Upcoming@Jacobs: events, DeCal sponsorship app, makerspace upgrades,

[Amy Dinh]

Dear Jacobs Community,

This week's Jacobs newsletter includes an announcement about upcoming upgrades to the makerspace, thanks to the Student Technology Fund, some upcoming events, and a reminder to students wanting to offer a design DeCal this fall that DES INV decal sponsorship applications are due next Friday, Nov 4th.

Note that the Design Field Notes event described below is for next week since there is no DFN speaker today. In lieu of that we'd like to share a multi-club showcase today hosted by Design at Berkeley.

Best,

Amy

ENCORE GRANT FROM STUDENT TECHNOLOGY FUND

We are excited to announce that we have received an Encore grant from the Student Technology Fund. Our technical team developed this grant application with specific technical acquisitions in mind: more consumer grade 3D printers, increased capabilities with our CNC equipment, and a panel saw for our wood shop to make breaking down large sheet goods more easily. Look out for these improvements, which are aimed at increasing operational capacity and thus improving user experience, in the Jacobs makerspace!

TODAY (OCT 27): DESIGN [SHOWCASE] AT BERKELEY
Design at Berkeley is hosting its very first Design Showcase where you will have the opportunity to learn about the project processes of different design clubs on campus in their show-and-tell presentation!

Date: 10/27
Time: 5:00-6:30pm
Location: Social Science Building 185

NOV 3: DESIGN FIELD NOTES w/ HELEN VAN BAAL

The Jacobs Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice. Each talk is free and open to all students and members of the public. View the full speaker lineup. There is no DFN speaker this week. Next week's speaker event is:

Impact Through Design. How to and How Not to Do It
Helen van Baal / Global Venture Lead, IKEA

Thursday, November 3 | 1-2pm | Join the talk with this Zoom link 

Helen van Baal is a designer and entrepreneur at heart. Her work revolves around creating positive and scalable impact through design, leadership and systemic strategy. Her projects transit the boundaries of cutting-edge technology, foresight and complexity theory, always with the intention of creating a positive impact in the world. As a Global Venture Lead at IKEA Helen has been setting up a venture studio in order to create a scalable impact that can create a better life for people and planet.

SPRING 2023 DES INV DECAL SPONSORSHIP APPLICATION - DUE NOV 4

Each semester, the Jacobs Institute sponsors DeCals that explore topics in design and technology innovation. To apply for your course to be sponsored as a DES INV DeCal in Spring 2023, please fill out the following form (Request for DES INV DeCal Sponsorship - SPRING 2023) and submit all required documents (details below) no later than the relevant deadline below; late submissions cannot be accepted.

Application Deadline: Friday, November 4th whether you are submitting a first time or returning DES INV DeCal.

Once submitted, we'll review your application, secure the Jacobs Institute's Department Chair signature and submit your application to COCI by the deadline of November 9th, 2022.

The list of required materials for DES INV DeCal sponsorship applications, plus some tips, are provided here. All first-time student facilitators must have completed a UCFTR training no later than November 9th, 2022. Provide the date of when each facilitator took a training or intends to take training if the date has not yet passed.

***quick note*** Please use the most updated version of Adobe Acrobat and do not lock the pdf application after receiving the signature of the Instructor who will sponsor your DeCal.

Please contact tro...@berkeley.edu for questions, especially if you are developing a new DeCal and want to discuss before preparing your full proposal. 

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Amy Dinh  

pronouns: she/her/hers

Director of Academic Affairs

Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation & Berkeley Master of Design

College of Engineering | UC Berkeley  

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[Amy Dinh]

Hi everyone,

Amending my last email to say that there is a Design Field Notes talk today after all! Below, please find more information and the Zoom link for the talk, which begins soon, at 1pm.

OCT 27: DESIGN FIELD NOTES w/ SANG LEIGH

Poetics in HCI, exploring how technology embody through experiential design
Sang Leigh, Creative Technologist Samsung Research America & Affiliate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Thursday, October 27 | 1-2pm | Join the talk with this Zoom link 

Sang’s research and art practice focuses on robotic and computational tools that work together with human users. His vision proposes extreme synergies between machine tools and humans, with technology essentially becoming a natural extension of our hands. This way, he challenges the fear and criticism around AI and automation that they replace human endeavors, by showing how symbiotic machines can unlock new human explorations and aesthetics. Sang Leigh is Senior Principal Creative Technologist at Samsung Research America and as part of Samsung Design Innovation Center. He currently is also an adjunct professor at Georgia Tech Industrial Design. Previously, he was an assistant professor at Georgia Tech leading the Machine Poetics Group. He received his PhD from MIT Media Lab in 2018.