PD Graduate Thesis Exhibition - please forward to PDSA

[Kylie Tuosto]

Michael Turri (fellow PD grad student) and I have created an exhibition and symposium as our final thesis project. There are a couple of events this Friday that I want to make sure the Stanford PD community knows about. All design nerds (PD or not) are more than welcome at these free and public events. The subject is particularly relevant for the PDSA audience: The role of Design in the Business world seen through the lens of the communications work (books, exhibits, films) the Eames Office did for IBM back in the '50s-'70s. 

We're kicking off the exhibition at a 3-hour symposium from 1-4PM this Friday, May 20th, being held at Stanford's Cantor Museum. David Kelley will be giving opening remarks. After that we will have a range of speakers talking about the Eameses, computer history, and what was happening in the counterculture at the time. Eames Demetrios is our keynote, and other notable speakers include Fred Turner,  head of Stanford's communications department, and Alex Bochannek, curator at the Computer History Museum.

The exhibition itself will open at a party from 5-8PM this Friday, the 20th. It's at LUNAR on 537 Hamilton in Downtown Palo Alto, and there will be food and drinks - a perfect note to end the week on. Any and all Design types are welcome to come join us! 

I have attached our official invitation, and am happy to field any questions.

Martini
p.s. The exhibition will be open on weekdays from 11AM-1PM until June 10 for those who can't make the opening events. We will also have a couple of weeknight parties next week, on Tuesday and Thursday. I will have more info on those in the next few days, and plan to send out a separate announcement about the parties.