The Center for Architecture + Design (CA+D) introduces DIALOGUES, a new global conversation series exploring how design intersects with culture, society, and the contemporary urban experience. The 2025–2026 season examines concepts of the body in design and architecture, how humans physically relate to the built world, and how experience is shaped through design, technology, and interaction.
Dialogue 05 features Daryl McCurdy, Curatorial Associate in Architecture + Design at SFMOMA and Sara Hendren, Associate Professor in Art + Design at Northeastern University in Boston and author of What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World.
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM: Doors open, reception
6:15 PM-6:20 PM: Introductions
6:20 PM -7:15 PM: Dialogue
7:15 PM -7:30 PM: Q&A
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM: Reception
Daryl McCurdy
Daryl McCurdy is a Curatorial Associate in Architecture + Design at SFMOMA. She recently co-curated the exhibition “Table Manners” with Divya Saraf.Daryl is a graduate of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where she earned a Master of Design Studies in the History and Philosophy of Design. She has previously been a curator at the MIT Museum and worked as a curatorial assistant at SFMOMA from 2011-2015.
Sara Hendren
Sara Hendren is an Associate Professor in Art + Design at Northeastern University in Boston. Her book, What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World (Riverhead/Penguin Random House, 2020) explores the places where disability shows up in design at all scales: assistive technology, furniture, architecture, urban planning, and more. It was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by NPR, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award, and won the 2021 Science in Society Journalism book prize. Hendren’s art and design works have been exhibited on the White House lawn under the Obama presidency, at the Seoul Museum of Art, the Vitra Museum, the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, and many others. Her work is held in the permanent collections at MoMA (NYC), the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Cooper Hewitt Museum.
