The Taylor X Symposium celebrates 10 years of the Taylor Seminar Block Course at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS). Each year EVDS brings emerging designers in the fields of digital fabrication, design and computation in architecture to Calgary to explore design research proposals and prototypes with a group of students.
This year the Faculty of Environmental Design and the Laboratory for Integrative Design are bringing back to Calgary past Taylor Lecturers for a week of lectures and discussions about the design research and making in contemporary practice. Taylor X brings together award winning architects, artists and makers to explore how innovation and research can inform design practices across scales.
This event is being supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking.
Keynote Speakers:
 | Dana Cupkova ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CARNEGIE MELLON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE TAYLOR BLOCKWEEK 2018 Dana will be the Design Matters lecturer on Feb 21. Register here! |
 | Tom Verebes PROVOST, TURENSCAPE ACADEMY TAYLOR BLOCKWEEK 2017 |
 | Mariana Ibañez ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, HARVARD UNIVERSITY GSD TAYLOR BLOCKWEEK 2015 |
 | Joshua Vermillion ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS TAYLOR BLOCKWEEK 2014 |
 | Alvin Huang ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TAYLOR BLOCKWEEK 2013 |
 | Nick Puckett DIGITAL FUTURES UNDERGRADUATE CHAIR, OCAD UNIVERSITY TAYLOR BLOCKWEEK 2012 |
 | Drura Parrish FOUNDER / CEO, MAKETIME TAYLOR BLOCKWEEK 2011 |
 | Andrew Kudless ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS TAYLOR BLOCKWEEK 2010 |
 | Marc Fornes PRINCIPAL, MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY TAYLOR BLOCKWEEK 2009 |
The Taylor Seminar was established in 2008 and is named for Dale Taylor one of the founding faculty members of EVDS. The course has been developed as a vehicle for exposing students to emerging modes of practice and supporting design research through collaboration. Associate Professor Jason Johnson has organized the course for the last 10 years.
More information about this year’s Taylor X is available via our event posting, as well as the faculty’s official website.