I recently attended the AIGA design education conference New Contexts/New Meanings at North Carolina State University and participated in the “Social Economies: Enterprise and a New Cultural Geography” topic group as a co-author. While I enjoyed the discussion, I’m uncertain if I ever truly understood the premise of the debate—or contributed anything of value. However, [...]
At New Contexts/New Practices
I’m attending and participating as a “co-author” at the AIGA design educator’s New Contexts/New Practices conference at North Carolina State University in Raleigh NC, October 8–10, 2010.
Has design been “Dirty?”
I’ve posted two relatively lengthy responses to a new essay by Steven Heller, “The Decade of Dirty Design,” at Voice: AIGA Journal of Design. I contend that the label doesn’t encompass the entirety of design activity, focusing on a singular but not definitive exponent of design activity. I first offer a deliberately provocative (and arguably [...]
