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Thoughtless Acts: How Exploiting a Design’s Intended Niche Allows for Boundless Affordances

The idea behind the word thoughtless may be very concrete and in-stone. You would probably define it as “not thinking about something” — being thoughtless. Moreover, you would be right in your interpretation of that word. The idea of doing something or being thoughtless spurs a whole new world of…

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·Oct 2, 2020

Syllabus — Graphic Design and Illustration II

Welcome to the world of Design. You signed up for Graphic Design, which is a medium of design. But you signed up for a lot more than that. You signed up to be a problem solver, a designer, an investigator, a critical thinker. You’re here, and you’re ready to learn…

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Syllabus — Graphic Design and Illustration II

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·Sep 24, 2020

Syllabus — Graphic Design and Illustration I

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·Sep 9, 2020

Reflecting on your process — how to make a meaningful reflection on design works.

As we discussed in my blog post on Revamping the Design Teaching Approach, we discussed the clinical approach on how to design. Another key aspect of this process is reflecting and documenting the process. A cycle in words How can we put the design process into words you ask? Well, it is a lot…

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Reflecting on your process — how to make a meaningful reflection on design works.

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·Sep 8, 2020

Revamping the Design Teaching Approach.

From what I have noticed as a student of Graphic Design for 10+ years, throughout grade school and some classes in college, is that there is such a focus on the GRAPHIC part of the design. Going into college, I thought this would be the same situation: do a project…

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