Colloquium Abstract Submissions

Works in Process

Scholarship: Creative Work Award Winner George Garrastegui Assistant Professor New York City College of Technology, CUNY The Works In Process (WIP) podcast is a series of conversations with creative individuals that explore the evolution and techniques behind their latest projects— highlighting, exploring and possibly demystifying the creative process. This podcast is a way to discover, … Continue reading “Works in Process”

What Does Democratic Design Look Like? Establishing the Center for Design in the Public Interest at the University of California, Davis

Scholarship: Creative Work Award Runner Up Susan Verba Professor University of California, Davis At the UC Davis Center for Design in the Public Interest (DiPi), a multidisciplinary team of design practitioners, writers, researchers, educators, and students work closely with community partners to make ordinary experiences better. Established with a mission to directly impact social problems … Continue reading “What Does Democratic Design Look Like? Establishing the Center for Design in the Public Interest at the University of California, Davis”

LEAP Dialogues: The Educators Guide

Service Award Winner Mariana Amatullo Associate Professor Parsons School of Design, The New School Andrew Shea Assistant Professor Parsons School of Design, The New School Jennifer May Director, Designmatters ArtCenter College of Design LEAP Dialogues: The Educator’s Guide (Mariana Amatullo, Jennifer May and Andrew Shea, eds. Designmatters, 2017), is an open-source publication about design for … Continue reading “LEAP Dialogues: The Educators Guide”

Power in the Dark

Through the elimination of fear, women will be free to wander the darkened streets.

Story-Doing Concepts

To create a fundamental shift to what a brand or entity’s story can do for the greater good, we have to think of storytelling in terms of actions.

Visualizing Historical Arguments

A Hispanic identity has been part of the United States since long before the massive immigration of the last decades. I explore the process as a form of research over finished forms.