From the category archives:

teaching

The Internship Epidemic

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It is the responsibility of design professionals, teachers and school administrators to value the next generation of designers so that the profession is respected, appreciated and thrives. Unpaid internships won’t accomplish that.

Critique and Criticism

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No one likes to be critiqued, but everyone is a critic. As a design practitioner and teacher of design, I am involved continually in the analysis and evaluation of design. I critique my students’ work in the classroom and I critique my own work in the studio. My clients critique my work. I critique the [...]

A Quick Sketch

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I had the opportunity to sketch some of my students while they took the midterm in my color theory class. This was a quick sketch, drawn in about 8 minutes.

First Response for VNY Student Journal Design

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Initial reaction to my design for the 2007 edition of the New Journal of Student Research Abstracts: “Spectacular!.” This came from Dr. Steven B. Oppenheimer, CSUN biology professor, who originally conceived of the Journal in the mid-1990s. The Journal is published by Van Nuys Airport (City of Los Angeles Department of Airports) and is sponsored [...]

10 Tips for Design Students (Especially Mine)

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Having mentored so many students over the past 20 years (wow, has it been that long?), I’ve learned that their success as students and ultimately as designers depends as much on them as it does on me. Here are some tips gleaned from both observation and experience for making the grade: The teacher is there [...]