In certain areas of the world, one-of-a-kind hand-lettered signs are still used to communicate goods and services. As noted by Molly Woodward, creator of the digital archive and community-based initiative,
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
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
Designers who hit that sweet spot between form and code are currently called “Super Designers.” Such designers are in high demand. They understand how to solve problems using design thinking,
This year, the Miami University MFA in Experience Design joins with Computer Science to launch a new Miami Augmented Reality Center (ARC). The Center, the brainchild of Dr. Bo Brinkman, works to advance
In November, I travelled to Mainz, Germany, to work with graduate students at the Gutenberg-Intermedia Masters Program at the University of Applied Sciences, (www.gutenberg-intermedia.de/en/). Each incoming graduate class in this program takes
The AIGA Design Educators Community (AIGA DEC) was established in 2004 to support the unique activities and responsibilities of design educators at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels in a wide
In spring 2014 my Lolita cover will be included in a small exhibition in Brasilia, Brazil, at Galeria Ponto. The exhibition will profile 15-25 of the covers from John Bertram’s
I’m busy working on a companion text to Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field. This new book, Digital Design Theory: Essential Texts for the Graphic Designer, (Princeton Architectural Press
What designer doesn’t enjoy the challenge of creating a cover for Nabokov’s Lolita? Architect John Bertram contacted me last year to contribute to an anthology that he was editing entitled