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Emprise Launch: Triggering Ventures

Emprise Launch: Triggering Ventures

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Photos by Esther Ro Schofield

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By Nigel Sielegar

The end before the commencement is one way to look at the Emprise Launch, curated by Ada Whitney. The beginning of the graduating students' next phase is another way to think of this remarkable exhibit of design-driven ventures.
Last night the Class of 2015 gathered with family, faculty and friends for a momentous display of the MFAD's current crop of products and ideas. Videos appeared on four prominent screens in the crimson painted gallery. Triggers, which looked a lot like modern sculptures, on three walls enabled visitors a chance to see more visual material on their smart phones by downloading and using a special application.
By no means a conventional exhibition, Emprise Launch, was a tactile yet digital extravaganza that lifts off the Class of 2015 into the universe of design entrepreneurs.

red wall with frames



red wall with frames



Empire new design ventures 2015



Emprise launch



Steve taking a picture of frame on the wall



Superhero temp agency artwork



two women smiling in a red background



three women smiling



man and woman smiling in a red background



group of students engaging



Lita with two women



four men with drinks and smiling



two people with long hair



a man with a hat, ron and lita



two men with glasses and two women



two man with black shirts and a person with a hat



two women with blue shirt and beer



2015 venture project exhibition



Lita talking a picture of a frame



two man in a red background with beer



a man looking at a woman smiling

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