Eighth Iterati by Tania Jiménez
9th of May, 2012 @ 6 pm
Tania Jiménez is an independent art director, graphic designer and researcher based in Montreal. For the last 12 years she has been shaping the aesthetics, content, and practical landscape of diverse projects, particularly in editorial design, branding and Web design. As researcher, she is interested in exploring Alterity as a key concept in interpersonal communication. Looking for ways to cross boundaries, Tania continuously questions her role as a designer in society and she decidedly works for significant and engaging projects through which she can make a significant contribution to the community. Her main areas of interest are: people and cultures, gastronomy, story telling, new media, visual arts, travel, anthropology and ethnography.
Tania holds a B.A. in Graphic Design from the Universidad de las Américas-Puebla, Mexico, a M.A. in Communications from Université du Québec à Montréal and a Social Innovation specialization from the School of Visual Arts, New York.
WHERE?
Thomson House, 3650 Rue McTavish, Montréal, QC H3A1Y2
This is the McGill University Post-Graduate House (Restaurant and Bar) - We will be downstairs, at the basement bar. Doors will open at 5:30 pm, and the talk will start at 6 pm.
Seventh Iterati by IDEO.org fellows: Sarah Lidgus & Salvador Zepeda
15 of March, 2012 @ 6:00 pm (EST)
Sarah Lidgus, Writer IDEO
A rockstar writer who’s equal parts creative, strategic and empathic. Sarah is a writer and strategist from IDEO’s New York studio. Whether it’s print, audio, or film, storytelling has always been core to Sarah’s professional work and personal explorations. Sarah has worked in industries spanning from fashion to financial services, and has crafted stories in collaboration with American Express, Eileen Fisher, and Harvard Business Digital. Since joining IDEO in 2007, Sarah has earned two IDSA awards, and her work has been featured in publications like The Boston Globe, Fast Company and The New York Times.
Salvador Zepeda, Systems Designer
Salvador joins IDEO.org fresh from completing a double Masters in Public Policy and an M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University. Prior to Stanford, Salvador worked with Ashoka in Brazil, designing tools to help social entrepreneurs improve their social and financial performance. Previously, Salvador worked for three years at McKinsey & Company, where he served clients in Mexico, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. In addition to his Masters, Salvador holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from ITESM in Mexico.
More information about: IDEO.org
Sixth Iterati by Dawn Danby
16 of February, 2012
Dawn Danby has spent 13 years working across disciplines in sustainable design. Her projects have ranged from a tree-covered pedestrian bridge on the US-Canada border to closed-loop manufacturing strategies and furniture design. At Autodesk, Dawn leads the Sustainability Workshop, which provides free, lightweight videos and resources online to teach young engineers, designers, and architects the principles and practice of sustainable design. Dawn co-authored the bestselling sustainability book Worldchanging: A User’s Guide to the 21st Century. She has given dozens of talks around the world, spoke at TEDGlobal in 2005, and was recognized by Fast Company in 2009 as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. Dawn teaches in the Design Strategy MBA at the California College of Arts and is a board member at Catapult Design. She has an industrial design degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MBA in Sustainable Business from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
Fifth Iterati by Virginia Lowe
13 of December, 2011
Stories, Pictures and Reality: Two Children Tell
Virginia Lowe kept a diary of her two children’s responses to stories, from birth until adolescence. She used this as the basis of her PhD thesis, which has been published by Routledge as Stories, Pictures and Reality: Two Children Tell. She has also written chapters in collections, and numerous academic articles. She has lectured in children’s literature, English and creative writing at university, has been Judge for the Australian Book of the Year Award, and a school and a municipal librarian. For the past fifteen years, she has run a manuscript assessment agency Create a Kids’ Book.
References to the books mentioned during the talk
Read more at: Create a Kids’ Book
Fourth Iterati by Alex Gilliam
16th of November, 2011
“Build-It!” and other tools for Rethinking Design and Learning
A cheerleader of possibility, Alex Gilliam is the founder of Public Workshop, an organization that redefines the way youth and communities participate as citizens and leaders in the design of their neighborhoods and cities. Alex fundamentally believes that great design, empowerment, innovation, and having fun are not mutually exclusive. He creates inspiring curricula, transformative youth design leadership programs, innovative participatory community design tools, engaging events and thoughtful strategies that help people rethink possibility.
Third Iterati by Jonathan Belisle
13 of October, 2011
Storytelling, Game Design, Enterprise Architecture, IXD Planning, Relational Arts, Visual & Transrational Thinking
“ Hello Architekt ” - Jonathan talks about Design Methodologies & Visual Thinking Approaches; knowing when to act and when not to act when Designing Useful & Meaningful Services & Products.
Other presentations and resources shared by Jonathan: Thinking Programmable Desirable Environnements
Second Iterati by Spencer Mann
16 of June, 2011
Spencer’s past work has explored the role that social actors and social values play in integrated design processes (IDP). Spencer has given numerous trainings on IDP facilitation and has organized national-scale IDP sustainable design efforts with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Canada Green Building Council. Through this organizing and training work Spencer frequently challenged participating individuals and institutions to look critically at the degree to which sustainable design truly addresses community needs and social injustices.
First Iterati by Meena Kadri
19 of April, 2011
With a background in anthropology and design, Kadri has taught at tertiary institutes globally, notably the National Institute of Design in India. Her photography and artwork have been exhibited in Glasgow, Delhi, Rome, Barcelona and New Zealand. She has written for the Guardian, Monocle, CNN, Prodesign and Osocio and has a keen interest in design for social innovation. Meena is currently a Community Manager on OpenIDEO. Read more about Meena’s work at: Random Specific.
Thank You!…
Big merci to all of you for coming to the first Iterati lecture. If you did not get the chance to come today, we will be posting the video podcast very soon.
Meena, thank you for your fun and inspiring talk from #faraway ;-)
Finally, a special thank you note goes to Josh Redel for helping us to set up for the lecture today.
Adriana / Jason
