Symposium 02 Workshops

Deem creates space for vital and transformative conversations. Through our public programs, we create live moments for designers, and the design curious, to explore their practices together. With the Deem Symposium, Reference Room, and Forum Series, we have been able to expand beyond print and provide opportunities for our community to interact in real time.Join us this spring for Deem’s second live symposium: Designing for Dignity 02: A Convening of Possibilities.In continuation with last year’s tremendous inaugural gathering, this hybrid in-person/online event will be co-hosted by the MCA Chicago on May 17, 18, and 19, 2024.We will expand on the guiding premise of dignity as the intrinsic lens for liberatory design practices with two days of presentations and conversations, as well as interactive workshops and on-site experiences happening both at the museum and throughout the city of Chicago. You can find the specifics of our program (so far!) below.We’re once again bringing together innovative and acclaimed artists, designers, scholars, and organizers to reflect on a range of design-related topics, disciplines, methodologies, and agendas. We will also be hosting our Reference Room, located at the MCA, to provide a public gathering space in which anyone can encounter and experience reading materials that have inspired our five print issues.