4/8 Workshop: Biomimetic Sampler
Newly Announced! Join Charlotte McCurdy 18 MID for Biomimetic Sampler, a "rapid, generative workshop all about observation, thinking through making, nature, translation, and prostheses.” Participants will begin “with fossils and specimens, and sketch, write, swap, and prototype.”
RSVP encouraged but not required; space at the event will be first come, first served.
Please note that this event is open to RISD students, faculty, and staff only at this time.
About the workshop leader: Charlotte McCurdy researches and teaches design at the intersection of climate change, futures, and materials at the Stanford University d.school.
Her work has been exhibited around the world including at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the London Design Museum, and the Cooper Hewitt Triennial. Previously she served as Assistant Professor and Senior Global Futures Scientist at Arizona State University and as Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, Dezeen, Wallpaper, and Vogue. She was a member of NEW INC cohort 5 and holds a degree in Global Affairs from Yale University and in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.
