As part of the 2023 AIGA National Conference, The View From Here, to be held in New York City October 12-14, the DEC will host Lens a one-day symposium.
Lens will feature peer-reviewed papers, panels, posters, and other work from educators, graduate students, and industry professionals that address ideas and topics connected to the theme LENS.
Thursday, October 12th, 2023, from 8:00 am – 5:30 pm (EST)
REGISTRATION
Don’t forget to add LENS to your conference registration
Lens is a $20 add-on for people already registered to attend the AIGA Design Conference. Attendees should make sure they have added Lens to their conference registration.
The AIGA Design Conference is SOLD OUT and Lens is not currently available as a stand-alone ticket.
Lens attendees need to pick up their badge the evening before at the main conference venue, the Sheraton Times Square Hotel on Wednesday, October 11, between 5 and 8 pm.
A LENS can focus and direct light, bringing clarity and perspective to otherwise opaque or abstract ideas. This call for proposals solicits work that utilizes this metaphor to explore and reassess the current state of design education in innovative and insightful ways. This context can help to analyze and understand how we see, interpret, and create visual communication from interdisciplinary viewpoints.
Patricia Childers, Vinicius Lima (conference co-chairs)
9:45 AM Break
10:00 AM A Lens on Core Values
Design is Eugenics is Design: Introducing Crip Theory to Design Studies Kaiya Waerea
Developing Reflective Practitioners: Co-designing a Code of Ethics in the Design Classroom Victoria Gerson, Shadrick Addy
Social emergence for discursive design Juan Salamanca
Unveiling Salary Equity: Visualizing Trends in Compensation within Higher Education MiHyun Kim
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM Panel: Expanding the Design Canon: The State of Black Design and the Lens of Inclusivity.
moderator: George Guerrastegui, Jr. Omari Souza Kelly Walters Jacinda Walker Terrence Moline Jillian Harris Terresa Moses
12:30 AM. Break
12:45 PM Panel: Expanding the Lens: Non-Traditional Grading Practices for Inclusive Design Education
Rachel Beth Egenhoefer Curt Lund (he/him) Zachary Vernon Shannon Zenner
1:45 PM LUNCH BREAK
3:30 PM Grad papers lightening talks: Lens on Design Futures
Reframing the Role of Social Media in the Identity Formation of Youths Megan Handley Trans-ition Trans-cendence: 3D interactive web space as a mutable narrative platform TaeHee Whang
Visual Participatory Design Activities: Empowering Student Voices for Inclusive Education Hien Phan Vasudhaiva Kutumbhakm Anmol Shrivastava
HeLoHe: A Design Solution for Empowering Female Fibromyalgia Patients and Supporters Through Innovative Mobile Health Technology Roya Movahed
Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th St, room A106
10:00 AM A Lens on Expression and Technologies
In Favor of Analog Making: Expanding Design Methods, Embracing Humanness, and Resisting Digital Predictability Megan Irwin, Dan Elliot, Cat Normoyle
Embracing the Impact of AI on Graphic Design: Preparing Students for the Age of Automation Chen Wang
Historical Inspiration: Cuneiform as a Design Tool Setareh Goreishi
A Pedagogical Approach for Introducing and Challenging AI in the Classroom Mary Y. Yang
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM Panel: The Decoloniality of Self-Expression: perspectives on auto-ethnographic visual discovery
Gaby Hernandez Ramon Tejada (Presentation delivered in Spanish)
12:30 PM Break
12:45 PM Panel: Design for Emergencies: Preparing Resilient Communities
Clinton Carlson Rodrigo Ramirez Claudine Jaenichen Klaus Kremer Saski van Manen
1:45 PM LUNCH BREAK
4:00 PM Panel: The View from the Delta: Immersion in Design Education
Samantha Wischmeyer Beth Dedman Israel Adeleye Shalom Yabilsu Jessica Miles Sumi Limbu
5:00 PM Break
5:15 PM A Lens on Design Literacies
Refocusing Vis Lit within the Frame of Design History, Education & Practice Warren Lehrer
Expanding Our Design Education Lens: Insights from an Experimental Study of the Subjective Appeal of “Bad” Design Dr. Shannon Zenner
Learning Multimodal Design Storytelling through a Social Justice Lens Ellen Christensen, Sana Hussaini The Design History Reader: An Emerging History Kristen Coogan
12:45 PM Panel: The Emergence of Trauma-Informed Design
Maribeth Kradel-Weitzel Stephen DiDonato Wayne Centrone
1:45 PM LUNCH BREAK
PANELS
The Decoloniality of Self-Expression: Perspectives on Auto-Ethnographic Visual Discovery
Gaby Hernández, University of Arkansas Ramón Tejada, Rhode Island School of Design
Design for Emergencies: Preparing Resilient Communities
Clinton Carlson, University of Notre Dame Rodrigo Ramirez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Claudine Jaenichen Klaus Kremer Saski van Manen
The Emergence of Trauma-Informed Design
Wayne Centrone, Health Bridges International Stephen DiDonato, Thomas Jefferson University Maribeth Kradel-Weitzel, Thomas Jefferson University
Expanding the Design Canon: The State of Black Design and the Lens of Inclusivity
Omari Souza, University of North Texas George Guerrastegui, Jr. Kelly Walters Jacinda Walker Terrence Moline Jillian Harris
Expanding the Lens: Non-Traditional Grading Practices for Inclusive Design Education
Rachel Beth Egenhoefer, University of San Francisco Curt Lund, Digital + Studio Arts Hamline University Zachary Vernon, California State University, Los Angeles Shannon Zenner, Elon University
Making Space for Graphic Designers as Visual Essayists
Patricia Childers, Citytech, CUNY Heather Corcoran, Washington University in St. Louis Omar Sosa-Tzec, San Francisco State University Joshua Unikel, University of Houston
The View from the Delta: Immersion in Design Education
Israel Adeleye, University of Arkansas Beth Dedman, University of Arkansas Sumi Limbu, University of Arkansas Jessica Miles, University of Arkansas Samantha Wischmeyer, University of Arkansas Shalom Yabilsu, University of Arkansas
SHORT PAPERS
Design is Eugenics is Design: Introducing Crip Theory to Design Studies’
Kaiya Waerea, University of the Arts London
The Design History Reader: An Emerging History
Kristen Coogan, Boston University
Developing Reflective Practitioners: Co-designing a Code of Ethics in the Design Classroom
Shadrick Addy, The Ohio State University
Victoria Gerson, University of Florida
Embracing the Impact of AI on Graphic Design: Preparing Students for the Age of Automation
Chen Wang, California State University, Fullerton
Expanding Our Design Education Lens: Insights from an Experimental Study of the Subjective Appeal of ‘Bad’ Design
Dr. Shannon Zenner, Elon University
Learning Multimodal Design Storytelling through a Social Justice Lens
Ellen Christensen, San Francisco State University School of Design Sana Hussaini, San Francisco State University School of Design
In Favor of Analog Making: Expanding Design Methods, Embracing Humanness, and Resisting Digital Predictability
Megan Irwin, East Carolina University
Dan Elliot Cat Normoyle
Historical Inspiration: Cuneiform as a Design Tool
Setareh Ghoreishi, Oakland University
A Lens Toward the Future: Moving the Words of a University Land Acknowledgment Statement into Meaningful Action
Heidi Nees, Bowling Green State University Jenn Stucker, Bowling Green State University
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