{"product_id":"design-of-as-gift-giving","title":"How to Give a Gift","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA paradox of gift giving, according to design scholar Clive Dilnot, “is that when conducted as obligation, it is profoundly depressive.” In this workshop, we’ll question the assumptions of what a gift can be, talk about who stands to gain (and who is harmed) by thinking about gifting in a certain way, call up memories of meaningful presents we\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003eve received, and develop a shared taxonomy for gifting, in order to make space for a euphoric, rather than depressive, kind of giving. Then we\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003ell use that space to brainstorm and design a gift for a friend or loved one, and take what we\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003eve learned from the exercise and apply it to our everyday practice of making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eInstructor Bio\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/elankiderman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eElan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Pittsburgh-based designer and educator currently leading the product team at a nonprofit criminal justice news organization called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.themarshallproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Marshall Project\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and teaching design at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chatham.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChatham University\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Elan runs a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/insidevoices.studio\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epop-up design studio\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that funnels its profits to mutual aid projects, and obsesses over the least visited corners of the internet in the newsletter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/straighttospam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStraight to Spam\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elan Kiderman Ullendorff","offers":[{"title":"Design of \/ as Gift Giving","offer_id":40943036301492,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/7482\/2324\/products\/Gifting.png?v=1637077298","url":"https:\/\/nunu-school.myshopify.com\/products\/design-of-as-gift-giving","provider":"Index","version":"1.0","type":"link"}