DesignTalks 2010. Lecture series

From May 3rd the new edition of the DesignTalks eries in collaboration with Abitare magazine. The programme opens with the conferences focussing on communication , between graphic and digital design.

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The fourth edition of Design Talks is starting on Wednesday May 3rd at 18.30. DesignTalks is the lecture series promoted by the Scuola Politecnica di Design SPD exploring the most interesting research trends in design, architecture, graphic and multimedia. Internationally renowned speakers are invited to share their work and ideas with the SPD community, offering the most diverse insights into contemporary professional practice. Since 2007 the programme has featured international lectures, names of the first rank such as - Massimo Vignelli, Tomato, Ross Lovegrove, Fernando and Humberto Campana, Chris Bangle, Martì Guixé, Erik Kessels from Kessels Kramer.

For the 2010 edition the themes brought to the attention of the school’s students and the general public during the conferences scheduled until July are ranging from the role of technology applied to creativity to the relation between experimental research and professional practice. The first guests - selected by Silvia Sfligiotti, supervisor for the visual design design area - are: Ji Lee, creative director of Google Creative Lab, Luna Maurer, Pierre di Sciullo, vincitore del concorso per l’identità dello Stedelijk Museum di Amsterdam e Susan Sellers, cofounder of the New York based studio 2X4, which is renowned for the visual identity projects in the fields of the arts, architecture, fashion and culture. More encounters will follow focussing on product design and architecture. Among the guest of the final session Patricia Urquiola and Chris Bangle, former BMW chief designer.

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