The Spectacle of Computing with Professor Paul Atkinson

Inaugral Professorial Lecture with Professor Paul Atkinson

Professor Atkinson’s research covers design practice, design theory and design history, exploring the relationship between society and technology.

Thursday 10 October 2013

6pm

Room 210, Norfolk Building, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus

The design history of the electronic computer is surprisingly varied and has been represented as everything from a know-it-all electronic brain to a fearful artificial intelligence.  This changing representation of the computer has affected the ways in which computers have been perceived and in turn how they have been presented as designed objects.  This lecture aims to highlight some of these cultural representations and their effects on the physical form of computing.

Places are  free and include light refreshments.  Book now or visit the events website for more information http://events.shu.ac.uk