methods, confidence, and the strong professional networks necessary to excel at top design firms and progressive organizations, to create ingenious enterprises of their own, and to become lifelong advocates for the power of design.
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