# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Deepa Butoliya: Design Beyond the Center: Stories of Jugaad, Resilience, and Collective Knowledge
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Deepa Butoliya is a designer, researcher, and educator whose work celebrates human ingenuity and creativity in the face of constraint. Born and raised in India and now based in the United States, she explores how design practices from around the world — especially those rooted in improvisation, resilience, and care — can expand how we think about innovation.

Her ongoing research centers on Jugaad, a Hindi term meaning ​“making do with what you have.” More than a practice, Jugaad represents a mindset of resourcefulness and adaptability. Deepa’s work traces this spirit of everyday creativity across cultures and connects it to movements of resistance and repair. In Detroit, she co-curated Jugaad in the D: Ingenuity and Resistance in Detroit and Motown Masala, exhibitions that highlight the city’s vibrant culture of grassroots innovation and collective resilience.

Trained as both an architect and industrial designer, Butoliya holds degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has taught at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Illinois at Chicago, and has worked with organizations including the Development Lab at MIT and GE Healthcare. Her research and workshops have been presented at international conferences such as IDSA, Making Futures, EPIC, CHI, IASDR, and Speculative Futures.

This project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.

Series presenting partners: Detroit PBS, ALL ARTS, and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public.

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- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ann-arbor/deepa-butoliya-design-beyond-the-center-stories-of-jugaad-resilience-and-collective-knowledge/200029392236008
- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, exhibitions
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Ann Arbor
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 603 E Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104
- **lat**: 42.27966
- **long**: -83.74199
- **full address**: 603 E Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Deepa Butoliya: Design Beyond the Center: Stories of Jugaad, Resilience, and Collective Knowledge being held?
  - **A:** Deepa Butoliya: Design Beyond the Center: Stories of Jugaad, Resilience, and Collective Knowledge takes place on Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 05:30 pm at 603 E Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Deepa Butoliya: Design Beyond the Center: Stories of Jugaad, Resilience, and Collective Knowledge?
  - **A:** Deepa Butoliya: Design Beyond the Center: Stories of Jugaad, Resilience, and Collective Knowledge is organized by Penny Stamps Speaker Series.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Deepa Butoliya: Design Beyond the Center: Stories of Jugaad, Resilience, and Collective Knowledge is ideal for learners, working professionals, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Ann Arbor, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Deepa Butoliya: Design Beyond the Center: Stories of Jugaad, Resilience, and Collective Knowledge sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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