Design Incubation, the esteemed awards jury, and Bloomsbury Publishing is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 Design Incubation Educators Awards in Communication Design. Thank you to all who entered the competition and those who participated in recognizing the efforts of academics in design research, teaching, and service. Jury chair, María Rogal, writes, “The common thread among these award winners is their ability to profoundly impact our world through design. They each inspire optimism and hope, and reinforce the potential of our discipline.”
CATEGORY: SCHOLARSHIP CREATIVE WORK
Works in Process
Scholarship: Creative Work Award Winner
George Garrastegui
Assistant Professor
Communication Design
New York City College of Technology, CUNY
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
CATEGORY: SCHOLARSHIP PUBLISHED RESEARCH
Unawarded
CATEGORY: TEACHING
Lowering Barriers to Access at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Teaching Award Winner
Helen Armstrong
Associate Professor
North Carolina State University
CATEGORY: SERVICE
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
Jurors
Steven McCarthy
Professor of Graphic Design
University of Minnesota in Minneapolis/St. Paul
Jorge Meza Aguilar
Professor of Strategic Design and Provost for Outreach and Collaboration
Universidad Iberoamericana
Ruki Ravikumar
Director of Education
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Maria Rogal (Chair)
Professor of Design
University of Florida
Wendy Siuyi Wong
Professor of Design and Graduate Program Director
York University
