DesignInquiry
DesignInquiry ’08
Topic: Fail Again
Date: July 20 — 25
Place: Vinalhaven, Maine
DesignInquiry invites professionals, educators and students of diverse
disciplines to respond to a design-related topic in any way they think is
appropriate, necessary or amusing. The topic changes each time
DesignInquiry happens. We share these responses during an intensive week
of presentations, discussions and play, while working toward a publication
that binds the outcome: a free-to-download boost of information, meant to
inspire and inform its readers.
DesignInquiry is an alternative to the one-way delivery of a standard
conference: each participant contributes and is equally responsible for
the content of the gathering. This is a week of collaborative production
where we both explore and teach the aesthetics and ethics that are central
to Design (and life). Days become nights; the program doesn’t stop when
dinner is served.
DesignInquiry: Go I know not where. Get I know not what.
$250 non-refundable registration fee, not including housing. $175 fee for breakfasts and dinners. We’ll cook ourselves.
Maximum number of participants: 24 (2 dozen eggs)
Contact: DesignInquiry
DESIGNINQUIRY…horizontal professional event
Elliott Earls
“DesignInquiry is quite possibly the most ‘horizontal’ professional event I have ever had the pleasure of participating in. It’s like grad school without the teachers. People coming together to discuss, debate and work on issues that are central to Design and life. It’s a fantastic experience where you both learn and teach.”
— Elliott Earls, Artist in Residence, Cranbrook Academy of Art