Dear Colleagues,
On Tuesday September 24, the full text of Penny Sparke's keynote
speech at the Common Ground conference will be published on the
PhD-Design discussion list.
Penny Sparke is dean of the Faculty of Art, Design, and Music at
Kingston University, where she is Professor of Design History. Prof.
Sparke studied French literature at the University of Sussex from
1967 to 1971 and completed her PhD at Brighton in 1975 with a thesis
on British Pop Design in the 1960s. She taught history of design at
the Royal College of Art from 1981 to 1999.
Penny Sparke is one of the best-known design historians working
today. Her 1986 book, An Introduction to Design and Culture in the
Twentieth Century, is one of the most widely used in the field.
Prof. Sparke's keynote speech is titled "Design and Culture
Revisited." The speech considers issues and concerns central to
rewriting the new edition of this classic text in design history.
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Best regards,
--
Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Department of Leadership and Organization
Norwegian School of Management
Visiting Professor
Advanced Research Institute
School of Art and Design
Staffordshire University
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