Design Education Forum

Portfolio 1-on-1 April 20-21

The Design Education Forum is a chance for design educators to take a morning and meet to discuss a variety of topics while their students are sharing their portfolios. The event will include a panel discussion. Held again at The Art Institutes International Minnesota, the forum will take place just a block away from Portfolio 1-on-1.

We hope to see you for this year’s Design Education Forum. Event details follow.

How can we as the design education community take action towards ensuring the evolution of our profession is effectively integrated within our design programs?

We would like to extend an invitation all design educators along with design education and industry enthusiasts to attend this free event.

Join us Saturday, April 21st to discuss social value and it’s impact on design education.

AIGA-MN 2012 Design Education Forum
in conjunction with Portfolio 1-on-1

Saturday, April 21st
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Art Institutes Pence building, Rooms P109 and P113 map »
(Entrance located at 800 Hennepin, one block from Solera)

This year’s Design Education Forum and keynote will offer insight into how social value is impacting design education and evolving the practice of design. The panel discussion to follow will cover the state of design education from a cross-section of both industry and education perspectives.

Agenda:
9:00–9:30 Refreshments
9:30–10:15 Keynote Presentation
10:15–10:30 Coffee break
10:30–12:00 Panel Discussion

Virtual Keynote Presenter:
Allan Chochinov—Editor-in-chief of Core77 and chair of SVA MFA Products of Design
Recipes: Searching for Social Equations in the Enterprise of Design

Panel Moderator:
Bill Thorburn—Thorburn Group

Panel:
Jennifer Hood Thompson—The Art Institutes International Minnesota
Wendy Jedlička—MCAD
Kelly Munson—Target
Dan Woychick—Woychick Design

We encourage you to join in the conversation by attending this event.
No pre-registration is required.

For more information regarding the 2012 Design Education Forum, please contact AIGA Minnesota’s Director of Education: Jennifer Price, at education-jp@aigaminnesota.org.