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The Committee on Design (COD) was founded to promote design excellence among members of the AIA, the broader design community, and the public at large, both nationally and internationally.

2024 COD Conferences

Arkansas

April 3-7 | 21c Hotel | Bentonville and Eureka Springs - Registration is sold out.

Brazil

Thu, Oct 17 - Sat, Oct 26, 2024
Sao Paulo > Brasilia > Rio de Janerio.  Registration will open in late April.

2024 Sponsorships

Download the prospectus for Arkansas and Brazil opportunities.


2023 COD Conferences

Last year, COD held two domestic design conferences investigating The Authenticity of Place.  The first conference was held in New Orleans, LA.  View the short video of the venue tours and download the conference program book. The second conference was held in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, September 21-24, 2023. Download the Minneapolis guidebook and view the conference video

Design the Future podcast: Susan Szenasy

  • 1.  Design the Future podcast: Susan Szenasy

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    Susan Szenasy is one of the best known design critics and editors of the past four decades. During her tenure (from the mid 1980s until a few years ago), Metropolis magazine became one of the most expansive design publications in the American media landscape -- covering all disciplines and tackling sustainability as an integral part of design. 

    Lindsay Baker and I talked to Susan about ethics, trombe walls, why the disciplines don't talk to one another much, and how the "architects pollute" cover story in 2003 spotlighted built environment emissions. Susan's view on design is all-encompassing. She has the appreciation of a historian and the the gravity of a pragmatist (perhaps rooted in her childhood in Communist Hungary). She showed how a media platform could elevate voices and ideas -- about who design is for, how it relates to ecology and planet, how we teach it, and how it is valued and funded in our culture (and why that matters). A collection of her writing and talks is available in Szenasy: Design Advocate (Metropolis Books, 2014). 

    Listen on our site (www.designthefuture/episodes/susan-szenasy) or on your favorite podcast platform.
    Thank you to our producers, Amber Artrip and Clare Becker.

    Also: please drop us a note here or elsewhere about what you are reading or listening to that is making you think or giving you a boost as we roll into 2022.

    #designthefuture #climateaction #womeninsustainability #womeningreen

     



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