Educating Future Designers
My students never cease to challenge me to be the best educator and designer that I can be. I have been teaching design fundamentals courses for close to decade, and I find that teaching and consulting inform and enrich each other.
I have conceptualized and developed courses from the ground up. I have also worked with curricula developed by others. I have taught courses by myself, as well as with one or more co-instructors.
My philosophy as an instructor is to motivate students to take initiative for their own development. I'm open to seeing where a student may take an effort, even if I don't initially agree with their thinking. I try to provide feedback that is clear and concise, with enough room for someone to feel as though they still own their work.
Examples of courses I have taught include:
- Communication Design Fundamentals: Typography, grids, color, images, formatting pages and screens, editing
- Interaction Design Fundamentals: Research, concept generation, sketching, storyboarding, wire framing, prototyping
- Professional Practice for Designers: Writing proposals, client correspondence, client relationships, ethical challenges, billing time and budgeting, project management
- Undergraduate Degree Project: Mentoring student teams as they work with real clients on an actual project
Examples of student projects available upon request.
My students never cease to challenge me to be the best educator and designer that I can be. I have been teaching design fundamentals courses for close to decade, and I find that teaching and consulting inform and enrich each other.
I have conceptualized and developed courses from the ground up. I have also worked with curricula developed by others. I have taught courses by myself, as well as with one or more co-instructors.
My philosophy as an instructor is to motivate students to take initiative for their own development. I'm open to seeing where a student may take an effort, even if I don't initially agree with their thinking. I try to provide feedback that is clear and concise, with enough room for someone to feel as though they still own their work.
Examples of courses I have taught include:
- Communication Design Fundamentals: Typography, grids, color, images, formatting pages and screens, editing
- Interaction Design Fundamentals: Research, concept generation, sketching, storyboarding, wire framing, prototyping
- Professional Practice for Designers: Writing proposals, client correspondence, client relationships, ethical challenges, billing time and budgeting, project management
- Undergraduate Degree Project: Mentoring student teams as they work with real clients on an actual project
Examples of student projects available upon request.