VISIBLY INVISIBLE
Beginning on February 7, 2012, Design Philadelphia and The University of the Arts present a 4-part lecture series on the relationship between history, design and technology. These lectures will bring to the forefront the environment and world that we live in, but all too often ignore.
Regina Lee Blaszczyk
Tuesday, February 7
6-7.30 pm
From Parlor to iPhone: Our Gadgets, Our Identities
An award-winning design historian, Blaszczyk explores the hidden meanings of the things we use every day. Her whirlwind tour of 150 years of consumer culture highlights the invisible links between the Victorian parlor and the I-want-it-now culture of Apple, Facebook and Twitter. Our ancestors used “cultural hardware” like furniture and bric-a-brac to express themselves, while we use “cultural software” like eBooks, videogames, and apps to create personal space. The technology is different, but the impulse to personalize one’s surroundings is the same.
An award-winning design historian, Blaszczyk explores the hidden meanings of the things we use every day. Her whirlwind tour of 150 years of consumer culture highlights the invisible links between the Victorian parlor and the I-want-it-now culture of Apple, Facebook and Twitter. Our ancestors used “cultural hardware” like furniture and bric-a-brac to express themselves, while we use “cultural software” like eBooks, videogames, and apps to create personal space. The technology is different, but the impulse to personalize one’s surroundings is the same.
Thaddeus Squire
Tuesday, February 21
6-7.30 pm
Hide and Seek
Founder of Hidden City Philadelphia – festival, online magazine, tour company – Squire will address the yearning for history in pop culture: from the prison fantasies of Piranesi to Mayan expedition drawings, and Indiana Jones, National Treasure and Tomb Raider. And from the retro-chic of Restoration Hardware and Anthroplogie to online gaming, and the emerging photo genre of “ruin porn”.
Founder of Hidden City Philadelphia – festival, online magazine, tour company – Squire will address the yearning for history in pop culture: from the prison fantasies of Piranesi to Mayan expedition drawings, and Indiana Jones, National Treasure and Tomb Raider. And from the retro-chic of Restoration Hardware and Anthroplogie to online gaming, and the emerging photo genre of “ruin porn”.
Dan Marcolina
Tuesday, March 20
6-7.30 pm
Revealing the Obvious
Mad App Alchemist and internationally recognized designer and photographer, Marcolina is author of the critically acclaimed book and iPad series “iPhone Obsessed”. He will expose how the combination of picture choice and multiple app processing can transform everyday snapshots into remarkable statements. Booksigning following the lecture.
Mad App Alchemist and internationally recognized designer and photographer, Marcolina is author of the critically acclaimed book and iPad series “iPhone Obsessed”. He will expose how the combination of picture choice and multiple app processing can transform everyday snapshots into remarkable statements. Booksigning following the lecture.
Cynthia E. Smith
Tuesday, April 3
6-7.30 pm
Design with the other 90%: Cities
With her recent exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the United Nations, Smith helped spark international dialogue on the opportunities to utilize technology and design to help poorer communities “leapfrog” into the 21st century. Traditionally designers had focused on the 10% of the population that could afford their goods and services. Now, a new wave of designers, architects and engineers is working to solve the world’s most critical problems as urban populations in the developing world grow at unprecedented rates. Book signing following lecture.
With her recent exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the United Nations, Smith helped spark international dialogue on the opportunities to utilize technology and design to help poorer communities “leapfrog” into the 21st century. Traditionally designers had focused on the 10% of the population that could afford their goods and services. Now, a new wave of designers, architects and engineers is working to solve the world’s most critical problems as urban populations in the developing world grow at unprecedented rates. Book signing following lecture.
Registration is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Each lecture will take place at The University of the Arts, Hamilton Hall on 320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA.
Please click the following link to register: http://corzocenter.ticketleap.com/
Hope to see you there!
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