A feminist base motivates us to engage questions around power relations, knowledge production, and systems of violence
Abstracts
Equitable Design Pedagogy: A Case for Object-Based Learning
The experiential pedagogy of engaging physically with objects through observation and reflection.
Say No to Stigma: Making Mental Health Visible in Rural Ugandan Primary Schools
Developing stakeholder-informed visuals to improve mental health awareness and decrease stigma
Voices Heard: Designing an Oral History Archive
22 cassette taped interviews with Black residents of Pontiac, Michigan from the mid-1970s
Designing with Power: Drawing Parallels Between Design Pedagogy and Writing Workshops
Graphic design has become affiliated with practices far afield from aesthetic foundations
An Argument for Including the Banal in Design Histories
It is critical to understand how basic design efforts are explicitly world-building
Prototyping Interactive and Exploratory Visualizations for Interdisciplinary Dialogues
The visualization of interdisciplinary dialogues between design faculties and practitioners
Come Back Home: A Case Study of a Collaborative Srts-based Research Project
How can society continue to engage in the shared pursuit of truth within the context of social-media fueled mis-information and socio-political fragmentation?
Gadzooks: An Embellished Connection Between Like-Minded Characters
The College for Creative Studies / BFA Communication Design department began a partnership with The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation’s Curators and Archivist
Subject, Material, Tool: A Strategy for Harnessing the Visual Communication Possibilities of Physical Materials
A set of limitations designers can play with in order to get the most image-making possibilities out of any given material