Special Lecture by Cynthia E. Smith | The College of Fine Arts
When:
Wed, 7 May, '08
Where: COFA UNSW
Industrial designer and social activist, Cynthia E. Smith curated the exhibition, currently on at
the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York. Smith was inspired by a personal desire to
make a difference as a designer. In this lecture she will discuss the efforts of passionate,
like-minded designers, engineers, students, professors, architects, and social entrepreneurs from
all over the globe who are turning their attention to the disenfranchised majority; the 90% of the
world’s population who don’t even have regular access to food, clean water, or shelter, let alone
the sleek and seductive designer luxury items we take for granted.
Cynthia E. Smith manages travelling exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
in New York. She was brought to Australia in partnership with Design Island and Arts Tasmania,
assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts.
This is Cynthia E. Smith’s only Sydney lecture.
When: Wednesday May 7, 6:30pm
Where: COFA Lecture Theatre EG02
FREE