AGI Open Trieste, Day Two
22. September 2022, 14:30
Teatro Miela, Trieste
DESIGN FORUM:
RELEVANCE AND LONGEVITY
Design is both a noun and a verb. Beyond the design of physical artifacts, designers are also involved in the design of systems, expanding beyond print and analog products, to the digital and experiential. To teach design is to teach a moving target. What can educators do to remain relevant in a discipline and practice that is constantly evolving? This will be the topic of discussion featuring 4 designers and educators from diverse practices and pedagogies, representing unique cultural lenses and perspectives.
The Design Forum is moderated by Lucille Tenazas.
DESIGN FORUM MODERATOR
Day Two (Thursday, 22. September)
Lucille Tenazas is a graphic designer and educator based in New York and San Francisco. She is the Henry Wolf Professor of Communication Design at Parsons School of Design in New York. Her work is at the intersection of typography and linguistics, with design that reflects complex and poetic means of visual expression. An authority in the evolving state of design education, she has conducted workshops in institutions throughout the United States, Asia and Europe.
Previously, she taught at California College of the Arts in San Francisco where she developed a graduate curriculum with an interdisciplinary approach and focus on form-giving, teaching and leadership.
Lucille was the national president of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1996-98 and was awarded the AIGA Medal in 2013, for her lifetime contribution to design practice and outstanding leadership in design education. She was the recipient of the National Design Award for Communication Design from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in 2002. Originally from Manila, the Philippines, Lucille received her MFA in Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art.
DESIGN FORUM PANELIST
Day Two (Thursday, 22. September)
Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès is the Founding Director of the Khatt Foundation and Khatt Books publishers, in Amsterdam. She holds degrees in graphic design and design history from Leiden University (PhD), Yale University (MFA), and Rhode Island School of Design (BFA). She has taught design and typography courses in the Arab world and internationally since 1994. She has published several books and essays in academic and professional publications on typography and design from the Arab World. She works as independent researcher, writer, designer, design curator and publisher.
DESIGN FORUM PANELIST
Day Two (Thursday, 22. September)
Emanuela Bonini Lessing, PhD in Design Sciences, is Associate Professor of design at the Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy, where she is in charge of the Interior Design curriculum within the Bachelor’s Degree program in Product, Visual and Interior Design. As a visiting professor and lecturer at several universities and institutions, in Italy and abroad, she has been the recipient of international research grants that enabled her to develop research projects with cultural institutions, especially in Latin America. Her teaching and research activity addresses the borders of communication design with other design areas, with a focus on the relationship between physical and digital space, on exhibit design and communication design in the urban and public space.
DESIGN FORUM PANELIST
Day Two (Thursday, 22. September)
Jonathan Pierini is a type and graphic designer. He holds a BA from ISIA Urbino and an MA in Type and Media from the KABK (NL). From 2011 to 2017, he worked at the Faculty of Design and Art at the Free University of Bolzano as a researcher and Assistant Professor in Graphic Design. Since September 2017, he has been the Director at ISIA Urbino where he teaches history of printing, type design and typography. He is editor in chief of Progetto Grafico magazine and he writes regularly on La Repubblica online newspaper about graphic design, visual communication and language. Jonathan works as graphic designer and consultant for private companies and institutions.
DESIGN FORUM PANELIST
Day Two (Thursday, 22. September)
Michael Renner is head of the Institute for Digital Communication Environments (IDCE), The Basel School of Design, at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel, Switzerland. He experienced the digital revolution first-hand working for Apple Computer and The Understanding Business in California, soon after completing his education at the Basel School of Design. Renner’s practical, pedagogical, theoretical and research-oriented design activities explore the meaning of visual messages in the context of today’s digital communication channels. By gaining knowledge through the creation of images, he positions the design process itself as both central research theme and methodology to gain knowledge. He is responsible or co-responsible for several practice-led research projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation in the context
of image-, media- and communication-research. He is visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
AGI Open Trieste, Day Two
22. September 2022, 14:30
Teatro Miela, Trieste
DESIGN FORUM:
RELEVANCE AND LONGEVITY
Design is both a noun and a verb. Beyond the design of physical artifacts, designers are also involved in the design of systems, expanding beyond print and analog products, to the digital and experiential. To teach design is to teach a moving target. What can educators do to remain relevant in a discipline and practice that is constantly evolving? This will be the topic of discussion featuring 4 designers and educators from diverse practices and pedagogies, representing unique cultural lenses and perspectives.
The Design Forum is moderated by Lucille Tenazas.
DESIGN FORUM MODERATOR
Day Two (Thursday, 22. September)
Lucille Tenazas is a graphic designer and educator based in New York and San Francisco. She is the Henry Wolf Professor of Communication Design at Parsons School of Design in New York. Her work is at the intersection of typography and linguistics, with design that reflects complex and poetic means of visual expression. An authority in the evolving state of design education, she has conducted workshops in institutions throughout the United States, Asia and Europe.
Previously, she taught at California College of the Arts in San Francisco where she developed a graduate curriculum with an interdisciplinary approach and focus on form-giving, teaching and leadership.
Lucille was the national president of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1996-98 and was awarded the AIGA Medal in 2013, for her lifetime contribution to design practice and outstanding leadership in design education. She was the recipient of the National Design Award for Communication Design from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in 2002. Originally from Manila, the Philippines, Lucille received her MFA in Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art.
DESIGN FORUM PANELIST
Day Two (Thursday, 22. September)
Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès is the Founding Director of the Khatt Foundation and Khatt Books publishers, in Amsterdam. She holds degrees in graphic design and design history from Leiden University (PhD), Yale University (MFA), and Rhode Island School of Design (BFA). She has taught design and typography courses in the Arab world and internationally since 1994. She has published several books and essays in academic and professional publications on typography and design from the Arab World. She works as independent researcher, writer, designer, design curator and publisher.
DESIGN FORUM PANELIST
Day Two (Thursday, 22. September)
Emanuela Bonini Lessing, PhD in Design Sciences, is Associate Professor of design at the Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy, where she is in charge of the Interior Design curriculum within the Bachelor’s Degree program in Product, Visual and Interior Design. As a visiting professor and lecturer at several universities and institutions, in Italy and abroad, she has been the recipient of international research grants that enabled her to develop research projects with cultural institutions, especially in Latin America. Her teaching and research activity addresses the borders of communication design with other design areas, with a focus on the relationship between physical and digital space, on exhibit design and communication design in the urban and public space.
DESIGN FORUM PANELIST
Day Two (Thursday, 22. September)
Jonathan Pierini is a type and graphic designer. He holds a BA from ISIA Urbino and an MA in Type and Media from the KABK (NL). From 2011 to 2017, he worked at the Faculty of Design and Art at the Free University of Bolzano as a researcher and Assistant Professor in Graphic Design. Since September 2017, he has been the Director at ISIA Urbino where he teaches history of printing, type design and typography. He is editor in chief of Progetto Grafico magazine and he writes regularly on La Repubblica online newspaper about graphic design, visual communication and language. Jonathan works as graphic designer and consultant for private companies and institutions.
DESIGN FORUM PANELIST
Day Two (Thursday, 22. September)
Michael Renner is head of the Institute for Digital Communication Environments (IDCE), The Basel School of Design, at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel, Switzerland. He experienced the digital revolution first-hand working for Apple Computer and The Understanding Business in California, soon after completing his education at the Basel School of Design. Renner’s practical, pedagogical, theoretical and research-oriented design activities explore the meaning of visual messages in the context of today’s digital communication channels. By gaining knowledge through the creation of images, he positions the design process itself as both central research theme and methodology to gain knowledge. He is responsible or co-responsible for several practice-led research projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation in the context
of image-, media- and communication-research. He is visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
DAY ONE
Tuesday, 20. September 2022, 14:30
DAY TWO
Thursday, 22. September 2022, 14:30
AGI Open Trieste 2022
Supporters Contact Credits
Website by Studio Mut
Fonts by Formula Type
AGI Open Trieste 2022
Supporters Contact Credits
Website by Studio Mut
Fonts by Formula Type