MEDIA ADVISORY
SF State Design and Industry Dept. celebrates
50 years with conference, banquet

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACTS
Matt Itelson
SF State Office of Public Affairs & Publications
(415) 338-1665
pubcom@sfsu.edu

Ariane Bicho
SF State College of Creative Arts
(415) 338-1442

Press Release published by the Office of Public Affairs & Publications

 

Over the years SF State design and industry students have created countless innovations, most notably Charles Hall, who in 1969 experimented with starch- and gelatin-filled prototypes that would later become the world’s first waterbed. Faculty members and students have won Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for their innovations in three of the last four years. DAI offers bachelor’s degrees in industrial arts, product design and industrial technology, as well as a master’s degree in industrial arts.

WHO: The Nov. 9 panel of industry professionals to discuss "Emerging Design and the Future Society" include:

• Amhi Mehta, emerging markets experience architect at Hewlett-Packard;
• Joanne Oliver, sustainability initiative leader at IDEO;
• Eric Bailey, senior interactive designer at frog design;
• Liz Ogbu, designer and project manager at Public Architecture;
• Ben Chia, design manager at DesignAffairs and lecturer of design and industry at SF State; and
• Ricardo Gomes, associate professor and chair of the Design and Industry Department.

About 150 DAI faculty, students and alumni are expected to attend.

SF State College of Creative Arts Acting Dean Wan-Lee Cheng, a design and industry professor at the University since 1985, will be honored at a Nov. 10 banquet for new student members of honor society Epsilon Pi Tau. Cheng, who served as DAI chair for 15 years, is leaving SF State to become president of Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan, where he earned his bachelor of engineering degree in 1969.

WHEN AND WHERE: "Emerging Design and the Future Society" symposium, 7 - 9 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 9, Jack Adams Hall, Cesar Chavez Student Center, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave. (at 19th Avenue), San Francisco. Admission is free.

Epsilon Pi Tau initiation, banquet and honors for Professor Wan-Lee Cheng, 6 - 10 p.m., Friday, Nov. 10, Seven Hills Conference Center, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave. (at 19th Avenue), San Francisco.

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