Author Events

book events, lectures and panel discussions

October 25, 2023

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 

7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich St, New York

Material and Mind Author Event

Panel discussion and Q&A at SOM’s Manhattan office, with guest panelists Deidre Sullivan, Senior VP Verve NA, Ken Lewis, Partner SOM and moderator Nader Tehrani, Professor Cooper Union, Founder NADAAA Architects.

March 27,  2023

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Helms Design Center
8745 W Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA

Lecture at Helms Design Center, Culver City

On Material and Mind

May 3, 2022

6:30PM to 7:30PM

School of Design, Architecture and Art 

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

North Dakota State  University
Fargo, ND

Lecture at North Dakota State University

On Material and the Search for Meaning

March 23, 2022

6:00PM to 7:00PM

College of Arts and Architecture

Department of Architecture

Stuckeman School

Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802

Lecture at Penn State University

On Material and the Imagination

November 26, 2021

6:30PM to 8:30PM

JUT Art Museum

Taipei, Taiwan

Keynote Presentation and Panel Discussion JUT  Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

Platform – How Museums Curate to Distribute and Integrate Ideas

November 4, 2021

6:30 PM

Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture+Design at Indiana University in Columbus, Indiana

Eskanazi School Lecture Series

On Material and Mind

June 19, 2021

2:30-3:30

Punto Sur Television

Punto Sur Television Broadcast

On Material and Mind

May 12, 2020

11:00 AM  to 12:30 PM

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Discussion and Q&A : Material and Mind with Christopher Bardt, AIA

Moderated by Professor/Architect Ramun Capaul

POSTPONED

March 25 2020

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Helms Design Center

8745 W Washington Blvd Culver City CA 90232

Author Talk: Material and Mind with Christopher Bardt, AIA

Presented by Textile Arts, Los Angeles

https://textileartsla.org/products/material-and-mind

December 20 2019

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Symposium Books

240 Westminster St, Providence, RI 02903

Material and Mind Book Event, Panel Discussion

Featuring Joan Richards in discussion with the author, moderated by Jon Soske

https://allevents.in/providence/book-discussion-material-and-mind/200018443105701

October 10 2019

7:00 PM  to 8:00 PM

Rhode Island School of Design, Fleet Library

15 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903

Material and Mind Book launch, Panel Discussion

Featuring Alberto Perez-Gomez, Architecture Phd Program Director, McGill University, and Margot Nishimura Dean of Libraries, RISD.

October 5  2019

7:00 PM

Books on the Square

471 Angell Street, Providence, RI 02906

Material and Mind Author Event

Informal presentation and Q&A and discussion at Providence’s Books on the Square, located on the Eastside in Wayland Square.