DEEP DESIGN: an exhibition about pace, place and personhood

Sarah Rhodes' The Craft of Ubuntu: an exploration of collaboration through making, was on show at 'DEEP DESIGN: an exhibition about pace, place and personhood'.

DEEP DESIGN was a multimedia design exhibition including projects from designers, architects, artists and urbanists who work in ways that reflect strong and enduring commitments to people and places. "Their work serves as evidence of truly co-creative relationships and each project challenges the transient nature of how design is done today", explains Siobhan Gregory, guest curator and lecturer in industrial design at Wayne State University.

The exhibition was supported by workshops, lectures and discussions at the university to encourage audiences to consider critical questions of design process, identity and ownership. As creative professionals and urban planners increasingly look to Detroit as participants in and recipients of their creative endeavours, these questions are increasingly salient for the city and region.

Other exhibitors included: Fallen Fruit's 'Mid-Century Modern'; Christian Nold's 'Sensory Journeys'; Jamie Hayes' 'The Uniform Project'; Urbz's 'Homegrown Neighbourhoods'; Valentina Nisi's, Miguel Caldeira's and Mara Dionsio's '7 Stories'; and Kounkuey Design Initiative's 'The Kibera Public Space Project'.

To accompany the exhibition, Sarah Rhodes gave two lectures at Wayne State University and one at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery.

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