A discussion on The Complete Persepolis.

February 4, 2010 at 6pm

Led by:

• Siobhan Reardon, President & Director of the Free Library of Philadelphia.

The discussion will begin at 7:00 followed by questions from the community. P’unk Avenue, 1168 E. Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Jan. 17, 2008 at 6pm

Members of the Panel:

• Mike Kiley, musician, The Mural and the Mint. He is giving his music away for free.
• Kristin Thomson, Education Director for the, Future of Music Coalition She co-founded the independent record label, Simple Machines, and was in the band Tsunami.

The panel discussion will begin at 6:30 followed by questions from the community. P’unk Avenue, 1168 E. Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Nov. 29, 2007 at 6pm

Members of the Panel:

• Scott Page, urban planner, Interface Studio
• Anthony Guido, industrial designer, grow-design
• Collin Robinson, architect, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Design Observer recently featured a short article by Adrian Shaughnessy entitled The Designer’s Virus, which discusses the contrast between empathetic and egotistic designers. Our topic will discuss these two points as they relate: can empathetic designers working with restraints better solve design problems (or better suit their clients’ needs) or will the egotistic designer prevail (with no limit to his or her thinking beyond personal expertise)?

The panel discussion will begin at 6:30 followed by questions from the community.

P’unk Avenue, 1168 E. Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19147