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Design Lecture Series

Each year our annual Design Lecture Series brings transdisciplinary thinkers and practitioners from around the world to campus, believing that the power of design addresses some of today's most pressing challenges. Our speakers come from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines including design, business, the nonprofit sector, education, science, and more.

Watch this page for information on our evolving list of design lectures.

View all past editions of the Design Lecture Series on the School of Design's YouTube channel.

We hope you will join us!

The Design Lecture Series for Fall 2022 / Spring 2023

10/10/22 - Jason Yuan, Human Interface Designer - 5pm EST

10/31/22 - Cas Holman, Founder, Heroes Will Rise - 5pm EST

11/07/22 - Fred Bould, Design Director & Principal Partner, Bould Design - 5pm EST

12/07/22 - Pedro del Corro, Graphic Designer, Dropbox - 1pm EST

02/13/23 - Margot Bloomstein, Principal, Appropriate, Inc. - 5pm EST

02/20/23 - Hilary Hayes, Coversation Designer, Facebook - 5pm EST

02/21/23 - Robert Brunner, Founder & Partner, Ammunition - 5pm EST

03/13/23 - Ezio Manzini, Design Academic, Author & Founder of DESIS Network - 5pm EST

03/20/23 - Joseph Han & Sanuk Kim, Creative Director & Design Director, Collins - 5pm EST

03/27/23 - Talia Cotton, Designer & Coder, Pentagram - 5pm EST

04/03/23 - Mylène Dreyer, Interaction Designer - 5pm EST

Upcoming

Dec 13

CFA ENAiBLE

Paul Pangaro, Visiting Scholar in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture and School of Design, will moderate a conversation with Daniel Rosenberg Munoz, Assistant Professor in the School of Design, Daphne Peters, Assistant Teaching Professor in the School of Design, and Claire Hentschker, Design Strategist, Lab at Rockwell Group New York (and CMU College of Fine Arts alumna). Panelists will present real-world examples and speculative student work, followed by conversation with attendees about the opportunities and challenges of new, competitive technologies for retail and services.

Feb 13

Design Lecture Series Spring 2023 - Margot Bloomstein

Please join us for another edition of our Design Lecture Series with Margot Bloomstein, on February 13, 2023 at 5:00pm EST via Zoom.

Feb 20

Design Lecture Series Spring 2023 - Hilary Hayes

Please join us for another edition of our Design Lecture Series with Coversation Designer at Facebook Reality Labs, Hilary Hayes, on February 20, 2023 at 5:00pm EST in Breed Hall, Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall.