DAAP hosts second annual DAAPX Symposium
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UC alumni, friends and community members are invited to the college on Friday, April 3, for a morning of face-paced, TEDtalk-style presentations on diverse projects and experiences from DAAP alumni across all majors and degrees.
This edition of DAAPX tackles the topic of Experiential Design, recognizing that as designers and artists, the work of DAAP alumni is created for, and influences or impacts, people. Last fall, the DAAP Alumni Network accepted proposals for presentations to tell a story about a project that was designed with an individual’s or group’s experience in mind. This is your opportunity to see select presentations that are centered on the human experience.
From the design and build of the LAFC Soccer Stadium, to the use of empathy as a driver for design at the Cleveland Clinic, to the reopening of exhibits at the iconic Cincinnati Museum Center (to name a few), this will be a morning you won’t want to miss. You can find the full program here.
Tickets: Complimentary. Includes light breakfast bites and coffee. The first 75 people to arrive will receive a commemorative DAAPX poster designed by Patti Weller-Bresler, BSDE ’84, and Pete Huster, BSDE ’84. This event is open to all alumni, friends and community members.
DAAPX Features:
- Adam Feld, MDES ’13 | Sponsored Projects Can Be a Bunch of Bull
- Rebecca W. Aamodt, BSDE ’87 | Redefining Experiences in the World of Event Design
- Adam Rosa, BUP ’00 | Youth Engagement in Planning and Urban Design
- Sam Tallo, BSID ’14 | Designing for Agile Work and Employee Experience
- Eric Blyth, BSARC ’13, Justin West, Sam Ferris-Morris | In Place of Forgetting: Engaging with Archives
- Carl Sterner, MARCH ’08 | Summer House, Winter House: Design for Thermal Delight
- Fern Linzinger, BSARC ’08, MARCH ’10, and Rachael Kroth, BSARC ’13 | “It’s not Spelunking; the correct term is Caving…” and other lessons from updating a fan-favorite exhibit
- Joel Spearman, BSARC ’05, MARCH, ’07 | LAFC: Defining a Team
- Joseph Strauss, BARC ’75 | Empathy: A Driver for Healthcare Facility Design
- Geoff Baldwin, BSDE ’06 | Proof of Concept: Stories from the intersection of prototyping and vulnerability
- Kelley Kolar, BSDE ’86 | 30/30: Thirty Years of Positive Impact
- Michael Damschroder, BSDE ’86 | The Sports Legends Experience: Bringing Sports and History to Children of ALL Ages
- Derrick Woodham, Faculty Emeritus, School of Art | DAAP in Activeworlds
Following DAAPX, stick around for…
- Open House of the DAAP Library Special Collections.
- Master of Fine Arts Exhibition in the Reed Gallery plus a selection of other undergraduate work from all programs.
- Tours of the School of Design’s new Fashion Technology Center, Future Mobility Center, and The Ullman School of Design Museum.
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