RODA DE CONVERSA VIRTUAL: DESIGN FOR EMERGENCY – DESAFIO INTERNACIONAL SEMEANDO IDEIAS
If you are unable to attend the Virtual Conversation Wheel: Design for Emergency – International Challenge Sowing Ideas, check below.
The Museum of the Brazilian House, an institution of the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy of the State of São Paulo, will hold, in partnership with FAUUSP, on July 2, Thursday, at 6 pm, a virtual conversation wheel on the Brazilian stage of worldwide campaign Design for Emergency, entitled International Challenge Sowing Ideas. The chat will be broadcast live on MCB’s Youtube.
At the event, researchers Denise Dantas and Sara Goldchmit, from the FAUUSP Design in Action research group, will present the international project Design for Emergency – an initiative launched in the context of the pandemic to understand the needs, habits and emotions of people living in social isolation .
They will also comment on the stages of collection, analysis and results of the Brazilian version of the research. The data presented inform and mobilize designers to participate in the International Challenge Semeando Ideias, a contest launched recently in partnership between FAUUSP and MCB, which is open until July 15, 2020. Mediation will be by Giancarlo Latorraca, technical director of the MCB. The conversation is aimed at students and professionals in the area of Design from all regions of Brazil.
“In the current situation of the pandemic of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the MCB has been dedicated to the expansion of its virtual memory and the production of digital content. With the cancellation of the 34th edition of the Design MCB Award, discussions on the role of design in facing contemporary issues are reinforced in actions such as this one with FAUUSP to carry out the national edition of Design for Emergency ”, says Giancarlo Latorraca, director MCB technician.
SERVICE:
Virtual conversation wheel: Design for Emergency – International Challenge Sowing Ideas
Date: July 2, Thursday
Time: 6pm
Live broadcast: Youtube MCB
Free
Denise Dantas
Professor of Design at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo. Leader of the CNPq Design in Action research group. He works mainly on themes: user-centered design, materials for design, design for innovation and industry 4.0.
Sara Goldchmit
Professor of Design at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo. He participates in the CNPq Design in Action research group. He works mainly on the themes: design for health, design centered on the user and design of information.
Giancarlo Latorraca
Technical director of MCB, architect at FAU-USP, PhD student at the School of Design of the same college and licensed professor at the School of the City.
The MCB is temporarily closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. During this period, the public can check the contents of the Museu da Casa Brasileira on digital platforms, which have daily updates.
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