Department of Design Celebrates CVAD Design Month with International Guest Speaker Leonid Krykhtin, M.Arch.

Leonid Krykhtin is the founder and creative director of LKDN, specializing in AI design, the metaverse, VR, and AR. He is an architect and multidisciplinary designer based in London and Shanghai, with over 15 years of experience in architecture and design. Krykhtin focuses on cultural buildings and the commercial and private residential sectors, working on architecture and interiors. He also has significant expertise in master planning, tall towers, and retail design.

Krykhtin holds a master’s degree from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, where he studied in the renowned Design Research Laboratory. This education helped shape his professional interests, allowing him to experiment with emerging design methodologies and techniques. He is also a graduate of the Car Design Academy, where he specialized in automotive design using Virtual Reality.

The Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund, the Charn Fund, and the CVAD Cornerstone Grant fund this event.

Designer Talk
“Transforming Design Through AI”
Oct. 11, 1–1:50 p.m.
Art Building, Room 223
Free | Open to the public

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LKDesignNetwork.com
IKDN AI Creativity website

This lecture is an event of the CVAD Department of Design's observance of National Design Month.

Follow up

Oct. 7–11: Chanjuan Chen, associate professor of Fashion Design, and Jeannine Vail, assistant professor of Interior Design, with support from the Charn Foundation and CVAD Cornerstone grants, led a weeklong series of workshops and lectures for Fashion Design and Interior Design students. The sessions featured international designer Leonid Krykhtin and focused on integrating AI technology into traditional design processes. After the workshops, the students will apply the AI tools they learned about in a research project within their studio courses. The project, overseen by the two professors, will explore designs inspired by a resort lifestyle theme. Students will then compare their final creations to assess how AI influenced their design process.

 

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