2014 Marks the Launch of the Augmented Reality Center
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
A Visiting Lectureship with the Gutenberg-Intermedia Masters Design Studio, Mainz, Germany
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
AIGA DEC
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
Lolita Cover Exhibited in Brazil
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
Coming Soon: Digital Design Theory: Essential Texts for the Graphic Designer
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
The Lolita Cover Project
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
Collaboration, Interaction, Participation: A Recent Panel at the College Arts Association Conference
Creativity is no longer the sole territory of a separate creative class. Artists and designers now face an activated public. Today’s users approach art and design with a growing expectation
The Future of Design Is . . . . Oh, Wouldn’t You Like to Know?
Originally published in AIGA Voice, September, 2009. Why do designers obsess about the future? Admit it. We do. In the after party of a recent conference—and why is this where all
Out Of My Hands DC
Out of My Hands: Washington, DC Tue, Oct 16, 2012 Polygraph 528 F Street Terrace SE Washington, DC 20003 For the second night of AIGA DC Design Week 2012, participants joined workshop
Out Of My Hands Baltimore
A Participatory Workshop led by Helen Armstrong and Zvezdana Stojmirovic Monday, Oct 15, 2012, Maryland Institute College of Art photography by Jennifer Marin To launch AIGA Baltimore’s Design Week 2012,
Digital Design Theory
How can designers adapt and thrive in the evolving terrain of artificial intelligence? How might we map out new brands, platforms and experiences between human and machine? What dangers must we address? What destructive ideologies must we reveal? What possibilities for a better future might we explore and prototype? Big Data. Big Design: Why Designers Should Care About A.I. takes on these questions.
