Pratt Communications Design Programs Present Spring Design Lecture Series
BROOKLYN — Pratt Institute’s Communications Design programs will present their spring 2012 design lecture series from Monday, Jan. 30, through Tuesday, March 27, at the institute’s Brooklyn and Manhattan campuses. The lectures are free and open to the public; however, seating priority will be given to current students with Pratt identification.
Writer, speaker and blogger John Thackara will deliver a lecture on Monday, Jan. 30, at 6 p.m. in Higgins Hall Auditorium at 61 St. James Place in Brooklyn. Thackara writes for Design Observer, and is the author of 12 books, including In The Bubble: Designing in a Complex World (The MIT Press, 2005) and Wouldn’t It Be Great If (Design Council, 2007).
Director and designer Karin Fong will deliver a lecture on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. at Pratt Manhattan at 144 West 14th St., Room 213. Fong is one of the founding members of Imaginary Forces, a creative studio and production company. A graduate of Yale, Fong’s work has been featured at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the Pasadena Museum of California Art and elsewhere.