This year will be my last as a Fuller Design Fellow at the Fuller Initiative for Productive Landscapes and will include documenting, packaging, and promoting the body of collaborative work with the HJ Andrews Experimental Research Forest and the Landscape Architecture Department at the University of Oregon. The first public talk about this interdisciplinary work will take place on November 9th, 3pm at the College of Forestry’s Peavy Hall at Oregon State University.

And yes, I am actively looking for other speaking and exhibition opportunities for this body of maker-based design-research work, either in academia or beyond. So, please reach out, if interested.

Abstract for new talk:
David Buckley Borden’s Forest Field Report talk focuses on his latest environmental-design collaborations with the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest and the Fuller Initiative for Productive Landscapes. In this talk Borden shares his research-driven creative process and fluid collaborative approach to environmental-communication at the intersection of landscape, creativity, and cultural event. The image-rich presentation includes a series of new project case studies including the PNW Tree ID project, Forest Fashion, the Arboreal Goth Collection, and the Unfinished Book Bureau. Through these examples, Borden advocates for new models of interdisciplinary environmental education by focusing on solutions to the practical convergence of community, ecology, and design.

https://www.davidbuckleyborden.com/public-speaking-and-workshops