Announcing the Winners of the Surface Summer School Design Challenge
Surface’s partnership with the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at Penn culminates with the...
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Dror Benshetrit’s Passion-Based Design Philosophy
Speaking about his own desire to bring ecological harmony to architecture and design, Benshetrit...
Marc Miller to Students: Consider the Long Tail Impact of Your Projects
"Architecture becomes something that is part of the future," he said, challenging students to think
Marion Weiss: This Is the Perfect Moment to be a Designer
The architect and co-founder of Weiss/Manfredi pronounces to the students of Surface Summer School...
For Joe Doucet, Optimism and Empathy Are the Keys to Good Design
"If you don't start with the belief you can change things, then you’ll never change anything,"...
An Ecuadorian Doctor and Architect Duo Recount the Coronavirus Peak in Guayaquil
The UPenn students at Surface Summer School glean the lessons of COVID-19 in Ecuador as they...
Michael Rock on the Role of Social Imaginary in Shaping Belief
The founding Partner and executive creative director of 2×4 shows students at Surface Summer...
Thom Mayne’s Design Philosophy: Break the Rules
The Pritzker Prize–winning architect and founder of the firm Morphosis encouraged UPenn students...
V. Mitch McEwen: COVID-19 and White Supremacy are Dual Pandemics
The Assistant Professor at Princeton University and co-founder of design collaborative Atelier...
Ferda Kolatan Champions Iconoclastic Design
The founding director of SU11 Architecture+Design finds virtue in unlikely affinities.
Yves Behar on the Power of Design’s Reactivity
The designer and founder of the San Francisco–based Fuseproject kicks off the Surface Summer...
Announcing the Speakers for the Surface Summer School Lecture Series
Yves Behar, Thom Mayne, Susan Sellers, and Dror Benshetrit are among the names speaking during our...
Architect Winka Dubbeldam Previews the Upcoming Surface Summer School
The Miller Professor and Chair of Architecture at Penn discusses the program for Surface's...