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How do you communicate? How do you receive information? Through the English and ASL alphabets, insects interacting with one another, and humans performing knowledge-based tasks, we see a variety of options. Here, communication becomes something we see, feel, and embody, without saying a word.

Entrepreneurial concepts created by seniors in FSAD 4444:

Griply, engineered to eliminate bag slip

After Dark, safety jacket

Aevum, beauty consultancy

SIPS, sustainable, insulated, personalized sleeves

FabLamp, sustainable lamp kits

Ankle-foot Orthosis for Multiple Sclerosis patient

The Fourcast, all-season golf jacket

Tailr, customizable shirt kits

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.

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.