NCSU Graphic Design Summer Studio 2016
This month I taught the NCSU Design Lab Graphic Design Summer Studio. This week-long immersive experience introduces high school students to the glories of graphic design. Over the course of
VR Prototyping at Moogfest 2016
Dr. Derek Ham and I lead a Virtual Reality Prototyping Workshop at Moogfest this spring. Using VR to prototype for the real world?? Think again. Let’s use the real world
The Digital Textbook
Below are slides from a presentation that I gave at the 2016 CAA Conference in D.C. I encourage design students to work with educators to re-envision print textbooks as digital
Thrilled to Join the Wolfpack
I’m happy to share that I have accepted a position as Associate Professor of Graphic Design at North Carolina State University. I will miss my wonderful colleagues at Miami University,
Congrats on Your Inaugural Year, AIGA Louisville!
In December AIGA Louisville celebrated their inaugural year with a design competition: The Show 2014. I was honored to be their keynote speaker. My first reaction to the invitation: “What a great
Rethinking Design Education at the AIGA GAIN Conference
In October, the Design Educators Community hosted a seminar on “Rethinking Design Education” as part of the 2014 AIGA GAIN Conference in NYC. I participated in a panel discussion moderated
WordBuild: A Workshop at Pratt in Participatory Design
Participatory Design, over the last 40 years, has begun to infiltrate mainstream commerce and culture in the US. Increasingly our always-on, instant feedback society of users demands a voice in
AIGA DEC Proposal for the AIGA National Board
For young graphic design students, the years spent in a classroom differ from their early years in a design studio—and that’s a good thing. Graphic Design educators craft student experiences
Advice for the Academic Job Search
Recently, I visited Ellen Lupton’s MFA studio at the Maryland Institute College of Art to share my experiences with academic searches—from both the perspective of the job seeker and the
