Since 2013, the Motion Design Education Summit (MODE) has been a forum for leading motion design experts to discuss the state of the field, share research, and disseminate student work. The committee accepted student pitches on concept and identity for 2023.

MODE '23: Unframed recognizes the concept of framing in all forms of design education, including motion. But context and framing have become especially important topics outside of the classroom as our society grapples with complex and unframed problems.

It is the responsibility of design educators to give their students not only the confidence to look at problems in context, but to unframe and reframe them — using frameworks and theories as tools rather than restrictions.