BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//otis.edu//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.4.3// VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130520T184005CEST-18929ZK6hL@otis.edu DTSTAMP:20130520T164005Z DESCRIPTION:Donghia Designer-in-Residence Lecture by SHASHI CAAN \n\nSHASHI CAAN presents the Donghia Designer-in-Residence Lecture at The Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles\n\n\n7:00pm OPEN SEATING  \;7:30pm LECT URE  \;9:00pm RECEPTION\n\nLecture and Reception are free and open to the public.\n\n\n\n\n\n As Founder and Principal of the SHASHI CAAN COLLEC TIVE\, SHASHI CAAN creates work that demonstrates an understated sensibili ty\, uniting the multiple layers of architecture\, interior and product de sign. Through a unique collaborative design process\, The COLLECTIVE provi des architecture\, interior\, workplace and product design solutions that focus on supporting people both pragmatically and qualitatively. \;The COLLECTIVE’s collaborative structure results in highly innovative and s uccessful work as exemplified by the firm’s reputation and receipt of ma jor industry awards and accolades from sources such as Metropolis\, Archit ecture and Interior Design Magazine\; the IIDA\, GlobalShop and NeoCon. Ms . CAAN was Contract Magazine’s 25th Anniversary ‘Designer of Year’ i n 2004\, as well as IFMA’s ‘Educator of Year’ for Greater New York i n 2006.\n\n\n\nMs. CAAN is a multi-talented designer\, acclaimed internati onally for bridging the divide between design practice\, theory\, and educ ation. At the forefront of advocating the role of Design in society\, Ms. CAAN holds the highest positions in international design advocacy\, as Pre sident of The International Federation of Interior Architects/ Designers ( IFI) – representing over 270\,000 designers worldwide – and as previou s Executive Chair\, and current Executive Committee member\, of the Intern ational Design Alliance (IDA). \n\n\n\nPreviously\, Ms. CAAN held senior p ositions in three major US firms\; Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA) \, Gensler\, and Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM)\, where she was Directo r of Design and Associate Partner. Her diverse international portfolio of work includes architectural interiors projects of 1300 to 3\,000\,000 squa re feet\, as well as several product lines and an executive aircraft inter ior for Alcoa and Gulfstream. Her clients include SEPA-The Scottish Enviro nmental Protection Agency\, Goldman Sachs\; Fidelity\; Merrill Lynch\; Inv er House Distillers\; Mohawk Industries\; Carnegie Science Center\; DuPont and NBC Studios. Ms. CAAN is also a sought-after textile designer and an internationally-recognized color authority\, as evidenced in her widely-pu blicized live-lab study\, Spatial Color.\n\n\n\nEqually respected for her valuable contribution to design education\, Ms. CAAN is the former Chair o f the Interior Design Department at Parsons The New School for Design in N ew York City. She has been on the faculty of several educational instituti ons including Pratt Institute. Active in research for the development and improvement of design education\, Ms. CAAN has worked with New York’s Co lumbia University\, conducting a research program exploring \;the para meters and content for an innovative new design curriculum. Invited for ke ynotes\, juries and panel discussions\, she regularly lectures internation ally and\, in her capacity as visiting professor\, she conducts master cla sses at educational institutions worldwide.\n\n\n\nMs. CAAN sits on numero us advisory boards and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). Aca demically\, she holds both a Masters Degree in Architecture and a Masters Degree in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute\, and a BFA (hons) in Env ironmental Design from the Edinburgh College of Art\, UK. Her professional work and writing is well published in design journals and periodicals. In May 2010\, Ms. Caan was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts Degree by the New York School of Interior Design (NYSID).\n\n\nThis Lecture and Reception\, and the associated Master Class\, are made possible through a generous donation from the ANGELO DONGHIA FOUNDATION\, INC.\, a privately held not-for-profit organization created under the will of the late Angelo Donghia to provide support for two distinct fields: the advancement of ed ucation in the field of interior design and initiatives pertaining to the discovery of causes of AIDS and its related diseases\, and their methods o f treatment.\n\n\n\nThis lecture was organized by the ARCHITECTURE/LANDSCA PE/INTERIORS Department at Otis College of Art and Design\, which offers a synthetic curriculum of the spatial design fields. For information about the lecture or department call 310.665.6867\, email ArchitectureLandscapeI nteriors@otis.edu or visit www.otis.edu/ali.\n\n\n\nThe Museum of Contempo rary Art\, Los Angeles\n\nAhmanson Auditorium \n\n250 South Grand Avenue\n \nLos Angeles CA 90012 \n\nSelf parking is recommended at the Walt Disney Concert Hall\, located 1 block north of the Museum on Grand Avenue. \n\nPa rking is a flat rate of $9/car after 5 PM.\n\n\n\nImage: ECA Connector Bri dge\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, design and image by SHASHI CAAN COLLECTIVE\n \n DTEND:20130313T210000 DTSTART:20130313T193000 SUMMARY:Lecture by Donghia Designer in Residence Shashi Caan END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR