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T 212 472 1500 F 212 472 3800

LECTURES

Arthur King Satz Hall, NYSID, 170 East 70th Street. Lectures are free and open to the public; reservations are required. RSVP to 212.472.1500 ext. 405 or rsvp@nysid.edu.

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NYSID SPRING 2009 LECTURES

Wednesday, January 28, 6 pm
Donna Goodman A History of the Future
Book signing and reception to follow
Architect and educator Donna Goodman will present A History of the Future, a lecture based on her book of the same title that traces the impact of each era of technological innovation on visionary design. The lecture will touch on the impact of the automobile age, World War II, the space age, the media age, and the digital age on 20th-century design and planning.

Donna Goodman, RA,  has been on the faculty of NYSID since 1994. She studied art and philosophy at Smith College and architecture at Columbia University. In addition to her professional practice, she has created drawings of a conceptual future city that present new urban and environmental concepts, media and cybernetic systems, infrastructure and resources. Her projects have been widely published and exhibited.

Spring 2009 Lecture Series

February 18, March 11, April 8
Mitchell OwensBehind the Scenes
In this series of lectures, Mitchell Owens, executive editor of the magazine Elle Décor, goes behind the scenes of three celebrated 20th-century residential projects to explore the designer-client relationships that drove them and separate decorating myth from lifestyle reality.

Wednesday, February 18, 6 pm
Room, Interrupted: Jean-Michel Frank’s Salon for Marie-Laure de Noailles

Wednesday, March 11, 6 pm
Revise, Recycle, Recover: Billy Baldwin and Villa Fiorentina

Wednesday, April 8, 6 pm
Skill Set: When John Fowler Met Pauline de Rothschild

Mitchell Owens has written and lectured widely on interior, landscape, and fashion design as well as social history. He also edited Elsie de Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration (Acanthus Press, 2005) and Jansen (Acanthus Press, 2006) and is working on books about tastemaker Pauline de Rothschild and decorator Ruby Ross Wood.

April 22, Earth Day
Wednesday, April 22, 6 pm
David OakeyRespect for the Future
The Sally Henderson Memorial Lecture on Green Design
Whether designing products or a business model, sustainable-design expert David Oakey inspires architects, designers, and business leaders to change their approach to the “design” process. This shift necessitates reconsideration of materials, products, and processes within the entire business realm. This lecture will trace Oakey’s transition from questioning the sustainability movement nearly a decade ago to becoming a leader in sustainable design.

David Oakey leads global efforts in sustainable or “smart design” inspired by biomimicry, a discipline that applies nature’s designs and processes to solve human problems. He passionately follows steps to achieve sustainability through process, product, and people. Oakey has been featured in Business Week, Fast Company, Interior Design Magazine, The New York Times, Green Futures Magazine, I.D. Magazine, and Smithsonian Magazine.