Schedule


6pm Reception

Friday, March 6

Designing Obama

UIC Forum
725 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60607
Register online at: http://www.aigachicago.org

 

$10 for members
$20 for non-members
$5 for students.

 

   

 

7:30–9:00

Saturday, March 7

FH3 Conference: Breakfast / Registration

Hotel InterContinental Chicago

Driving Directions to conference:   FH09_Map

 

Empire Ballroom,

Level 7

9:00–9:15

Welcome

Marcia Lausen, University of Illinois at Chicago

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

9:15–10:15

Keynote: W. J. T. Mitchell

The Future of the Image

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

10:15–11:00

Meredith Davis

Why do we need doctoral study in design?

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

11:00–1:00

New! Lunch Buffet

Empire Ballroom,

Level 7

1:00–1:45

Kenya Hara

“Emptiness” A Creative Receptacle

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

2:00–2:45

Design Research

Stacie Rohrbach, Carnegie Mellon University,
Effectively Assessing the Learning Outcomes

of Students: The Use of Pre- and Post-Testing Methods

Curriculum

Leslie Becker, California College of Arts,
Autonomy at the End of the Beginning

MFA Thesis

Valentina Miosuro, North Carolina State University,
Teaching patients system thinking and management skills. Visual skill-training and monitoring devices for

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

 

Renaissance Ballroom,

Level 5

 

King Arthur Court,

Level 3

3:00–3:45

Design Research

Michael Renner, The Basel School of Design,
Towards an applied Iconic Research

Curriculum
Ben Meyer and Renee Seward,

University of Cincinnati,
Intersecting Static and Dynamic Methodology

Design Research

Heidi Cies, Syracuse University,
Social Responsibility in the Visual

Communications Curriculum

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

 

Renaissance Ballroom,

Level 5

 

King Arthur Court,

Level 3

3:45–4:15

Break, snacks

Empire Ballroom,

Level 7

4:15–5:00

Design Research

Kelly Costello, Institute of Design at IIT,
Organizing for Innovation:

New Challenges for Designers

Curriculum

Lee Vander Kooi, Indiana University Herron School,
Learning to Design for 21st Century Complexity

MFA Thesis
Karen Kwan, York University,

York University in Toronto,
The Web 2.0 Revolution in Online Design Education:
how social networking technologies are enabling virtual design learning

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

 

Renaissance Ballroom,

Level 5

 

King Arthur Court,

Level 3

5:15–6:00

Sheila Levrant de Bretteville

then now, what then?

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

     
     
     
     

 

7:30–9:00

Sunday, March 8

FH3 Conference: Breakfast

 

Renaissance Ballroom,

Level 5

8:00–9:00 Adobe Presentation

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

9:00–9:10

Welcome

Laurie Churchman, AIGA board of directors

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

9:15–10:00

Design Research
Sean Bolan, University of Washington,
Understanding Design:
Cultivating Undergraduate Design Research

Curriculum

John Luttropp and Anthony Inciong,

Montclair State University,

Graphic Design, Beginning I: A New Approach

Curriculum
Michael Eppelheimer and Jamie Gray,

Kansas City Art Institute
Technology Integration and Blog Culture at the Kansas City Art Institute

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

 

Empire Ballroom,

Level 7

 

King Arthur Court,

Level 3

10:15–11:00

Design Research

Michael R. Gibson, University of North Texas,
Making the Social, Technological, Environmental, Economic and Political Case for a Master’s

Level Educational Experience Titled,

Collaborative Innovation Studies

Curriculum

N. Silas Munro and Martha Scotford,

North Carolina State University,
Design as System / Food as System
2008 launch of first junior-level studio within new curricular structure

MFA Thesis
Leilah Rampa, University of Illinois at Chicago,
Wayfinding and Waygiving: Mapping meaningful relationships between design artifacts, users,

and environment

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7

 

 

Empire Ballroom,

Level 7

 

King Arthur Court,

Level 3

11:15—12:00

Gerard Hadders and Ewan Lentjes

Localize, Question, Open Up and Design.
Building a bridge between science and craft.

Grand Ballroom,

Level 7