Register Now: Architecture Media Politics Society (AMPS) Conference
This message has been approved by Jill Pable, Professor and Chair, College of Fine Arts, Interior Architecture & Design, for distribution to faculty and staff.
The FSU Department of Interior Architecture and Design, in collaboration with the Architecture Media Politics Society, proudly announces an international-scope conference coming to Tallahassee this January 16th and 17th, 2020. The conference will be held in the William Johnston Building on the Florida State University campus.
This conference offers a unique invitation to engage in cross-disciplinary discourse around the role of people, objects and environments and how our individual practices and professions are, in reality, inseparable from each other. It embraces perspectives from a whole range of fields, including:
Interiors | Products | Education | Psychology | Health | Furniture | Wellbeing | Art | Architecture | Universal Design | Urbanism | Landscape | Occupational Therapy
For additional conference details, click here.
Keynote Speaker: Chris Downey
January 16th, 2020 at 7:00 PM
Lee Hall, Florida A&M Campus
1601 South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
The keynote lecture is free and open to the public.
Architect Chris Downey lost his sight in 2008, and has since combined his twenty years of architecture experience with his new perceptions to specialize in projects for the visually impaired. Recently featured on the CBS news show 60 Minutes, he teaches Universal Design at University of California, Berkeley, serves on the California Commission on Disability Access, is president of Architecture for the Blind, is the board president for the SF LightHouse for the Blind. He has been featured in numerous media stories including AIA’s 2015 documentary “An Architect’s Story“ and also a highly-acclaimed TED talk.
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Friday, January 17th at 8:15 am
Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre, Montgomery Hall
Angela Spangler is a Director at the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). Angela is a professional ergonomist and uses her expertise in human factors and human-environment relations to help IWBI further its mission of transforming buildings and communities in ways that help people thrive.
Any further questions that weren't answered here?
Please contact Jill Pable by e-mail at jpable@fsu.edu or by phone at (850) 644-1436.