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Date: 10/8/2007
Author: Public Relations

On Friday, October 12, Parsons will present a daylong symposium that explores the importance and appeal of design within a research environment. MAKE: A Studio-Based Research Symposium brings together faculty from The New School and colleagues from academic institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom. The event will include presentations of case studies framed by moderated discussions that address the value of speculative inquiry within a professional creative practice, as well as the potential of collaboration between design and the social sciences.

Among the speakers are Colleen Macklin, chair of Communication Design and Technology at Parsons, and Vyjayanthi Rao, assistant professor of anthropology at The New School for Social Research, who will discuss their collaborative work. This includes a course they are teaching jointly this fall, Design and Ethnography, in which Parsons and NSSR students explore the intersection of design and anthropological practices. Other speakers are David Lewis, associate professor in the Architecture, Interior Design and Lighting Program at Parsons, who will discuss research conducted within his architectural practice, the award-winning firm of Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis; Sean Donohue, a principal of ResearchCenteredDesign in Los Angeles; and Mike Michael, the Director of the Centre for the Study of Invention and Social Process at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. For more information and to RSVP, email parsonspp@newschool.edu.