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Adam Nocek (Arizona State University)
Philosophy in Design
April 23, 2025
Adam is an associate professor in the Philosophy of Science and Technology in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). He is also the founding director of the Center for Philosophical Technologies at ASU. Learn more at adamnocek.com.
David Skopec (Berlin University of the Arts)
Infoklasse
March 19, 2025
The Infoklasse is a specialized program for Information Design within the Visual Communication department at UdK Berlin. The lecture offers an insight into different approaches within the Infoklasse curriculum and how these have been applied in specific projects.
Matthew Terdich (Morningstar, Chicago)
From Dinosaurs to Design
November 20, 2024
A five-part story of his career in design: what he thought he knew, what he didn't know, what he still doesn't know, and what he's learned. In his current role at Morningstar, Matthew Terdich leads the Corporate Design Office team, a group of global designers supporting employee experience, internal communications, work space and environmental graphic design, and corporate sustainability and financial reporting. He received a BFA and MFA in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MAS in Visual Communication from the Basel School of Design/FHNW, in Basel, Switzerland.
Jacek Mrowczyk (Rhode Island School of Design and Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Katowice, Poland)
Polish Poster Art in the Context of Global Design
November 15, 2024
The distinctiveness of the Polish Poster School and its metaphorical language (sometimes even overused) allowed creators to juggle meanings and craft complex messages. This was especially evident in cultural posters, where the message was usually reduced to the title of a film, play, or exhibition. The Polish Poster School is often seen as an alternative trend to international modernism, with the value of the posters themselves perceived in purely artistic terms.
Nontsikelelo Mutiti (Director of Graduate Studies for Graphic Design at Yale School of Art)
October 29, 2024
Nontsikelelo Mutiti is a Zimbabwean-born visual artist and educator. She is invested in elevating the work and practices of Black peoples past, present, and future; those whose narratives have been under-recognized, whilst also acknowledging all our interconnected histories. Mutiti’s work appears through a conceptual approach to design, publishing, archiving practices, and institution building.
