About this Event
Have you ever felt disillusioned, betrayed, or disappointed by design?
Join us next Thursday, May 2nd, for a provocative conversation between Silvio Lorusso and Chris Lee. Taking the cue from Silvio Lorusso’s latest book, What Design Can’t Do, our guests will offer an original, thought-provoking, and honest perspective on design and its shortcomings.
About Silvio Lorusso
Silvio Lorusso is a writer, artist and designer based in Lisbon, Portugal. He published Entreprecariat (Onomatopee) in 2019 and What Design Can’t Do (Set Margins’) in 2023. Lorusso is an assistant professor and co-director of the Center for Other Worlds at the Lusófona University in Lisbon and a tutor at the Information Design department of Design Academy Eindhoven. He holds a Ph.D. in Design Sciences from the Iuav University of Venice.
About Chris Lee
Chris Lee is a graphic designer and educator from Brooklyn, NY, with degrees from OCADU in Toronto and Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam. He has worked with prominent organizations like The Walrus Magazine, Metahaven, and Bruce Mau Design. Lee’s design work is part of the permanent collection at SFMOMA and he is a research fellow at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam. His research focuses on graphic design’s role in power dynamics and documentation. Lee has lectured internationally and his projects and writings have appeared in various prestigious publications and exhibitions.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
84 Withers Street, Brooklyn, New York, United States
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