Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

Coming up this week is a great event for the SVA MFA Design Department: the 2012 Thesis Forum, “Designer As _____.” Here are the details:

The MFA Design Department at the School of Visual Arts, also known as Designer as Author + Entrepreneur, presents Thesis Forum 2012, “Designer As _____,” a show­case of pro­pos­als for prod­ucts, cam­paigns, apps, and more, reflect­ing the mul­ti­tude of roles that design­ers play in order to offer entre­pre­neur­ial solu­tions for today’s com­plex social and com­mer­cial mar­ket­place. The Thesis Forum takes place on Wednesday, April 18 from 1 – 7:30 pm at the SVA Theatre, located at 333 West 23 Street. It is a free event tar­geted to design­ers, edi­tors and hir­ing man­agers. Register in advance at Eventbrite.

The annual Thesis Forum and Thesis Launch are plat­forms for MFA can­di­dates to intro­duce their wares to the pub­lic and receive feed­back. Each grad­u­at­ing stu­dent presents a con­cep­tual pitch and pro­mo­tional video as a well-crafted nar­ra­tive that high­lights the rea­sons for, and con­se­quences of, the project. This is a launch­ing pad for inno­va­tion and inspi­ra­tion, as well as cre­ative and busi­ness development.

Here’s a small sam­pling of the grad­u­ates that will be presenting:

Adam Katz — ‘Laugh-Track’, an online com­mu­nity, social net­work and pro­mo­tional tool for emerg­ing and estab­lished come­di­ans. With Laugh-Track, come­di­ans and humorists cre­ate pro­files to show­case their tal­ent, gain expo­sure and net­work, while audi­ences laugh and rate them, and com­edy clubs promote.

Michael Croxton — ‘MODBOT’ brings together your favorite sites and keeps track of the things you love with a series of tools for Google Chrome. The first line of Mods, Essentials, allows you to curate groups of sites that open in one click with Grouper, tap into your social media with Feeder, and book­mark pain­lessly with Maker.

Elliott Walker — ‘Day Job’ bian­nual print pub­li­ca­tions that explores con­tem­po­rary work cul­ture through the per­sonal pur­suits and val­ues of peo­ple around the world.