Untitled: Variations in Design Practice

Please note this is a 2 day symposium, Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28, 2009.

The MFA in Graphic Design at Otis College of Art and Design will be hosting an international two-day symposium, "Untitled: Variations in Design Practice." This symposium will set in motion a bi-annual event that welcomes the design and art community to Otis to engage in the every day experience of a graduate student. By nature an advanced degree program challenges that which already exists and seeks to find new meaning and new forms to the problems set before us. Through lectures, exhibitions, and dialogue with like-minded people the symposium will rejuvenate those in their practice seeking inspiration as well as establish connections on an international level between practitioners and students committed to shaping the future of graphic design.

The cost of the symposium is $99.99.
Register here.

Participants include Daniel van der Velden from Amsterdam, Keetra Dixon from New York, Maki Suzuki and Zak Kyes from London.

Los Angeles-based contributors include Carolina Trigo, Aaron Rose, and Mark Allen from Machine Project; Leigh Okies from San Francisco.

The key-note speaker is Jeffrey Vallance.

Symposium Schedule:

Saturday, June 27, 2009
1:30pm Registration
2:00pm Introduction
2:30pm Daniel van der Velden, Amsterdam
3 pm Keynote Presentation, Jeffrey Vallance (MFA '81), LA
4-5:45pm Dinner in Sculpture Studio
6-7:30pm Opening reception in Bolsky Gallery curated by Jessica Wexler and Davey Whitcraft
Site-specific installation by Maya Schindler, LA, and Chris Oatey, LA

Sunday, June 28, 2009
8:45am Morning coffee and muffins
10am Keetra Dixon, NY
10:30am Zak Kyes, London
11am Carolina Trigo, LA
11:30-1pm LUNCH
1pm Aaron Rose, LA
1:30pm Maki Suzuki, London
2pm Leigh Okies, SF
2:30-3pm Break
3-3:40pm Mark Allen from Machine Project, LA
3:40-4pm Closing comments from audience
4-5pm Closing reception