DeSE 2010 Final Critique

Videos and PDFs from the final critique are now online! Browse the presentation links below or scroll down to view.

Tuesday 5/25/2010 @ RISD Museum
Critics:
• Ben Beck - Eleven Design Inc.
• Nathan Cooke - MIT
• Niels Cosman - RISD

• Khipra Nichols - RISD

• Yi Zhang - One Earth Designs

Presentations:
• Annemarie Gugelmann - The Summer Challenge
• Ji Yae Park - Sibling Communication
• David Zacher - Bikes for All
• Esther An - Childrens' Space Redesigned
• Felipe Sarmiento - Geek Space
• Gazal Goenka - Job Creation for the Deaf
• Hyun Ju Lee - Wishing Well
• Jason Lee - Art Meets Justice
• Cassie Mauer - Women's Design Coalition

Wednesday 5/26/2010 @ RISD Museum
Critics:
• Charles Garcia - KVA MATx + Portable Light Project
• Shaun Morris - KVA MATx + Portable Light Project (former)
• Charlie Cannon - RISD
• Lili Hermann - RISD
• Andy Cutler - Cutler & Company
• Chai Lee - Harvard Business School

Presentations:
• Justin Desilva - Urban Umbrellas
• Kathleen O'Donnell - The Collective Mile
• Louis Rigano - Student Skill Exchange
• Lucy Stein - Better Patient Experience
• Maria Floreena Delgado - Arts for Youth
• Peter Simon - Food and Environment
• Saba Ahmed - Young Enterprising Artists
• Soomi Lee - Post-Abortion Teen Group

Final Crit: Annemarie Gugelmann

Project Title: The Summer Challenge

Partner Organization: New Urban Arts

Overview: Design of a summer camp for students involved in New Urban Arts, a Providence-based afterschool program.

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Annemarie Gugelmann [PDF]

Final Crit: Ji Yae Park

Project Title: Sibling Communication

Partner Organization: West Side Arts

Overview: Fostering sibling communication of people with social impairment

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Ji Yae Park [PDF]

Final Crit: David Zacher

Project Title: Bikes for All

Partner Organization: Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC)

Overview: Design of a financially-sustainable model for the Red Bike Shed, a community bicycle shop on the WRWC bike trail in the Providence environs.

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - David Zacher [PDF]

Final Crit: Esther An

Project Title: Childrens' Space Redesigned

Partner Organization: Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center

Overview: Design of an enrichment program for children of women in domestic abuse shelters.

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Esther An [PDF]

Final Crit: Felipe Sarmiento

Project Title: Geek Space

Partner Organization: Free Geek Providence

Overview: A youth technology program aimed at installing public art back into the community

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Felipe Sarmiento [PDF]

Final Crit: Gazal Goenka

Project Title: Job Creation for the Deaf

Partner Organization: The Corliss Institute

Overview: Design of a financially-sustainable plan to create a farmer's market founded and operated by members of the local deaf community.

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Gazal an [PDF]

Final Crit: Hyun Ju Lee

Project Title: Wishing Well

Partner Organization: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Overview: Design of a paper crafts store founded on the principle of "wishing well" to others, operated by members of NAMI successfully living with mental illnesses.

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Hyun Ju Lee [PDF]

Final Crit: Jason Lee

Project Title: Art Meets Justice

Partner Organization: West Side Arts

Overview: Restructuring of West Side Arts' expansion plans

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Jason Lee [PDF]

Final Crit: Cassie Maurer

Project Title: Women's Design Coalition

Partner Organization: RISD, AIGA members

Overview: Empowering young designers and promoting gender equality in the academic and professional sectors of design

The reason this video is not available is the project team are currently in talks with RISD about the continuation of the project after graduation. We will make the crit video available as soon as possible.

The objective of this project is to find out if gender inequality still exists in the academic and professional sectors of graphic design, and if it does, what can we do to change this?

Women's Design Coalition Short Version

Final Crit: Justin Desilva

Project Title: Urban Umbrellas

Partner Organization: The Museum on Site

Overview: Design of connective tissue for pedestrian access to Providence

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Justin Desilva [PDF]

Final Crit: Kathleen O'Donnell

Project Title: The Collective Mile

Partner Organization: Numerous

Overview: Design of a site tailored to the review of prosthetics, medical services and support groups for the amputee community

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Kathleen O'Donnell [PDF]

Final Crit: Louis Rigano

Project Title: Student Skill Exchange

Partner Organization: RISD

Overview: Online network for exchanging consultation and labor between students throughout RISD

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Louie Rigano [PDF]

Final Crit: Lucy Stein

Project Title: Better Patient Experience

Partner Organization: Rhode Island Free Clinic

Overview: Creating an improved patient experience for the uninsured seeking free medical care

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Lucy Stein [PDF]

Final Crit: Flo Delgado

Project Title: Arts for Youth

Partner Organization: Providence CityArts for Youth

Overview: Study and analysis of the practices of a Providence-based youth arts program.

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Flo Delgado [PDF]

Final Crit: Peter Simon

Project Title: Food and Environments

Partner Organizations: Providence Preservation Society, Farm Fresh Rhode Island

Overview: A system framework for connecting food to the built environment

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Peter Simon [PDF]

Final Crit: Saba Ahmed

Project Title: Young Enterprising Artsists

Partner Organization: RISD

Overview: Developing RISD's youth mentorship programs

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Saba Ahmed [PDF]

Final Crit: Soomi Lee

Project Title: Post-Abortion Teen Group

Partner Organization: Planned Parenthood

Overview: Design of a support system for teens who have recently had abortions

DeSE 2010 Final Crit - Soomi Lee [PDF]

DeSE Studio Pictures

Great Work!

Thank you DeSE students for a wonderful semester! It was great to see the culmination of your hard work over the past two days. Also, thank you again to all of the excellent critics who took time out to attend our review.

Please check back over the next week for video coverage of the presentations, which will be published on the course site as well.