We are more connected than ever before — but are we moving toward one another, or retreating inward? This February, xDesign will convene a community of social animals. We’ll explore the ways design shapes how we relate in heart, in mind, and in body. And we don’t expect clear-cut answers.In heart, how do our networked lives drive connection and disconnection?In mind, how does ever-increasing intelligence drive trust and mistrust? In body, how do redefined spaces create new forms of assembly and disassembly? Let’s get social — by design.
Sponsored by J.W. Kaempfer, Jr. (MBA ‘71), Harpoon Brewery, and Lyft
Team
Co-chairs
- Nicki Adler, GSD/SEAS
- Ginny Miller, HBS
- Eamon O'Connor, GSD/HKS
Conference Team
- Mariah Barber, GSD
- John Bracaglia, HBS
- Romy El Sayah, GSD
- Jenny Fan, GSD/SEAS
- Vladimir Gintoff, GSD
- Sara Ho, HBS
- Ananya Kanaiya, HBS
- Sarah Kunka, HBS
- Tian Wei Li, GSD
- Phoebe Lin, GSD
- Nicolas Ouejian, GSD
- Cody Pan, GSD
- Liz Sparkman, HBS
- Lily Wang, HBS
- Zhaodi Wang, GSD
Branding and Design
Speakers
Dis(Assembly)
- Bas Van de Poel, IKEA Space10
- Nigel Jacobs, MONUM
- Harley Dubois, Burning Man
- Andrew Lee, Equinox
- Manish Vora, Museum of Ice Cream
- Moderated by Courtney Sharpe, City of Boston
(Dis)Connection
- Alda Ly, Alda Ly Studios
- Matt Brooks, Sofar Sounds
- Lillian Tong, Matter-Mind Studio
- Paty Rios, Happy Cities
- Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Murdomo Institute and Independent Scientist/Artist
- Moderated by John Peterson, Loeb Fellow at Harvard GSD
Dis(Trust)
- Emily MacDonald, Airbnb
- Steven Pham, Grindr
- Carolyn Witte, Tia
- Ling Fan, Tezign
- Johan Liedgren, Independent Filmmaker
- Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Google
- Moderated by Joanne Cheung, IDEO CoLab