Karen M. Cardozo, M.Ed., PhD Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Some undergraduate institutions offer an interdisciplinary or special major where students integrate their interests and passions to design their own programs of study. In Finding Your Way in a Wild New World (2013), this method is recommended to everyone by … Continue reading “Major and Life Design for a Wild New World”
Abstracts
Idea Incubator: The Architectural Design Studio Experience and the Nurturing of Creativity
Craig Konyk AIA Assistant Professor of Architecture School of Public Architecture Michael Graves College Kean University The Education of an Architect in unlike many other disciplines in that the primary vehicle for the teaching of Design is the Architectural Studio. The Architectural Studio has its roots in the Beaux-Arts Atelier model from turn of the … Continue reading “Idea Incubator: The Architectural Design Studio Experience and the Nurturing of Creativity”
Designing Across Cultures
Joshua Korenblat Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Art Department State University of New York at New Paltz Designers can leverage the mind’s visual processing centers, transcending boundaries of written language. At the same time, some aspects of graphic design function more like written language, a cultural construct. Words have evolved from pragmatic concerns, and a … Continue reading “Designing Across Cultures”
Nimble: Thinking Creatively and Strategically in the Digital Age
Robin Landa Distinguished Professor Michael Graves College Robert Busch School of Design Kean University Employers want to hire nimble thinkers—people who are not only content experts but who also are agile in adapting to new technology and new directions in their fields. With rapid technological changes and globalization, the ability to think creatively and strategically … Continue reading “Nimble: Thinking Creatively and Strategically in the Digital Age”
Making Places: Design Methods And Practices In Interdisciplinary Scholarship Labs
Amy Papaelias Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Art Department SUNY New Paltz Interdisciplinarity is the ability to combine, cross or think through multiple disciplines in order to create new bodies of knowledge. Environments that foster interdisciplinary scholarship and critical making explore innovative pedagogical and research approaches in the liberal arts, sciences, and humanities. Although these … Continue reading “Making Places: Design Methods And Practices In Interdisciplinary Scholarship Labs”
Worry Quest: Adventure Games for Fighting Anxiety
Matthew BambachMFA candidate, Graphic DesignMaryland Institute College of Art Worry Quest is an app that helps fill gaps in mental health care experienced by young adults. It uses joy and technology to combat anxiety with simple, proven, psychotherapy techniques. The app lets youth envision themselves as a hero and their anxieties as a personalized monster. … Continue reading “Worry Quest: Adventure Games for Fighting Anxiety”
Slow Plastic
Freedom Baird MS in Media Arts and Science from the Media Lab at MIT MFA candidate, Sculpture/Installation, Massachusetts College of Art and Design Plastic is a material, and also a social and cultural construct. It arrives to most of us fully formed out of the “black box” of manufacturing. Plastic’s history—only a few generations old—is … Continue reading “Slow Plastic”
You Look Like The Right Type
Mark Addison Smith Assistant Professor Electronic Design and Multimedia The City College of New York, CUNY An illustration manifests “thought” through the viewer’s decoding of visual-based representation—be it text-based, image-based, or a combination of both. Logocentrism holds that original thought generates a need for spoken communication and, in turn, speech generates a need for writing. … Continue reading “You Look Like The Right Type”
Never Use Futura
Douglas ThomasMFA Candidate in Graphic DesignMaryland Institute College of Art Never Use Futura explores the cultural history and uses of the typeface Futura, one of the foundational typefaces of modern graphic design. The project is a playful yet passionate rebuttal to the perceived dominance of Helvetica as the typeface of modern design. Futura not only … Continue reading “Never Use Futura”
Commute 2 Brooklyn: Visual Exploration Along Interstate 278
Mary Ann Biehl Associate Professor Communication Design New York City College of Technology, CUNY Maria Giuliani Associate Professor Communication Design New York City College of Technology, CUNY The Decisive Moment, as described by Henri Cartier-Bresson, “is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.” He continues “the precise … Continue reading “Commute 2 Brooklyn: Visual Exploration Along Interstate 278”