Filmmaker Gary Hustwit (Objectified, Helvetica) will be one of the panelists at my April 24th Dwell Conversation. Photo from www.objectifiedfilm.com
I’m really excited to announce that I’ll be moderating a panel called Objectified in America: Design, Consumerism and Sustainability in Our Changing Economy for the next Dwell Conversations on April 24th at the AutoDesk Gallery space at 1 Market St. Suite 200, San Francisco, California.
The panelists include filmmaker Gary Hustwit, who made 2007’s wonderful Helvetica and has just come out with a new film examining our material culture called Objectified. I’ve not seen it yet, but there are some upcoming screenings co-sponsored by Dwell at the Sundance Kabuki Theaters.
Founder of CITIZEN:Citizen and my neighbor, Philip Wood (pictured here with his wife and radio journalist Tania Kentenjian) is just one of the speakers on the panel. Photo from last year's Dwell on Design conference taken from www.roseapodaca.com
Also on the panel is CITIZEN:Citizen founder Philip Wood, a very smart and charming guy who I see around town pretty often. I just got off the phone with him and he’s got loads to say about how we view objects in terms of materials and use but also for their talismanic, iconic nature. He’s spoken on Dwell panels before, and will be on another I’m doing on Design Entrepreneurs at this year’s Dwell on Design Conference in Los Angeles. Bill Moggridge, co-founder of IDEO and Tom Dair, co-founder of Smart Design will also be on the panel, round out a really bright and engaged group, one I’m quite pleased to lead in discussion.
Buy your tickets to the event here. They go for $15 and we’re expecting a big crowd, so get them soon. I hope you all can make it, and do go see Objectified. If it’s half as good as Helvetica (which you can watch On Demand on Netflix) you won’t be sorry.