Points of View — Lines of Sight

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Points of View was our six day speaker series, wherein we brought eminent practitioners and academics togther with student presenters and fresh graduates for discourse on contemporary design education and practice. Watch the archive below. ︎︎︎

FORESIGHT-I

Sunday, Sep 26
futures, SDGs, technology

How do we envision the outcome of our process- the futures it creates, the problems it solves, the structures it builds– and the impact it has on people, the environment, and society?

Guest Speaker: NARAYAN SUBRAMANIAM | ︎
CEO & head of design, Ultraviolette︎︎︎
T&AD alumnus, 2011

FAR-SIGHT

Monday, Sep 27
restoration, futures, speculation, cosmotechnics

How can we design for the future(s) when our vision is obscured by the uncertainties of the present?

How can seeing become a political process so that as our sight expands so does the ability to see beyond a static mindset and a single reality?

Guest Speaker: PARAM VENKATARAMAN | ︎
chief design officer, Fractal︎︎︎

FORESIGHT-II

Tuesday, Sep 28
futures, SDGs, technology

How do we envision the outcome of our process- the futures it creates, the problems it solves, the structures it builds– and the impact it has on people, the environment, and society?

Guest Speaker: ANAB JAIN | ︎
co-founder, Superflux︎︎︎
FVC alumnus, 2000

OVERSIGHT

Wednesday, Sep 29
inclusivity, health, wellbeing

How can we look back and engage in retrospective reflection on our positionality as designers and as a species?

What did we overlook, and how did moments of vulnerability shape our processes and outcomes?

Guest Speaker: DR. DORI TUNSTALL | ︎
design anthropologist, dean- OCAD University︎︎︎

INSIGHT

Thursday, Sep 30
design research + design practice

How do we make visible the learnings from our projects and processes? How do acts of designing become an epistemic practice?

Guest Speaker: NEELAM CHHIBER | ︎
social innovation entrepreneur, founder- Mother Earth, Industree︎︎︎
ID alumnus, 1985

HINDSIGHT