

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Artful Evening: Expanding the Senses of Design: Using Tactility and 3D Printing
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Through tactile experiments with 3D printing and various conventional and unconventional materials, including ceramics, Taekyeom reimagines design as both visual, tactile, and spatial. His work combined design practice with digital fabrication to create tangible typography, graphics, and even designed objects. This presentation highlights the inventive journey into DIY toolmaking, material exploration, and the playful possibilities of experimental design.

Taekyeom Lee is a distinguished interdisciplinary graphic designer and visionary design educator known for his innovative integration of emerging technologies into visual communication design. He is currently an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at Indiana University Bloomington. His research explores unconventional materials and alternative solutions to create tangible typography, graphics, and even designed objects using digital fabrication. He infused 3D printing into his research and has been experimenting with various methods and materials for tactile experiences.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kalamazoo/artful-evening-expanding-the-senses-of-design-using-tactility-and-3d-printing/200029406187518
- **Event Categories**: art, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 11

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.kiarts.org/event/artful-evening-expanding-the-senses-of-design-using-tactility-and-3d-printing/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=kalamazoo-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Kalamazoo
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007
- **lat**: 42.28958
- **long**: -85.5874
- **full address**: 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (https://allevents.in/org/kalamazoo-institute-of-arts/21741021)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Michigan 49007
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Artful Evening: Expanding the Senses of Design: Using Tactility and 3D Printing ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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