Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS) in collaboration with Kennesaw State University (KSU), Georgia, USA, Organized a four-day International Design Conference (IDC 2017) on "Evolution, Education and Practice in Architecture" that concluded here on Thursday.
The conference was sponsored by the US State Department under the Higher Education Academic Exchange Partners Program between IVS and KSU. Subjects such as communication design and advertising, new media, film, graphic design, illustration, interior design, textile and fashion design and other related fields in the South/Central Asia and cross-cultural topics were also included in the conference. Professor Emeritus Shehnaz Ismail said she felt privileged to be part of it.
"The mission to reach out to entire city and country and the rest of the world has been fulfilled by this conference," she said, adding that conference brought opportunity for amazing learning and sharing with experienced and energetic new generation of artists, designers who shared their observations that reflected a fresh perspective of hope of the future.
She thanked to Kennesaw University, State department and IVS staff for the conference that, she said, provided tremendous exposure to the students. She said conference has been a celebration of human imagination. Grace W. Shelton, the US Consul General said that Indus valley is the most beautiful college campus in all over Pakistan. She said the State Department was proud to be the sponsor of this conference. She said the IVS and KSU hosted visits of faculty and students for past 3 years.
"Beyond this collaboration, it's so fascinating to see the range of paper topics, from Urban Design to Truck Art, to cultural preservation, to innovation," she said, adding that these issues, pencilled in the artistic world, were relevant to the global development of art and design.
She further said that she was not an artist but still she could recognise that the design was more than aesthetic. She said she encouraged to maintain connections made there to continue progress in the same areas. Samina Raees Khan, the Executive Director, IVS, said that the conference was a massive learning experience for all. She was glad that regardless of the current security situation, all of them gathered at the conference. She acknowledged and appreciated everybody who contributed in the IDC. IVS has achieved a milestone yet another milestone to get close to its vision 2025 by which IVS aspire to become one of the leading art and design institute in research and innovation.