The School of Graduate Studies at OCAD University is pleased to be hosting Christopher Pandolfi for our SGS Speaker Series.
Tuesday March 14 2023
130 Queens Quay E tower Floor 4R
Doors: 6:00PM
Talk: 6:30 – 7:30PM
ASL translation services provided.
The School of Graduate Studies at OCAD University is pleased to be hosting Christopher Pandolfi for our SGS Speaker Series. This series will feature artist, designer and curator talks to inspire and support the OCAD U Graduate community.
ASL translation services provided.
Chris is the co-founder and Creative Director of Department of Unusual Certainties (DoUC). A designer and educator with a background in urban planning and design. Chris co-founded DoUC to pursue projects that ask questions about our everyday existence and help foster curiosity in others about the world around us, manifesting over the years through work that spans experience design, social engagement, strategy development, education and urban design.
Chris is a professor at George Brown College where he teaches across different programs at the School of Design, in subjects that vary from Strategy to Prototype design. He is also an instructor and sits on the adjudication board for Design for Change MA program at IADT in Dun Laghoire, and is an instructor for the MA in Design Strategy at ECV.
Three Quotes that Chris really loves and goes back to at least two to three times a week and wants you to know are the following…in no order of significance.
“the ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.” David Graeber, The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
“Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven” John Milton, Paradise Lost
“The more one looks into the distance, the more generalized things become.” Haruki Murakami, The Wind up Bird Chronicles
Check DoUC out on the WORLD WIDE WEB… wearedouc.com
Light refreshments served. Seating is first come first serve, however if you will be accessing ASL translation services or are hard of hearing, please message Meichen at mwaxer@ocadu.ca and we will reserve seating in the front rows. Additionally, if you have any other access accommodation requests please reach out to Meichen at mwaxer@ocadu.ca.
This series will feature artist, designer and curator talks to inspire and support the OCAD U Graduate community.
