Reflections on a racist printer
I realise all the ways that I am the printer. How we are products of the same system.
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It’s a great way to talk to students about designing research and methods
How did Florence Nightingale help me with my assessment strategy?
However, the 'Wedges' as Nightingale called them do not begin and end with quantitative data. I have found that they can be a great method of visualising qualitative data too. Which is why, 161 years later, I still use something very similar to structure feedback with graphic design students.
What’s a desire line in design education? (and how can we follow them?)
The students make the course. How they use it, or misuse it is a vitally important aspect of its design.
How do you design workshops that model thinking through making?
We often talk about Thinking Through Making' in design education. But how do we teach it?
Do we need to stop talking about the design process?
Let’s stop talking about THE design process….
Leading, Following, Co-Teaching
These days I actively seek opportunities to follow in my teaching. Sometimes I am following a co-teacher, and sometimes I am following my students.
Design + Writing = ?
In many Graphic Design deparments, theory seems to = thinking + writing and practice seems to = thinking + making. Most agree that this has to change. But how?