JSA/MIXdesign Summer 2022 Newsletter
August 8, 2022
Stalled! featured in Cooper Hewitt Exhibition
For the exhibition “Designing Peace” at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, located in New York City, MIXdesign created an installation that reimagines the museum’s ground floor as a Wellness Hub that meets the needs of museum goers regardless of age, gender, race, religion, and disability. The exhibition is on view through September 2023. To learn more, click HERE.
“Queer Spaces” Book Out Now
MIXdesign’s Associate Director Seb Choe wrote a profile of the Stalled! project’s inclusive restroom prototype for “Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories”, edited by Adam Nathaniel Furman & Joshua Mardell for RIBA Books. To order your copy today, click HERE.
August 9th: Panel at AIA
On August 9th, MIXdesign Associate Director Seb Choe will be participating in a virtual panel discussion hosted by the American Institute of Architects’ Young Architects Forum (YAF) entitled So You Want to Build an Equitable Future? Practice Innovation through Universal + Inclusive Design. To register for the event free of charge and learn more about the panelists, click HERE.
Graham Foundation Grant
Joel Sanders and the MIXdesign team recently received a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts to support the publishing of their upcoming book Stalled!: Inclusive Public Restrooms. To learn more about the Graham Foundation’s support of this publication, click HERE.
Lectures + Events
Upcoming:
- Oslo Architecture Triennale, Keynote lecture by Joel Sanders. September 24, 2022, 3PM CET. In-person event, registration info TBA.
- AIA Young Architect’s Forum, “So You Want to Build an Equitable Future? Practice Innovation through Universal + Inclusive Design.” Panel discussion featuring Seb Choe of MIXdesign. August 9, 2022, 3PM EDT. Virtual event, registration info HERE.
Recent:
- ESO Interior Design & Architecture Conference in Athens, Greece, “Crossing Territories,” June 15, 2022.
- Yale Center for British Art, “What is Inclusive Design?,” MIXdesign group presentation, April 20, 2022.
- Kent State University CAED, “Body Politics: Social Equity and Public Space,” March 24, 2022.
Selected Press