Open Design for E-very-thing
Cumulus, Hong Kong
Presentation of published paper, Smart Pedagogy for the Future of Design, developed collaboratively with Emmy Rice, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, Kansas City Art Institute
Excerpt from abstract: This paper examines the benefits of speculative thinking in the design classroom. It outlines practical strategies for implementing an experimental “smart” project requiring students to think in the abstract. Faculty will share their observations of students continuing to utilize speculative problem solving beyond the singular Internet of Things Project. The writers argue that curriculum must foster a culture of designer as influencer and innovator, challenging students to push beyond the limits of their technical knowledge and to embrace an open and speculative outlook towards user experience.
Spaces of Learning
AIGA Design Educators Conference, Toronto, ON
Presentation of paper, Pedagogy of Play: Fostering flow states as a tool for design thinking, developed collaboratively with Emmy Rice, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, Kansas City
Excerpt from abstract: We propose to present the results of a collaborative student project focusing on speculative thinking and the Internet of Things (IoT) scenario. Through the use of play as a means for achieving creative flow, participants will work in teams to conceptualize a “life hack” smart technology for a specific audience. The outcome is to prepare students for professional practice as design innovators, not technicians, by providing them with the tools to be adaptable problem solvers and futurist thinkers. The results of the project will be shared, in all their successes and failures, with the goal of helping other educators explore the pedagogy of play.
Exhibitions
Custom Letters Best of 2012, Lettercult.com online exhibition, March 2013
Small Spaces Significant Sway Exhibition, Finlandia University, March 2013
Pioneers of Digital Media Exhibition, Truman State University, February 2012
School of Visual and Communication Arts Faculty Exhibition, Avila University, January 2010
Motivation: Group Thesis Exhibition, Kansas State University, May 2007