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On Friday, October 11th from 7:30 to 9:00 am, OM presents How Empathy Creates Extraordinary Experiences, a multi-speaker conversation exploring the role of empathy in the design of private and public space. This inaugural event in a newly launched program titled OM Chats: Design Discussions for Thinking Professionals.

OM will be joined by architects, interior designers, and product designers from leading firms, including Adaeze Cadet, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Vice President at HKS; Julie Smith-Clementi, AIA, ISDA, Product Designer and Architect, Smith-Clementi; Lynnette Tedder, IIDA, CHID, CID, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, Lean Black Belt AP, LEED AP, Healthcare Interiors Practice Leader, Perkins&Will; and Sarah Barnard, WELL AP and LEED AP, Principal, Sarah Barnard Design. With disciplines that range from healthcare to hospitality, from product design to interiors, these speakers represent current practices in the way we think about and design space with the human being at the center.

The subject matter will span case studies, anecdotes, and visuals that support theories of how we understand the nature of place and the people and communities affected by design interventions; approaches to the design process and accountability; creating an expanded practice of universal design to include mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing; and even some examples of projects and products that did not work.

Breakfast will be served inside the Louis Poulsen showroom. Free Parking is available at 7:00 am inside the garage located at 8711 Washington Boulevard.

Adaeze Cadet

Julie Smith-Clementi

Lynnette Tedder

Sarah Barnard

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