> FULL-TIME FACULTY IN DESIGNED OBJECTS at SAIC
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> The School of the Art Institute of Chicago announces a full-time
> tenured or tenure-track faculty position in Designed Objects,
> starting Fall 2010 in its Department of Architecture, Interior
> Architecture, and Designed Objects (AIADO). Rank and salary are
> commensurate with experience, teaching, and current professional
> status.
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> The Designed Objects program focuses on the critical and creative
> re-thinking of the tools, furnishings, networks, and products that
> constitute everyday life. Borrowing from industrial design and
> disciplines such as systems design, furniture design, experience
> design and interaction design, Designed Objects envisions and seeks
> to produce designers as social citizens and cultural agents who
> choose "the contextualized object" as their primary means of
> reflecting and affecting our world. While concerned with
> professional competency within the realm of product design, the
> program also maintains a more critical and expansive understanding
> of the production and consumption of objects and products.
>
> Qualifications: The School seeks a visionary practitioner with a
> minimum of 5 years experience within the field of product and/or
> interaction design. The program is particularly interested in
> designers with a strong background in one or more of the following
> emerging practice areas: systems design; social ecologies;
> experience design; advanced materials and technologies applications.
> The successful applicant’s research interests might include: human
> habitation, future wellbeing, critical design, biosciences, socio-
> cultural use-contexts, human computer interface, instantiated design
> thinking, material science, emerging technologies, and design
> activism/advocacy. Candidates should have the ability to integrate
> theoretical, material, practical, and social issues into design
> studio pedagogy. Previous teaching, lecturing or workshop experience
> is especially advantageous.
>
> Responsibilities include teaching graduate- and undergraduate-level
> studio courses where design ideas are realized as tangible 3D
> outcomes. As such, we invite applicants with a working familiarity
> with a wide range of current materials and technology. Other
> teaching may include graduate design seminars and studios /seminars /
> labs in the candidate's field of expertise alongside the opportunity
> to take a leading role in the Design Objects curriculum. In addition
> to teaching, all faculty members at the School must perform research
> related to professional practice, service for the department and the
> School, and other duties as designated by the department Chair.
>
> The Designed Objects program is within the department of AIADO,
> which is one of twenty studio departments at the School of the Art
> Institute of Chicago. The department is directed by a full-time
> faculty member with three full-time faculty who serve as directors,
> one of whom directs the Designed Objects program. Designed Objects
> offers 80 courses each year, with 60 undergraduate courses and 20
> graduate courses for the Master of Design students. The department
> has 20-25 graduate students as well as MFA students from across the
> school that work independently with faculty through Graduate Projects
> —individual tutorial sessions—including DesOb faculty. There are
> currently 3 to 4 full-time faculty, in addition to 3 full-time art
> historians who provide historical overview of design and designart,
> and 20-25 part-time faculty.
>
> Application Procedure: By Monday, January 11, 2010 send résumé,
> statement of design experience and research interests, a teaching/
> educational philosophy, portfolio documenting professional practice,
> contact information for three references, and a self-addressed,
> stamped postcard to confirm receipt of materials to:
>
Designed Objects Search/phd
SAIC Deans Office
37 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago IL 60603
> If you would like your application materials to be returned, please
> include an appropriately sized, self-addressed, stamped envelope at
> the time of application. Materials will be returned at the
> conclusion of the selection process in Spring 2010.
>
>
> Questions regarding the School and its open positions, application
> procedures, or the search process may be directed to Shanna Linn,
> Director of Academic Administration in the Office of Deans, at
slinn@...
> , or (312) 899-7472. Consult www.said.edu for information on the
> School and its programs, or www.saic.edu/about/jobs/faculty for
> postings of open positions and application procedures.
>
> About SAIC: A leader in educating artists, designers, and scholars
> since 1866, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers
> undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate programs to 3,000
> students from across the globe. Located in the heart of Chicago, the
> School is one of the largest private schools of art and design in
> the country with programs reflecting current practices in art.
> SAIC's educational philosophy is built upon a transdisciplinary
> approach to art and design that provides unparalleled opportunities
> for students to develop their creative and critical abilities.
> Renowned faculty are leading practitioners in their fields. SAIC's
> resources include the Art Institute of Chicago and its new Modern
> Wing. Numerous special collections and programming venues provide
> students with exceptional exhibitions, screenings, lectures, and
> performances.
>
> The School currently enrolls 3,000 students in 15 studio departments
> and 8 academic departments. There are150 full-time tenured or tenure-
> track faculty and visiting artists, and 500 adjunct and part-time
> faculty suppported by 300 staff.
>
> Degree tracks include the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio; BFA with
> Emphasis in Art Education, Art History, or Writing; BA and MA in
> Visual and Critical Studies; BIA (Interior Architecture); Master of
> Architecture; Master of Design in Designed Objects or Fashion, Body
> and Garment; Master of Fine Arts in Studio or Writing; Master of Art
> degrees in Arts Administration; Art Education; Art History, Theory,
> and Criticism; Art Therapy; New Arts Journalism; Teaching; and a
> Master of Science in Historic Preservation.
>
> EOE: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is committed to
> creating a diverse community of faculty and students, and is an
> Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered on the basis
> of their qualifications for the position without regard to race,
> religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status,
> sexual orientation, or veteran status.
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