09/19/2025
The lecture series, titled Counterforms: Practices, Theories, and Methods, hosted by the Graphic and Digital Design department (GDD) and organized by assistant professors Trevor Embury and Marcia Higuchi, provides a platform to explore the complexities of design across multiple modalities, including practice, advocacy, discipline, and ways of knowing. Participants will engage with academics and practitioners who challenge conventional understandings and reveal often overlooked dimensions of design.
By framing design as a catalyst for community building, boundary-pushing, and social transformation — as well as a disciplined practice grounded in theory and exploration —each session is designed to broaden perspectives, provoke critical inquiry, and foster pluralism.
The series invites participants to examine design as a field of study, tracing its historical foundations, engaging with contemporary challenges, and approaching it as a reconfigurative act — one that shapes experiences, interactions, and meanings. This exchange between academics and practitioners promotes dialogue and scholarship, cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives are not only valued but actively explored.
For more information check out the link here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/counterforms-tickets-1685270071149?aff=oddtdtcreator
