Collaborative Design
@ColDesignPNCA
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Collaborative Design MFA + Design Systems MA programs, Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University @pnca @willamette_u
Portland, OR
Joined March 2012
“We need to be much more ambitious when it comes to systems and design. That means that designers must always be good collaborators.”
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'The new designer is less concerned with a deliverable and more concerned with the impact of their design on the world as much as the design itself.'
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Presented about my thesis topic last week! More to come, and I will be looking for community participation throughout the next couple of months for us activating space throughout PDX! If you're interested, please consider filling out the following form:
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Hello there, Welcome to my Space Activation Research (Interest Form)! Introduction: My name is Miguel Rodriguez, and I'm currently studying Collaborative Design at the Pacific Northwest College of...
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?”
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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?”
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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
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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?” 📚
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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?"
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Thank you to @aigaportland @ColDesignPNCA 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.
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Please join in our event tomorrow at @pnca: "Design for Social Impact: A Panel-based Discussion."
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What does it mean to design for impact? Come learn how local designers in different sectors use design to address meaningful challenges.
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This Wednesday 10/5 @pnca, @ronbronson 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! https://t.co/IG0nSxElip
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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 @ColDesignPNCA. RSVP here:
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Thursday evening @PDXArtMuseum, @pnca faculty member & speculative design strategist @Joy_Alise of @ImagineBlack_ speaks w/ scholar Robin D. G. Kelley, poet @aja_monet, & political educator Ekundayo Igeleke about the power of the Black radical imagination. https://t.co/eLgvaecbyR
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Asst Professor @Joy_Alise Davis speaking tomorrow night, 9/14 on the state of Black political power in Oregon at @albertarosepdx!
There's still time to get your tickets for Wednesday's conversation on the state of Black political power in Oregon! Join us in Portland along with guests @Joy_Alise Davis, Keith Jenkins, Marcus LeGrand and facilitator @brucepoinsette. https://t.co/zUedCQUIyd
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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 https://t.co/NHARaAISZb
@ddesignplatform @pnca
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Our Chair @SeaMeetsSkye 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 @willamette_u
https://t.co/coC16EvtiD via @sciam
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Detailed data about a host of physical and chemical forces are shaping a new view of the sea
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First Thursday is tonight (6/2, 5–8pm)! All three exhibition spaces in the Pearl will be open, highlighting our @pnca 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!
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Moderated by first year MFA Collaborative Design student, Miguel Rodriguez—deep diving into knotty issues within Social Justice dialogue.
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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. https://t.co/ghgDfF9ngZ
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Our new Chair @SeaMeetsSkye will be moderating the #GettingPhysical panel at @InfoPlusConf today. Check out the many Information Design lightening talks on their site!
Join us for the #GettingPhysical panel @InfoPlusConf Thu, 30 Sep together with @mattbrehmer @LinsDerry @dariorodighiero @cybunk and Lora Oehlberg, moderated by @SeaMeetsSkye.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of UX with Design Research Meetup Group at PNCA’s BridgeLab tonight 6:30 - 8:00 pm
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No creative problem solving + no iteration > frustration.
This. You can't tear down truth. Literally.
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