Design and Data

¿SUSTAINABLE? - a symposium series

DESIGN AND DATA is the third in a series of five symposia entitled ¿SUSTAINABLE? curated by Raffaella Colombo and hosted by metaLAB (at) Harvard. Composed of critical interventions it promotes perspectives that deconstruct commonplaces and critically scrutinize claims of sustainability. The symposium series brings together leading thinkers and practitioners from institutions from around the world.
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Type
Seminar
Location
online
Labs
Harvard
member
Raffaella Colombo
Related project
¿SUSTAINABLE?
Picture of Design and Data

Speakers

First Session 11:30 am (EST)

Sarah Williams
Director of the Civic Data Design Lab at MIT
Data Action. Using Data for the Public Good
Dietmar Offenhuber Chair of the Department of Art + Design at Northeastern University
The Roles of Infotrash
Luisa Collina Professor Of Design and former Dean of the School of Design of the Politecnico Di Milano
Designing Sustainable Futures. What Role can a Design School Play?

Second Session 13:30 (EST)

Anna Dyson Director of the Yale Center for Ecosystems in Architecture and Professor of Sustainable Architectural Design at Yale
Imagining Ecology Through Denuded Ecosystems: Data, Complexity, and Distinction
Michael Jakob Professor of the History of Gardens and Landscapes, Politecnico di Milano School of Architecture
From Aesthetics to Ecology: The Emergence of New Landscapes