Brian Dougan Associate Professor of Architecture American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates From within the hasty pace of academic change, the absence of certain platitudinous expertise in design education together with an emphasis in nascent design technologies has resulted in an unavoidable deficit in terms of how students work. The contemporary attack is often … Continue reading “A Selfish Communication”
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Developing Agency in Art and Design
Mitch Goldstein Assistant Professor School of Design Rochester Institute of Technology As the bar for entry to art and design becomes lower, it is easier than ever for anyone to call themselves a “creative.” One way to separate ourselves from the dilettantes is by creating a sense of agency as makers and thinkers — understanding … Continue reading “Developing Agency in Art and Design”
Thinking Through The Pencil: The Primacy Of Drawing In The Design Thinking Process
Pattie Belle Hastings Chair of Interactive Media + Design School of Communications Quinnipiac University The research and ideation phases of the Design Thinking process typically incorporate forms of drawing, which can include thumbnails, sketches, comprehensives, wire frames, mind maps, storyboards, paper prototypes, and collaborative methods. It is from this collection of visualized ideas that a … Continue reading “Thinking Through The Pencil: The Primacy Of Drawing In The Design Thinking Process”
Making Small Things: Robots, Cracks, and Hamburgers
Whether exploring meditations on a single theme, embracing new materials or studying the affects of repetition and reproduction, designer Chris St. Cyr’s work exploits both the familiar and the unknown.
Graphic Design Histories of the Olympics
By examining the role of the Olympics in different geographical and political contexts, I focus on how communication design becomes a vehicle for the promotion of new national identities and even new forms of citizenship.
The Phaistos Project — 45 Symbols
the drive to teach visual literacy, which is based on the idea that pictures, in the broadest sense, can be read and communicate meaning through the process of reading.
Design Edu Today
The Design Edu Today podcast is a biweekly interview with design professionals discussing topics concerning the state of interactive design education at institutions of higher learning.
Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution
The book contextualizes the streetart movement of the Egyptian Revolution historically, politically and socially creating a document that contributes to both historiography and activism.
Intercultural Design Collaborations in Sustainability
Working remotely as cross-cultural teams, students explore ways design can address sustainable behaviors and lifestyle choices around diverse topics such as food, water, environmental degradation, social justice and cultural preservation.
Look Closer: Interaction, Interpretation, Environmental Storytelling
John Delacruz Professor of Advertising School of Journalism and Mass Communications San Jose State University The creative industries rely on interdisciplinary practices. They require team working skills and the ability to learn, support and help others in an increasingly inter-disciplinary environment. Students at San Jose State University who aim to enter the creative industries have … Continue reading “Look Closer: Interaction, Interpretation, Environmental Storytelling”