SVA MFA Interaction Design

This Monday, March 24th, join us in the ixD studio for a talk and Q&A with Hugh Francis and Elie Andersen of Sanctuary Computer Inc on public-serving products, advancing culture through design, and aesthetic honesty. ? ?? RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3DQqalP ?? Sanctuary Computer?@sanctucompu?is a technology studio in Chinatown, New York City. ?? Hugh Francis the founder of Sanctuary Computer and garden3d, a worker owned creative collective ???? ?? Elie Andersen leads the communications team at garden3d and serves as co-founder and director of Index, a creative community space for co-working and peer-led programs. She studied graphic design at RISD and lives in New York City. School of Visual Arts #svaixd?#schoolofvisualarts?#sanctuarycomputer?#designtalk?#guestspeaker?#mfainteractiondesign?#interactiondesign

?? Did you miss Ruby Justice Thelot's event in the ixD studio? ?? Don't stress! You can watch the talk in its entirety on the ixD YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/3FuUMK4 ?? Make sure to our YouTube channel for more ixD talks and design content: https://bit.ly/4itP4GV School of Visual Arts #rubyjusticethelot #designtalk #svaixd #tech #interactiondesign

Last week, a group of first- and second-year ixD students—led by faculty member + principal design strategist?Melanie Kahl—embarked on SpringForward, an alternative spring break experience. This program invites students to explore an array of potential futures through immersive experiences in the NYC design community.?? Through in-person site visits to?Public Policy Lab,?The New York Times, and?Kettle, students were able to see a range of professional contexts in action. ? Virtual coffee conversations with service designers, researchers, and product designers at companies like?Figma?and?Snap Inc.?gave students additional insights into the current landscape of the industry. ?? Swipe through for highlights! Special thanks to: Shanti Mathew, Matt Raw, Tina Ye, Jess Mireau + Lauren Diamond Kushner and your teams for graciously welcoming ixD students into your studios and offices, and to all designers who participated in coffee chats with our students ?? School of Visual Arts #svaixd?#springforward?#schoolofvisualarts?#sitevisit?#interactiondesign

Last week, we hosted designer, artist &?cyberethnographer Ruby Justice Thelot in the studio for a thought-provoking talk on the nature of truth in the age of AI and big tech. Thanks to everyone who packed the studio for this special event! Check out more of Ruby's work at https://asterisques.com/ ? Subscribe to our newsletter to get a heads up on future talks, workshops, and other happenings in the studio ?? https://bit.ly/3D82oS6 #svaixd #interactiondesign #schoolofvisualarts #rubyjusticethelot

In Mixed Reality, a course taught by Violet Whitney, students used Procession—a natural language programming environment for creating interactive, real-world experiences created—to prototype "natural interfaces" with Multimodal AI. Procession is a project of Spatial Pixel, the research design studio co-created by Violet Whitney and William Martin. Spatial Pixel's mission is “to empower people with digital and spatial agency.” For their project, Sammie Lee, Het Nagda, Suvina Wahane created a shared calendar to easily schedule meetings. Take a look! ?? #spatialcomputing #svaixd #interactiondesign #schoolofvisualarts School of Visual Arts https://lnkd.in/g2CSmt9T

Check out this interview with sustainable fashion brand Reformation, featuring ixD faculty member Krystal Persaud! ? "Sustainability needs to be integrated and prioritized across every field. It’s a requirement to consider the environmental consequences and systems for absolutely everything we do." ? Krystal is a product design executive and startup veteran with over 10 years of experience launching consumer tech products. She is passionate about using toy and game design principles to highlight important issues. As Founder of Grouphug and Wildgrid, she has lowered the barrier to adopting climate technologies. #interactiondesign #sustainability #sustainabledesign #grouphugsolar #krystalpersaud #reformation #climatetech

Back in October, ixD students collaborated with the amazing team at Noun Project, along with partners Disability:IN and Canva, to develop a new collection of accessibility-focused icons for the public domain. The aim of this ~Iconathon~ event was to fill crucial gaps in iconography by representing terms like "accessible communication", "curb-cut effect", "alt text", and many more. 50+ participants gathered in the ixD studio and created over 150 sketches over the course of the day. After sketching, they worked together to vote on the icons that most clearly represented each term. Now, the final collection of 25 icons is available for download on the Noun Project website: https://bit.ly/4igvCNi *The collection is free for everyone to use as public domain.* Check out photos from the Iconathon and read more about the design process at this link: https://bit.ly/3CWKRw5 Special thanks to Lindsay S. at Noun Project! School of Visual Arts #svaixd #schoolofvisualarts #interactiondesign #accessibility #iconography #thenounproject

Check out this interview with sustainable fashion brand Reformation, featuring ixD faculty member Krystal Persaud! ? "Sustainability needs to be integrated and prioritized across every field. It’s a requirement to consider the environmental consequences and systems for absolutely everything we do." ? Krystal is a product design executive and startup veteran with over 10 years of experience launching consumer tech products. She is passionate about using toy and game design principles to highlight important issues. As Founder of Grouphug and Wildgrid, she has lowered the barrier to adopting climate technologies. #interactiondesign #sustainability #sustainabledesign #grouphugsolar #krystalpersaud #reformation #climatetech

Thank you Christie Shin ? and congrats to the Figma campus ambassadors for ixD, Jisang Kim and Suvina Wahane, on a fantastic event! School of Visual Arts #friendsoffigma #figma #svaixd

Excited to share that second-year ixD student Eun Soo Cho is one of eight finalists chosen in Stanford Center on Longevity's Global Design Challenge! ? This year’s challenge is “Reimagining Education and Learning for Long Lives." Inspired by this prompt, rising designers from universities around the world have created solutions to respond to the changing educational needs of people as they age. Eun Soo Cho's project, Bloom, is an app designed to help unemployed youth discover career paths and overcome mental health-related obstacles. ?? ?? ?? Congratulations to Eun Soo and all of the finalists! See more info about the design challenge here: https://lnkd.in/grksS6CB