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Twitter Reading Recommendations
Earlier this year, we presented reading recommendations suggested by our faculty. Today, we present a different kind of reading — a potential Twitter reading list. Below is only a small sample of those @svaixd has come to follow. With the growing number of Twitter users, we look forward to finding more to add to our list.
All Day Buffet: @alldaybuffet
Energy toward changing the world through creativity and business.
Core77: @core77
Content for industrial designers and design enthusiasts alike.
Design Observer: @DesignObserver
Writings on design and culture. Edited by Michael Bierut, William Drenttel, Jessica Helfand, and Julie Lasky.
frog design: @frogdesign
Global innovation firm that helps create and bring to market meaningful products, services, and experiences.
GOOD: @GOOD
A collaboration of individuals, businesses, and NPOs pushing the world forward.
iA: @iA
Tweets from and information architect, UX designer, and founder of iA Inc and Webtrendmap.com.
Kicker Studio: @kickerstudio
Product design consultancy specializing in consumer electronics, appliances, touchscreens, kiosks, devices, objects with screens, and robots.
Pew Internet: @Pew_Internet
The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization.
Zappos: @zappos
The voice behind Zappos.com, Tony Hsieh, CEO.
RELATED
Meet Faculty and Students at the Open House
Spend an afternoon considering your plans for fall 2010, and meeting some of the leading thinkers and practitioners in the field.
If you've been curious about the Interaction Design program, the faculty, and the students, please join us on an upcoming Saturday. You’re warmly invited to the Interaction Design department for our only Open House this year. We'll present of informal talks on the courses you can expect, followed by an open discussion where you can ask questions. A reception will follow, when you can get to know some of the faculty and students, and ask questions about day-to-day life or portfolios.
RSVP for the Open House
Details
Sat, Oct 24, 2:00-4:00PM
MFA Interaction Design Department
132 W 21 Street, 6th Floor
New York City
Fall Lecture Series
This fall, the MFA Interaction Design Department welcomes visiting lectures in an intimate series to inspire conversation, pursue change, and incite creation. Each evening gives way to discussion with the lecturers and guests. RSVP will be announced via the events page two weeks prior to each event.
Wed, Oct 14: Dave Gray
Knowledge Games: A Grammar for Creativity and Innovation
We’re moving from an industrial to a knowledge economy, where creativity and innovation will be the keys to value. New rules apply. Yet two hundred years of industrial habits are embedded in our workplaces, our schools and our systems of government. How must we change our work practices to thrive in the 21st Century? Dave Gray will share insights from his upcoming book on the work of creativity and innovation, due to be published in the first quarter of 2010.
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Location
MFA Interaction Design Department
132 W 21 Street, 6th Floor
New York City
Upcoming
OCT 28
Jason Fried
37signals, Founder
NOV 4
Callie Neylan
NPR.org, Senior Interactive Designer
NOV 17
Scott Berkun
Author, Confessions of a Public Speaker, Myths of Innovation, and more
NOV 18
Matt Mullenweg
Automattic, Founder
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Working with Kicker
We began a new project with Kicker Studio, where faculty member, Jennifer Bove, is a principal. We brought on Kicker to create an installation that will reside in the department hallway area, and is visible as visitors circulate through the space and new visitors emerge from the elevators into the new department. This week, we had the opportunity to view their top five concepts for the project out of fifty they had brainstormed.
Kicker is blogging the project as part of their Projects in Process series.
Applications Open for 2010
Prospective students can apply online now through January 15, 2010 for admission to the Interaction Design program. Find out more about the application requirements. If you have questions, or want to stop by for a tour or to talk, drop a line to Qing Qing Chen, Assistant to the Chair, at interactiondesign at sva dot edu or 212.592.2703.
Graduate Portfolio Days, Chicago
The MFA Interaction Design Department will be available to speak with prospective candidates in Chicago this November at this year’s Graduate Portfolio Days. Stop by to get answers about the program, feedback on your portfolio, or just find out more about the faculty or students. For more information, visit Graduate Portfolio Days.
Details
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00-4:00PM
School of Art Institute of Chicago
280 South Columbus Drive
Chicago, IL 60603
Fall Event: City Walk Architecture: New York
Join us for a tour of “Sustainable Skyscrapers: Times Square Goes Green” to learn about the reactive interiors and intelligent materials that make up the Bank of America Tower and six more of the city’s greenest buildings. The walk will be led by Alissa Walker, author of the new City Walks Architecture: New York and co-presented by the MFA Interaction Design Department and Worldstudio . During the walking tour, we’ll find out how this unlikely corner of the city is going green, from low-energy LEDs to pocket parks in closed streets. Then we’ll head to the department for eco-friendly refreshments.
Details
Mon, Oct 19
6:00PM: Meet outside the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park (corner of Sixth Avenue & 42nd Street)
8:00PM: Reception at SVA MFA in Interaction Design, 132 W 21 Street, 6th floor
All walks are free and require no advanced reservation> Simply show up at the denoted time ready to walk (and look for Alissa, holding up a copy!).
Fall Event: CreativeMornings with Zachary Lieberman
Join us for an upcoming episode of CreativeMornings with speaker Zachary Lieberman, an NYC based artist and computer programmer. His art work mainly focuses around computer graphics, human-computer interaction, and computer vision. Zach’s work has appeared in numerous exhibitions around the world, including Ars Electronica, Futuresonic, CeBIT, and the Offf Festival. He has collaborated with artist Golan Levin on interactive audiovisual projects like “Messa Di Voce,” and worked with Theo Watson to create openFrameworks, an open source C++ library for creative coding and graphics.
Details
Fri, Oct 30, 8:30-10:00AM
MFA Interaction Design Department
132 W 21 Street, 6th Floor
New York City
RSVP opens one week before the event at CreativeMornings
“CreativeMornings” is a monthly morning gathering of creative types. Free of charge! Each event includes a 10-minute lecture, followed by a 20-minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30AM with the topic presentation starting at 9:00AM. The whole thing closes down at 10:00AM. The events are hosted at studios/gallery spaces in NYC.
Questions? If you have questions for the department, please get in touch at interactiondesign at sva dot edu or call at 212.592.2703. We look forward to hearing from you.
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