Yvette Chaparro: Presentation: "Typology and Morphology: a walk through research and practice"
Yvette Chaparro a PhD candidate at TT/LJMU was invited to present her work at the Univesidad de Monterrey, Mexico on 18 September 2023. [via zoom].
The presentation was titled: "Typology and Morphology: a walk through research and practice". Yvette spoke to Industrial Design and Interior Design students about her professional practice, her work as a professor at Parsons, and her PhD by practice research.
About the artist:
Born in Washington, DC and raised in Bogotá, Colombia; Yvette Chaparro received her degree in Industrial Design from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. After moving to New York, she studied film and directed a documentary called “Designers on Design”. The film, which included interviews with some of the most influential designers of our time, was screened at the Tribeca Grand in New York and was shown around the world with the exhibit: “Strangely Familiar: Design and Everyday Life” by the Walker Art Center.
Through her own studio she has worked for a number of different design firms and companies, designing exhibit spaces, signage, retail fixtures, furniture, lighting, bathroom fixtures, faucets, tabletop, housewares, hardware, accessories, and more.
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