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UCDA Keynote Presentation, 2019

The 2019 Design Incubation Educators Award

Featured on WomenWhoDesign

AIGA National Board writeup, 2018

Increasing Accessibility with Machine Learning, NCSU COD News 2018

Rethinking the Box, NCSU COD News 2018

Interview on Scratching the Surface podcast hosted by Jarrett Fuller, 2017

Murdoch-Kitt, K. & Lane, M.M. “Digital Design Theory: Readings from the Field.” Review of Digital Design Theory: Readings from the Field edited by Helen Armstrong. Dialectic, 1.2 (2017)

Design and Culture Review of Digital Design Theory, 2017

Design Observer Required Reading: Digital Design Theory 2017

CommArts Book Review of Digital Design Theory, 2016

Tools&Toys Review of Digital Design Theory, 2016

Fastco review of Digital Design Theory, 2016

Creative Applications Network review of Digital Design Theory, 2016

MICA review of Digital Design Theory, 2016

Interview with April McClaga, NCSU 2015

Design and Culture Review of Graphic Design Theory, 2015

Design Double Feature Book Launch Introduction, MICA 2011

The Designer Review of Books: Graphic Design Theory

Workshops & Lectures

Reach out if you are interested in workshops/lectures that focus on accessibility and design or machine learning and design.

Digital Design Theory

This book begins in the 1960s, a period in which code began to pervade the design world. Essential works not only by designers, but also programmers, present the two threads of discourse—design and computation—that have rapidly merged into the increasingly interactive field of contemporary graphic design.

Read more on the companion website: digitaldesigntheory.net

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So excited to see Jen White-Johnson's fabulous work profiled on AIGA Eye on Design! @jtknoxroxs https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/how-the-black-disabled-lives-matter-symbol-took-on-a-life-of-its-own/

"What is the responsibility of the design industry to affect this asymmetry of knowledge (around data)"—David Carroll #AIGADesignConf

Excited to hear @ruchowdh speak today at the AIGA Conference! #AIGAdesignconf

We are looking for a new Assistant Prof in Graphic Design here at NC State! Come join our awesome team! https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/136974

Yes, character matters.

Love, love, love @JanelleCShane's book: You Look Like a Thing and I Love You.

R2D3's Visual Introduction to Machine Learning is a great way to explain the tech to design students. Thank you #R2D3 http://www.r2d3.us/visual-intro-to-machine-learning-part-1/

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