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September 25, 2019

Orkan Telhan: Designs for Different Futures

"Breakfast Before Extinction" photo by Orkan Telhan
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Interdisciplinary designer and associate professor at the Weitzman School of Design, Orkan Telhan was a consulting curator and commissioned artist for Designs for Different Futures, opening at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on October 22. The Philadelphia Museum of Art will host activites while the exhibition is open to the public. Telhan also recently sat down with Penn Today's Brandon Baker for an interview on this exhibition.

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