Design Dialogue Events

All events are free and open to the public.

“Umbau = Transform”
October 24 (Wednesday), 2007, 7:00 pm, South Agricultural Sciences, Room 1001
Lecture by William Tate, Umbau School of Architecture and James Madison University
Reception following, South Ag Sciences lobby
sponsored by the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences

“Higher Education and the New Design Economy”
October 25 (Thursday), 2007, 7:00 pm, Brooks Hall, Room 202
?Welcome?West Virginia University President Michael Garrison
?Lecture by Dan Boyarski, Head of the School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University
?Reception and design exhibition following at 8:30 pm, Brooks Hall lobby
funding provided by the Myers Foundation to the Division of Art in the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University

“Metro Harmony: Designing the Livable City”
November 6 (Tuesday), 2007, 4:00 pm, College of Creative Arts-Bloch Hall
?Discussion with Alessandro Guerriero, designer, architect and President of the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) in Milan, Italy and James Hillman, originator of the field of Archetypal Psychology, distinguished lecturer at Yale, Princeton, Chicago, and Syracuse Universities, and author whose many books, including City and Soul, have been translated into some twenty languages
?Reception and design exhibition following at 5:30 pm, Creative Arts Center Douglas O. Blaney lobby
funding provided by the Myers Foundation to the Division of Art in the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University

“The Future of Design Education and the International Context”
November 7 (Wednesday), 2007, 7:00 pm, Monongalia Arts Center-Tanner Theater
?Roundtable discussion organized by Dan Weiner, Director, Office of International Programs, WVU
?Participants included: Dan Boyarski, Head of the School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University; Alessandro Guerriero, designer, architect and President of the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) in Milan, Italy; and Brunello Morrelli, Vice-President for International Affairs, NABA, and members of the WVU Disegno Italia Steering Committee: Eve Faulkes and Barbara McFall

Additional events will be announced. Please check back. For further information, contact kristina.olson@mail.wvu.edu.