Ge Wang will be speaking about the ethics and relationship between humanity and design as well as how design serves as an end in itself. Ge Wang is an Associate Professor at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). He researches artful design of tools, toys, games, and social experiences. Ge is the architect of the ChucK music programming language, director of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra, Co-founder of Smule, and designer of Ocarina and Magic Piano for mobile phones. He is a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, and the author of ARTFUL DESIGN: TECHNOLOGY IN SEARCH OF THE SUBLIME -- a (comic) book about the ethics, aesthetics, and craft of shaping technology.

ARTFUL DESIGN: TECHNOLOGY IN SEARCH OF THE SUBLIME:
https://artful.design/ This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx