TEDxRochester - Xanthe Matychak - 11/07/11 February 14, 2012

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Xanthe teaches design-thinking at the Saunders College of Business and in the Innovation Center at R.I.T. At present she is working on a book from which she draws her talk: "MAKE BETTER STUFF: the rise of social business and distributed manufacturing". Other research interests include sustainability, food-systems, local currencies, new media, DIY, and design pedagogy. She would love your feedback on this topic, so be sure to find her after the event or on twitter @xanthm. Xanthe holds a BA in music, writing, and sculpture from Ithaca College and an MFA in Industrial Design from RIT.

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