Visibly Invisible Lecture Series: Regina Lee Blaszczyk
Feb 7 2012 6:00PM - 7:30PM
CBS Auditorium
Four cultural provocateurs challenge us to stop and look with fresh eyes at the beauty and possibilities all around in a free public lecture series at the University of the Arts presented by DesignPhiladelphia and the University's Corzo Center for the Creative Economy.
Regina Lee Blaszczyk
"From Parlor to iPhone: Our Gadgets, Our Identities"
An award-winning design historian, Blaszczyk explores the hidden meanings of the things we use every day. Her whirlwind tour of 150 years of consumer culture highlights the invisible links between the Victorian parlor and the I-want-it-now culture of Apple, Facebook and Twitter. Our ancestors used "cultural hardware" like furniture and bric-a-brac to express themselves, while we use "cultural software" like eBooks, videogames and apps to create personal space. The technology is different, but the impulse to personalize one's surroundings is the same.
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