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Vision & Voice: Design Education as Agent for Change

Posted By: Chris Chapin
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Monday, April 24, 2006

Examining our purpose in design education — to consider what we are creating and how it affects the world around us.


Software Equals Interactive Design Education?

Posted By: Jason Aristofanis Tselentis
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Interactive design education must move beyond software basics for students to be prepared for navigating users.


The New Battlefield

Posted By: Lap Le
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Tuesday, March 21, 2006

As technology redefined the battlefield for the warrior, will its rise also put the young designer's survival at risk?


The Web, Express

Posted By: Craig A Elimeliah
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Brands can no longer exist without and experience, designers also need to create an experience based on themselves.


The Apple Core vs. Linear Logic

Posted By: Maggie Macnab
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Sunday, March 05, 2006

A exploration of the Apple and IBM logos using the intuitive, universal principles of the symbol of shape and number.


Technology: Beast, Burden, or Blessing?

Posted By: Jason Aristofanis Tselentis
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Saturday, February 25, 2006

When should the computer be injected into the classroom and with what intention?


Designed for Business

Posted By: Craig A Elimeliah
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Friday, February 24, 2006

Playing the role of producer and designer can be a hard act to juggle.


You Are What You Watch

Posted By: Craig A Elimeliah
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Monday, February 06, 2006

This years Super Bowl alleinated a lot of people, how you ask? Read on...


art Vs. design

Posted By: Craig A Elimeliah
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Friday, January 13, 2006

This is a short essay on the fine line between an artist and a designer.


Models of character

Posted By: Anthony Inciong
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Friday, July 15, 2005

A re-assertion of the personal as essential to design innovation and the development of a strong character among students.


Hearing Type

Posted By: Frank Armstrong
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Monday, June 27, 2005

Understanding the dynamic qualities of typography through analogies with sound and music.


Cramming Conceptual Abilities into Design Curricula

Posted By: Dan Warner
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Tuesday, May 03, 2005

First-rate designers are first-rate thinkers and consummate persuaders. How can we enhance these abilities in our students?


Graphic Design Family Values

Posted By: Paul J. Nini
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Thursday, January 27, 2005

This article addresses the role of values within graphic design education programs.


It’s good to be a graphic designer

Posted By: Todd M Bertsch
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Saturday, December 11, 2004

This article was written to remind designers why it's good to be a graphic designer in this day and age.


Blurring Boundaries: Interactive Multimedia and Interdisciplinary Convergence

Posted By: R Brian Stone
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Sunday, November 14, 2004

An exploration and convergence of interdisciplinary expertise may guide us to new paradigms in multimedia education.


The Role of Writing in a Design Curriculum

Posted By: Andrea Marks
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Tuesday, November 09, 2004

To what extent should writing play a role in a Graphic Design curriculum and what is its educational value?


Educating the hybrid designer

Posted By: Jennifer McKnight
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Tuesday, October 12, 2004

The design/illustration hybrid student combines skills from both fields. How do we educate hybrids?


Plain Talk about Learning and a Life–in Design

Posted By: Sharon Helmer Poggenpohl
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Saturday, September 18, 2004

This article describes the learning life cycle of a graphic designer and the potential of graduate education.


Thinking about Design Education

Posted By: Kerry Polite
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Saturday, September 18, 2004

As the volume of material and pace of design education continues to grow, students are losing opportunities to learn reflective research and thinking processes. This article describes this phenomenon and offers some classroom projects to counteract it.


Writing History: What We Have, What We Need

Posted By: Paul Shaw
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Friday, July 16, 2004

Today’s historical documentation is mix of considered analysis and sloppy thinking. Can the overall standard be raised? Shaw looks at the recent crop for good and bad examples.


What this Country Needs is a Good Five-Year Design Program

Posted By: Steven Heller
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Wednesday, April 07, 2004

Are graphic design students learning all they need in three or four years? Heller says absolutely not!


Specialization and design

Posted By: Terry Irwin
Type of Post: Article
Date of Post: Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Are you too special for your own good? Irwin takes a close look at how specialization distracts designers from looking at the big picture.


Last Updated: March 01, 2007

 

 
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