Paola Antonelli: Life Design

UT School of Design and Creative Technologies

Join us for a public lecture with Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Joe C Thompson Conference Center

The Buckman Center Presents

A speaker series sponsored by The Buckman Center

<p><strong>Location: TCC 1.110</strong></p><p>Life Design: A survey of the manifestations of design that are concerned with life—with living organisms, ecosystems, and even inanimate objects, when they are animated by their value and meaning in the cycles of life. She will discuss the design strategies that allow us to engage with nature in a constructive, elegant, and respectful fashion.</p><h3>About Paola</h3><p>Paola Antonelli is Senior Curator of Architecture &amp; Design at The Museum of Modern Art, as well as MoMA’s founding Director of Research &amp; Development. Her goal is to promote design’s understanding, until its positive influence on the world is universally acknowledged. Her work investigates design’s impact on everyday experience, often including overlooked objects and practices, and combining design, architecture, art, science, and technology. Among her most recent exhibitions are the XXII Triennale di Milano Broken Nature, and MoMA’s Material Ecology––on the work of architect Neri Oxman––and Never Alone, on video games and interactive design. The Instagram platform and book Design Emergency (<a href="https://instagram.com/design.emergency" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@design.emergency</a>), which she co-founded with design critic Alice Rawsthorn, is an ongoing investigation on design&#x27;s power to envision a better future for all.</p><p>Connect with Paola:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/paolantonelli/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/curiousoctopus" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.moma.org/about/senior-staff/paola-antonelli" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Website</a></li></ul><h3>Don’t Miss Paola&#x27;s New Book</h3><p>Stay after the lecture for a chance to meet the author during a book signing of the recently launched Design Emergency: Building a Better Future. Authors Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn tell the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists, who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. </p>

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