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ResearchCenteredDesign is a Los Angeles based practice lead by Sean Donahue.
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Current
Launching PUBLIC a multi-year research project
Participating in the United Nations GLOBAL PULSE CAMP 1.0, NYC
Wrapping up lectures and presentations at TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, USC and PARSONS NEW SCHOOL
Design Research Co-Author at AIGA EDUCATORS CONFERENCE "New Contexts/New Practices", NC STATE
TOUCH Project included in the SMITHSONIAN COOPER-HEWITT DESIGN MUSEUMS TRIENNIAL DESIGN EXHIBITION "Why Design Now?"
LA HAS FAULTS Project included in the CALIFORNIA DESIGN BIENNIAL "Action/Reaction"

Coming
Lectures and visits at MICA, PARSONS NEW SCHOOL
Co-chairing INCLUDE Conference, Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art
Co-Editing issue of DESIGN PHILOSOPHY PAPERS "Beyond Progressive Designing"
COMMUNITY SENSING research studio, GRADUATE MEDIA DESIGN PROGRAM, ACCD
ATRANDOM #5 with collaborator Jon Sueda of StripeSF

Select Work
Enabling Design, Design Research Methods and Perspectives, MIT Press. 2004.
Design Ethics: An exercise in Praxis, Design Philosophy Papers Collection, Volume II. 2005.
Communication Through Inquiry, Design as Advocacy, Metropolis books, 2009.
A Prospectus, AIGA Educators Conference, 2010.

TOUCH MAGAZINE Issues 1/2/3 - 2002-Present
HISTORIES NOW - 2004-2006
LA HAS FAULTS - 2009-Present