Spring Speaker Series: Orkan Telhan
The Nature Lab and Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies presented the second lecture in the 2024 Spring Speakers Series: Orkan Telhan, "design.bio"
Orkan Telhan investigates critical issues in cultural, environmental and social responsibility. He is the Chief Information and Data Officer at Ecovative. He serves as the president of the Biodesign Challenge. He was Associate Professor of Fine Arts - Emerging Design Practices at University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design (2010-2023). Telhan holds a PhD in Design and Computation from MIT. He was part of the Sociable Media Group at the MIT Media Laboratory and a researcher at the MIT Design Laboratory. He studied Media Arts at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Telhan's individual and collaborative work has been exhibited internationally in venues including the Istanbul Biennial, Architectural Association, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Design Museum, London, and Museo Reina Sofia.
