Students talk— how Stamps speakers influence their vision of the future
STAMPS Speaker David Yurman • 4/10/2014
STAMPS Speaker Michael Graves • 1/23/2014
Martha Strong (BFA 2016) Ronald Conn (BFA 2015) So often I feel like we become trapped
Michael Graves talked about how he
STAMPS Speaker Candy Chang • 1/30/2014
Carly Roberts (BFA 2015) Candy Chang was not afraid to do
in our art bubble and it’s hard to bring
managed to get his first few projects,
what she wanted in life, and now it seems
others in or find a way out. David Yurman
following the philosophy ‘No job is too
that she is truly happy doing what she
breaks those boundaries. He said he just
small’ and doing things like designing a
loves. She talks about how in school she
enjoyed making sculpture and jewelry and
teapot, or teaching and giving lectures.
was going down the pre-med route but
then thought ‘is there a way for this to be
He brought his full attention to these
realized it wasn’t for her. She was getting
a livelihood?’ I think this train of thought
minor things, and he met with great
poor grades, so she spoke with her parents
is so important. As I’m halfway through
success. He offered a really great bit of
and decided to switch to architecture.
my college career I’m really thinking
advice about just believing you are good
Then she switched again to graphic design
about what path I want to take and would
enough to do that kind of work, and
and lastly to urban planning. Sometimes
it be a path that will be a career. I want a
perhaps being a bit clever about how
it can take a little while to figure out what
successful profession when I graduate so
you present yourself as a novice. In total,
works for you and what doesn’t. It was
it was fantastic to see someone who not
the man had a lot of great things to say.
comforting to hear her talk about her
only made it, but thrived.
But he was so matter-of-fact about his
past and see her current success.
presentation I feel it really resonated.
STAMPS Speaker Rafael Lozano-Hemmer • 1/16/2014
STAMPS Speaker Shapshak & Hersman • 2/20/2014
STAMPS Speaker Bunker Roy • 3/13/2014
Madalyn Hochendoner (BFA 2014)
Betsy Lee (BFA 2014)
Gabe Schindler (BFA 2015)
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s work is empowering. This lecture has given me a lot more to consider in my senior thesis which involves a sort of performative installation. For someone who has thought of tossing their phone and computer away after school, I really respect the way in which Hemmer works with technology.
Toby Shapshak and Erik Hersman’s
I am currently working on a mobile
lecture on Africa as a rising country
application with the medical school
in innovation and design was truly
to create software to aid university
inspiring. They talked of good designs
students with depression and mental
originating from desperate situations,
illness. Not only must the design and
out of necessity as the better context
narrative of the application be helpful
for design than places of abundance,
and informative, but it must also invite
like the United States. The products
users to engage in an experience that
and objects we use in our lives shape
is welcoming, friendly, and familiar.
our lifestyles in ways we, as citizens
I am inspired to follow in Bunker Roy’s
of a first world country, do not always
college’s footsteps and become engaged
notice because of our abundance.
in community innovation and design for those that could truly benefit most.
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EMERGENCE