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Designers Talking with Hassan Rahim about:

00:25 his daylong residency 02:22 working life 06:38 formats and limitations 10:26 skateboarding and graphic design 15:17 analog instagram feeds 17:06 intellectual property and getting ripped off 19:30 working in appropriation 20:24 intention

Highlights from a dialogue hosted on April 25, 2015, at COMB Gallery in Milwaukee, WI. Moderated by Xavier Ruffin. Video production by Kayle Karbowski and Maeve Jackson.

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Designers Talking with Silas Munro

OPENING RECEPTION: Fri, March 25, 6–9 p.m. FOLLOW-UP DIALOGUE: Sat, March 26, 1 p.m.

Silas Munro is a designer who utilizes a multi-modal practice to inspire people to be the best versions of themselves in order to effect positive change on society as a whole. He earned his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. His design studio, Poly-Mode primarily works with cultural institutions and community based organizations including The Center for Urban Pedagogy, MoMA, Walker Art Center, and Wynwood in Miami, Florida. He has been a critic at CalArts, Maryland Institute College of Art, North Carolina State, and York University. Munro serves as Assistant Professor of Art and Graduate Director, Experience Design, Miami University and Founding Faculty in the MFA Program in Graphic Design at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Munro’s research addresses the relationship between the designer’s personal identity, formal systems and strategies s/he utilizes, and how both interact with the communities s/he serves. He is particularly interested in the often unaddressed post-colonial relationship between design and marginalized communities. This has taken tangible form in design work and writing that have been published via books, exhibitions, and websites in Germany, Japan, Korea, the US, and the UK such as: Chronicle Books, IDEA Magazine, and Slanted Magazine.

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An interview with Nate Pyper about Designers Talking, punk shows vs. design lectures, and design that f*cks you up. via OnMilwaukee

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Designers Talking Spring 2016 visiting designers: Amy Nicole Schwartz, Silas Munro, and Chris Burnett

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Designers Talking with Amy Nicole Schwartz

Opening Reception: Friday, Feb 26, 6–9 p.m. Follow-up Dialogue: Saturday, Feb 27, 1 p.m.

@ INOVA

Amy Nicole Schwartz is currently the Design Director at Cards Against Humanity. She is also the founder of Liminal Space in Chicago and an adjunct faculty member at DePaul University. Amy was the recipient of AIGA Chicago’s What’s Next grant, which supported Liminal Space initiatives. She is the winner of AIGA’s Command X 2015 live design competition and was also named one of AIGA NY’s Fresh Blood 2014. Amy has an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BA from DePaul University.

http://www.amynicole.co

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Photos from Designers Talking about Source Material in Chicago, Sept. 2015

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Designers Talking about Source Material: Sat, Sept 26, @ Filmfront in Chicago

Featuring texts, essays, and excerpts selected by Annie Yiling Wang, Adam J. Kurtz, Travis Stearns, Ghazaal Vojdani, Nicole Killian, Nani Albornoz, Hassan Rahim, and Bijan Berahimi

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Designers Talking about Source Material @ Filmfront in Pilsen, Chicago Saturday, September 26, 1–4 p.m.

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2 of 13 collages from my solo show titled ‘Capitals’

19x25″, assorted risograph prints

Designers Talking at COMB Gallery in Milwaukee, May 2015

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Designers Talking with Nani Albornoz about: 00:07 coming to the States for school 03:05 working at the Walker Art Center 04:32 web/interactive design as an entry point to design 07:25 their evolving relationship with coding 11:24 if the role of the expert is dissolving 21:38 access in relation to the work created during their daylong residency 22:37 representation and diversity in the design industry

Highlights from a dialogue hosted on March 28, 2015, at COMB Gallery in Milwaukee, WI. Video production by Maeve Jackson.

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Promotional flyer for Designers Talking with Bijan Berahimi designed by the artist himself. RAD.

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Work by visiting designer Bijan Berahimi

Bijan Berahimi is a Portland-based graphic designer who received his BFA from CalArts in 2013. Shortly after graduating, he relocated to the Pacific Northwest to work on the 2014 World Cup for Nike Football. While at CalArts, Berahimi founded FISK, an online/print journal, and the annual CalArts Print Fair. Berahimi currently operates his own design practice working for both commercial and cultural clients. In addition, he continues to develop FISK which is now a physical gallery space in Portland. Berahimi is an instigator for the general development and integration of design in his community.

See the result of his daylong residency in Milwaukee at an opening reception of on Sat, May 23, and join us for a follow-up dialogue on Sun, May 24.

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Photos from the opening reception for Designers Talking with Hassan Rahim on April 24, 2015. More images here.

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Designers Talking with Bijan Berahimi

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 23, 7–10 p.m. Follow-up Dialogue: Sunday, May 24, 1 p.m.

Hosted at COMB Gallery in Milwaukee, WI.

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For those who made it to Travis Stearn’s opening last May (2014), you might recognize a couple of these from his 8.5 x 11 wall mural(s) installed at The Pitch Project for Designers Talking with Möbius Kline & Cubex Godhand.

excerpts from Sense & Avoid, 2014/15

Language culled from misheard pop lyrics, news reports, talking heads, various articles & essays.