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Selected Lectures, Panels, and Workshops



Gonsher, I. (September 2016) “ Seamless Objects: A Conversation on Designing Medical Tools”, A Better World by Design, Panel Moderator (with Ellen Su, Virgil Wong, Maria Paula Navia, and Cynthia Poon), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Panel Discussion.


http://betterworldxdesign.com/conference.html

Gonsher, I (April 2016) “Beyond Design Thinking”, Critical Design/Critical Futures, Panel Moderator (with Pelle Ehn, Claudia Rebola, Charlie Cannon), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Panel Discussion


http://www.cd-cf.org/symposium

Gonsher, I. (April 2016) “Entrepreneurial Design and the Ecology of Market Affordances” Brown PRIME (Program in Innovation, Management, and Entrepreneurship), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.


https://medium.com/@iangonsher/entrepreneurial-design-and-the-ecology-of-market-affordances-by-ian-gonsher-and-iain-mackenzie-11a68c848f30#.r6j0goilm

Gonsher, I. (November 2015) “ Designing and Debating the Sharing Economy”, Panel Moderator (with Juliet Schor and Bob Massie), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Panel discussion.

Gonsher, I. (September 2015) “Critiquing the Critique: Critical Design ad Critical Praxis”, A Better World by Design Conference, Panel Moderator (with Constantin Boym, Anne Tate, Paolo Cardini, and Skye Ray), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Panel discussion.


https://medium.com/@iangonsher/critiquing-the-critique-questioning-critical-design-fe530f6c69e6#.msneja6tt

Gonsher, I. (April 2015) “Speculative Design Futures: Theory + Praxis”,  Critical Design/Critical Futures, Panel Moderator (with Anne Tate, Lilly Herman, Beth Mosher, Eric Anderson, and Kathleen Grevers), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Panel discussion.


http://www.cd-cf.org/video/speculative-design-futures-theory-praxis/

Gonsher, I. (December 2014) “ES21 The Innovators Practice”, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Guest Critic.


http://www.b4bi.org/courses/es21/

Gonsher, I. (December 2014) “Strategic Futures”, Rhode Island School of Design Department of Industrial Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Guest Critic.

Gonsher, I. (September 2014) “Better World/Worse World”, A Better World by Design Conference, Panel Moderator (with Damian White, Jo Guldia, Mia Scharpie, and Paolo Cardini), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Panel discussion.


http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/panels/better-world-worse-world/

Gonsher, I. (August 2014) “Speculative Tech: Faculty Workshop ”, University of Connecticut, Department of Digital Media and Design, Storrs, Connecticut. Invited design workshop.

Gonsher, I. Zinter, J. (June 2014) “Appropriate Design”  Monestevole, Italy. Invited design workshop.


http://www.monestevole.it/en/activity/type/special-activities-and-workshops

Gonsher, I. and others, (May 2014), “Education Design Workshop”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Workshop Facilitator.


http://edudesignshop.mit.edu/

Gonsher, I. (April 2014) “Throwing Paper Airplanes at the Moon” Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design. New Haven, Connecticut. Invited design workshop.

http://ceid.yale.edu/2014/03/28/521/

Gonsher, I. (February 2014) “Strategies for Creative Process”, Brown University. Invited lecture/design workshop.

Gonsher, I. Fishman, R. (October 2013) “Creativity and Innovation: Light as Material” Brown/IE Executive MBA Program, Brown University.

Gonsher, I. (June 2013) “STEAM in the Classroom” STEAM Teacher Colloquium , Rhode Island School of Design. Invited design workshop.

Gonsher, I. (June 2013) “The Business of Design: Design Thinking” Scandinavia House, New York City  


http://www.brownnyc.org/article.html?aid=323

Gonsher, I. Fishman, R. (June 2013) “Creativity and Innovation: Fashion Workshop” Brown/IE Executive MBA Program,  Brown University.

 

Gonsher, I. Altringer, B. & Zinter, J. (April 2013) “Light as Material” Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, Invited design workshop.
 

https://www.brown.edu/research/projects/design-workshop/news/2013-06/light-material

Gonsher, I. Stewart, B. Ganapathy, P. (April 2013) “DesignStudio + IDEO”, Brown University.


https://vimeo.com/67984807

Gonsher, I. (June 2013) “SEEED Conference, Design Thinking Panel, Moderator, Brown University


http://seeed.org/conference#practices

Gonsher, I. Fishman, R. (March 2013) “Creativity and Innovation: Imaginary Product Development” Brown/IE Executive MBA Program, Brown University.

Gonsher, I. (September 2012) “Throwing Paper Airplanes at the Moon” A Better World By Design, Brown University. Invited design workshop.


http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/2012/workshops-tours/ian-gonsher-workshop/

Gonsher, I. Fishman, R. (March 2012) “Creativity and Innovation: Storytelling” Brown/IE Executive MBA Program, Brown University.

Gonsher, I. Fishman, R. (March 2011) “Creativity and Innovation: Bricolage” Brown/IE Executive MBA Program, Brown Univesity.

Gonsher, I. Fishman, R. (October 2011) “Creativity and Innovation: Material Alchemy” Brown/IE Executive MBA Program, Brown University.


 


 

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