Artificial Intelligence and the Future of UX with Design Research Meetup Group at PNCA’s BridgeLab tonight 6:30 - 8:00 pm pnca.edu/cds

Our new Chair Skye Morét will be moderating the #GettingPhysical panel at Information+ today. Check out the many Information Design lightening talks on their site!

Announcing the 2021 Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies Symposium: Speculative Futures: Art, AI, and Digital Worldmaking. November 19-20. Click the link to learn more. pnca.edu/academics/grad…

Moderated by first year MFA Collaborative Design student, Miguel Rodriguez—deep diving into knotty issues within Social Justice dialogue.

First Thursday is tonight (6/2, 5–8pm)! All three exhibition spaces in the Pearl will be open, highlighting our PNCA at Willamette University MFA/MA thesis work. CD/DS student installations are in the Maddox Building at 1231 NW Hoyt St (entrance on 13th). Hope to see you there!

Our Chair Skye Morét visualized 'How the Ocean Sustains Complex Life' for Scientific American's August issue. Our new cohort of grad students start their first Information Design class today! PNCA at Willamette University Willamette University scientificamerican.com/article/how-th… via Scientific American

Collab Design alumna Ophir El-Boher published her MFA thesis in 'This is Distributed Design'! Her participatory design research + intervention focused on the post-modern evolution of distributed fashion. Read her chapter FREE online distributeddesign.eu/this-is-distri… Distributed Design PNCA at Willamette University

Asst Professor Joy Alise, She/Her Davis speaking tomorrow night, 9/14 on the state of Black political power in Oregon at Alberta Rose Theatre!

Thursday evening Portland Art Museum, PNCA at Willamette University faculty member & speculative design strategist Joy Alise, She/Her of IMAGINE BLACK speaks w/ scholar Robin D. G. Kelley, poet aja monet, & political educator Ekundayo Igeleke about the power of the Black radical imagination. imagineblack.org/blog/freedom-d…

Join me next Wednesday Oct. 5th from 12-2pm for "Death to UX: The Designer's Role in Harm" a small group series discussing user experience & its discontents. It's part of the PDX Design Festival & event is co-sponsored by Collaborative Design. RSVP here: pdxdesignfestival.org/all-events/dea…

This Wednesday 10/5 PNCA at Willamette University, Ron Bronson leads a group discussion on how designers perpetuate harm in UX and how that might change. It's part of aigaportland PDX Design Festival happening this week! pdxdesignfestival.org/all-events/dea…

Thank you to aigaportland Collaborative Design and everyone who joined this afternoon for my wacky idea to talk about "The Designer's Share Of The Problem" as part of the Portland Design Festival. What a fun time.

Please join in our event tomorrow at PNCA at Willamette University: "Design for Social Impact: A Panel-based Discussion." eventbrite.com/e/design-for-s…

Students presented their thesis proposals last week! Brendy Hale's 'CitySound PDX: Fostering community through noise' asked, "How might design play a role in preserving the local music scene's stewardship of arts and culture through community-based research and collaboration?"

Hafsa Aden's MFA thesis proposal 'A Better Read on Identity: ... representation in children’s books' asked, “How might we use design to activate critical discourse about children's pictures books that center racially diverse characters with a variety of lived experiences?” 📚

Katie Vellman's MFA thesis proposal 'Project Clean Your Beauty: Is Your Skincare Safe?' harnesses research through design to ask, “How might we empower Portland beauty consumers to make more informed decisions about their skincare products?” #skincare #transparency

Miguel Rodriguez' thesis 'Space Activation: A collaborative exchange between BIPoC artists + cultural institutions' asks “How does space activation encourage collaboration between BIPoC artists + museums, & what can it look like through #designjustice + participatory frameworks?”

“We need to be much more ambitious when it comes to systems and design. That means that designers must always be good collaborators.” fastcompany.com/90909909/manue…

No creative problem solving + no iteration > frustration. x.com/colinctc/statu…