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Zoom Info Sessions on December 11th!

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Zoom Info Sessions on December 11th! 〰️

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Announcing 10NTH: MFA Products of Design Thesis Presentations are May 5th!
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Announcing 10NTH: MFA Products of Design Thesis Presentations are May 5th!

We invite you to attend the 10th Annual Master’s Thesis Presentations—of the 2023 graduating class of the MFA in Products of Design program—live at the SVA Theatre on Friday, May 5th from 1:00pm - 6:00pm (EDT, GMT-4). Fourteen graduating master’s students will each present their year-long thesis work, comprised of research, artifacts, services, experiences, and platforms.

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Guest Lecture Video: Cameron Tonkinwise
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Guest Lecture Video: Cameron Tonkinwise

To kick off our Spring Lecture series for 2023, Products of Design was delighted to welcome Cameron Tonkinwise, who gives an annual lecture to our students and guests. This year's lecture is entitled "All Care, No Responsibility: Everything Service Designers Need to Know About Politics But Were Afraid to Ask."

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Guest Lecture Video: Chloé Cooper Jones
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Guest Lecture Video: Chloé Cooper Jones

Chloé Cooper Jones is a writer based in New York City. In 2020, Chloé was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Writing for “Fearing for His Life,” a profile of Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the killing of Eric Garner. She was the recipient of the 2020 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant and the 2021 Howard Foundation Grant from Brown University. Both grants supported her latest book, Easy Beauty, a memoir which finds the author—after unexpectedly becoming a mother—embarking on a journey across the globe to reclaim the spaces, both physical and emotional, that she’d been denied and denied herself.

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What Is Storytelling in Design?
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What Is Storytelling in Design?

Storytelling in design involves using visual elements to create a narrative for your audience. Audiences want to form connections with brands and products. They want to feel that brands understand their motivations, struggles, hopes, and desires. Brands do this by creating designs that fulfill desires or overcome struggles. 

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Open House & Info Sessions (Copy BEFORE THE EVENTS)
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Open House & Info Sessions (Copy BEFORE THE EVENTS)

This year we will be offering 2 Open House and Info Sessions—one in-person on Friday, November 11th at 6:30pm EST, and another virtual (over Zoom) on Thursday, December 9th at 6:30pm EST! Both events will offer a full house of visitors, prospective students, faculty, alumni, and students, and if you can make the in-person session on November 11th, you’ll be able to tour the space, check out the Visible Futures Lab Next Door, and hang out with everyone here!

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