Join us on Friday, April 30 for the first annual School of Visual Arts Design Criticism MFA conference, organized by the D-Crit class of 2010, and moderated by WNYC’s “Studio 360” host Kurt Andersen.

Visionary design thinker John Thackara will deliver a keynote address on contemporary critical practice, setting the stage for the 15 graduating D-Crit students, who present on their thesis topics. Their subjects—ranging from the design of personal memorial objects to the use of smell as a communicative tool in design and architecture, and from design and visual language in the films of Jean-Luc Godard to the applications and implications of car sharing—will fascinate, delight and provoke. We invite you to join the discussion.

The fast-paced, daylong event takes place at the new SVA Theatre, designed by Milton Glaser, and is open to the public. Join D-Crit students, program faculty, and other design professionals for a meeting of the minds that will re-chart the future of design discourse.
For more information about speakers and topics + RSVP, go to dcrit.sva.edu.