Location

MIT Media Lab

Description

Futures Past: Design and the Machine is a three-day conference on the institutional and intellectual history of research and visions for human-machine systems beginning in the second half of the 20th century, and its relationship to emerging roles of technology in design. The conference is structured around paper sessions with junior scholars, researchers, and historians. The event includes panel discussions with protagonists of early efforts to incorporate computers, information technologies, and communication engineering in the design process. To read the call for papers please visit this link.
ORGANIZED BY:
Duks Koschitz | Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute | PhD Candidate, Design and Computation, MIT
Olga Touloumi | PhD Candidate, History and Theory of Architecture, Harvard University
Theodora Vardouli | PhD Student, Design and Computation, MIT
IN COLLABORATION WITH:
Terry Knight | Professor of Design and Computation, MIT Architecture
George Stiny | Professor of Design and Computation, MIT Architecture
Nicholas Negroponte | Founder and Chairman Emeritus, MIT Media Lab

Host/Chair: Nicholas Negroponte