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What Are People For: Design Philosophy by Patrick Whitney

Saturday, October 24 · Building W41 (MET Warehouse), 134 MASSACHUSETTS Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

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What Are People For: Design Philosophy by Patrick Whitney Boston-Cambridge Premiere of Gary Hustwit’s New Film and Interactive Design Workshop Join the Morningside Academy of Design for the Boston-Cambridge Premiere of What Are People For: Design Philosophy by Patrick Whitney, the latest short film by acclaimed design documentarian Gary Hutwit (Helvetica, Objectified, Urbanized, Eno), and interactive design workshop on October 24th. Explore how design can address today's most complex challenges from 2-5pm with a hands-on workshop led by Evan Chan and André Nogueira. Chan and Nogueira will introduce the Whole View model, a systems design approach for reframing problems, surfacing the perspectives of diverse stakeholders, and finding new pathways forward in situations where expertise is abundant but fragmented. The session is designed for cross-sector leaders grappling with problems too complex for any one discipline to solve alone. The workshop will be followed by a screening at

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