Creativity + Play
Events of the Day
Critical Futures Lab Showcase
This presentation gives an overview of the interdisciplinary research from Critical Futures Lab, a group that combines critical thinking from the social sciences with generative methods from art and design. Topics include: understanding the role of gender in the field of user experience design; storytelling about experiences of disability in higher ed; using textiles to create data physicalizations about ethics and AI; and speculative futuring. After the presentations and discussion, they guide participants through a short workshop, Knitting a System, that explores the interconnections among science, technology, environment, and society.
Professor, Art + Design and Communications Studies, CAMD; Director, Critical Futures Lab; Senior Fellow, Burnes Center for Social Change
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Art + Design, CAMD
Interdisciplinary Design and Media PhD Student, CAMD
Interdisciplinary Design and Media PhD Student, CAMD
Interdisciplinary Design and Media PhD Student, CAMD
Food for Thought: Alexandra To and Clareese Hill
This is the third Food for Thought event of the spring 2025 season, this time in special collaboration with the Center for Design's Design Research Week program, featuring Clareese Hill (Assistant Professor of Art+Design) and Alexandra To (Assistant Professor of Art+Design (Games) & Khoury College of Computer Sciences). The theme for this month’s program is “Identity and Empowerment in Game Design and Immersive Media.” Each Faculty member shares a short presentation about their research.
Assistant Professor, Art + Design, CAMD
Assistant Professor, Art + Design, CAMD and Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Crafting Ecological and Health Narratives in Public Space Presentation and Making Public Workshop
The Crafting Ecological and Health Narratives in Public Space presentation illustrates community-centric approaches to environmental and health communication design. Through the lenses of publishing, printmaking, branding, public programming, and tactical interventions in public space, José Menéndez’s research examines the design practice as a platform for multicultural communication, access, and visibility at multiple scales. The presentation was followed by the workshop Making Public, a Risograph workshop where participants were introduced to methods of community activation through publishing.
Assistant Professor, Architecture and
Art + Design, CAMD
Photos by Rongrong (Juno) Zhu.
Portfolio Review Night
Art + Design students had their portfolios reviewed by a selection of Faculty and Co-op Employers during one-on-one discussions.
