Tag, You’re It: Game Designers Play Leapfrog with Design and Technology

Speaker
Dave Kanter
Professor, Department of Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design

When
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Where
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)

Description

How has the intersection of design and technology affected our lives, our progress, and the way we see the world? Going back to the days of Plato, this talk will start with a look at some common inventions and how they were received in their time. We’ll examine the way design and technology considerations both came into play as these items came into being and grew towards general acceptance. This talk will feature a look at the last twenty-five years in video games, and explore the way the advance in hardware technology influenced video gaming marketing and design, and the way advances made by video game developers led to needs for ever greater hardware. Batteries included.

Speaker's Bio

Dave Kanter comes from a background reaching back to the “pre-Netscape” days of web site and interactive development. He has worked for a number of prestigious companies as a freelance consultant in technology development, production development, programming, project management, and production. Dave is currently a member of the Full-time Faculty of the Design and Technology department at Parsons School of Design, where he mostly teaches classes related to computer programming—although he’s been known to hold forth on a range of subjects. He holds a degree in Politics from Brandeis University, and a certificate in Multimedia Development from New York University. He lives in New York City.

Host
Jodi Forlizzi