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Modern forward-thinking design people often put people at the centre of their design work, and talk about "co-creation", "codesign" and similar terms, but I think there is a challenge to be made that the relationship between the "co-designer" and the "designer" might not be quite as evenly balanced as it should be. This talk is based on work we are doing at the UCL PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory) to understand how exactly the "person" can

Perversion of Interfaces showcases design prototypes that are made as part of research at the Machine Poetics Lab. The exhibit includes physical product designs that have AI as a core part.

Jennie Joseph, founder and president of Commonsense Childbirth and creator of the JJ Way, will discuss her model of evidence-based maternity care delivering readily accessible, patient-centered, culturally congruent care to people in "materno-toxic zones." 

Commonsense Childbirth operates a perinatal training division, a clinical division, a national Midwifery school and the National Perinatal Task Force, a grassroots organization whose mission is the elimination of racial disparities in maternal child health in the USA.

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Farm to Fashion is an exhibit that shares the story of an ongoing collaboration between knitwear design students at Cornell University and partners within our regional textile economy. The exhibit features work by students from the Department of Human Centered Design as well as others engaged in fiber farming and textile manufacturing. The exhibit was funded by a generous donation from the Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation and a grant from New York Fashion Innovation

Kaiser Permanente, founded 80 years ago, is a value-based health care delivery system. This presentation documents the last 10 years of our work, success, and the lessons we have learned along the way. Designing healthcare spaces for the future requires a deep understanding of future care delivery, the necessary technology, and the spaces that support it. This presentation explores the processes and tools used to define these spaces and technologies.

Most designs stop at this

Melissa Conroy is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Human Centered Design who specializes in knitwear design and cross-disciplinary creative collaboration.  She will discuss the differences and intersections between the disciplines of art, craft and design with an emphasis on understanding how the disciplines of art and craft can benefit the design process using hands-on processes. 

Re-formation, The Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholars Exhibit  features work by Kate Stiens, Liriana Nezaj, Roan Grace Harvey, Jr., Margaret Lily Watkins, and Margaret Pei-Ru Tsai. The exhibit is up in the Jill Stuart Gallery in the Human Ecology Building through Oct. 27.