AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC)

📣 NEW DEC PUBLICATION RELEASE! 📣⁠ ⁠ Proceedings of the AIGA Design Educators Community Conferences⁠ ⁠ Edited by AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC) & Liese Zahabi⁠ ⁠ The DEC now has the pleasure of announcing that the Proceedings of the 2021 AIGA Design Educators Conference — Shift{ED} have been recently published by Michigan Publishing on behalf of the AIGA DEC. The open-access tome is available at https://lnkd.in/d9BTi-qW. You can also order a copy of the book if you would like.⁠ ⁠ Steering Committee: Liese Zahabi, Victor Dávila, Katie Krcmarik, Alberto Rigau⁠ ⁠ Authors: Elizabeth Buchta, Alan Caballero, Alexandria Canchola, Bernard Canniffe, David Clulow, Scott Gericke, Victoria Gerson, Dori Griffin, Brooke Hull, Daniela Marx, Jennifer McKnight, Gary Meacher, Cat Normoyle, Mudita Pasari, Kyuha Shim, Samira Shiridevich, Ana Tobin, Aggie Toppins⁠ ⁠ #designeducation #designresearch #aigadec #AIGADECShiftED #aiga⁠

📣 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: M(othering), an exhibition curated by Meaghan Dee (Virginia Tech) and Bree McMahon (University of Arkansas) 📣 ⁠ ⁠ This work will be displayed via a forthcoming exhibition to be held at the Perspective Gallery at Virginia Tech (March 2025), with additional exhibition opportunities possible. While only a selection of work will be displayed in the physical exhibitions, we hope to include all submissions in an online gallery of work.⁠ ⁠ Submissions (for consideration in the original exhibition) close August 11, 2024. Submit the work via https://lnkd.in/guQ78eiE ⁠ ✏️ Exhibition Information:⁠ Oftentimes, work related to motherhood, womb-bearing bodies, and reproductive journeys, does not find a place in design research. This is for a variety of reasons: stigma related to the conversation, mainstream disinterest (or discomfort), and a lack of a clear venue or place for dissemination and discussion. But design has a role in shaping experiences, improving outcomes, and connecting communities.⁠ ⁠ Reproductive care is universal. Whether you have a child or not, these experiences are part of human existence. While these events are universal, they are also universally politicized.⁠ ⁠ In the United States, Roe v. Wade was overturned in the Supreme Court, triggering legislation to further restrict access to reproductive healthcare and some even going so far as to criminalize abortion. This is compounded by economic challenges and a lack of legislative support for universal parental leave, childcare, and gun control.⁠ ⁠ We feel the weight of living through all of this—and many create work informed by their experiences. In some cases, the outcomes are personal, which can feel out-of-place in academic environments dominated by the tenure clock. Through this collection, we seek to provide opportunities to legitimize this work in academic, research-informed spaces.⁠ ⁠ We see the potential to create space to be seen, make an impact, and connect creators.⁠ ⁠ #designeducation #design #exhibition #callforentries⁠

🚨 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🚨 The AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC) is excited to announce that we will host an educator track as part of Margins, the 2024 AIGA Design National Conference, to be held virtually on October 10-12, 2024. This call for proposals seeks submissions from educators, graduate students, and industry professionals that address ideas and topics connected to the theme Margins as it applies to design education and research. As the National conference call noted, margins represent spaces of opportunity, challenge, and innovation. Whether it's centering marginalized communities, embracing experimentation and failure, pursuing new avenues for teaching and research, or exploring new technologies, the DEC track for Margins encapsulates a spectrum of possibilities for design education and research. Proposals might address questions of... → Teaching practices and research that explore the margins of the discipline, including social justice, decolonization, accessibility, climate activism, and any other practice pushing the boundaries of the discipline and the role of design within the broader culture. → How design education and research can and does center marginalized communities and expands the discipline beyond the canon and Western design practices. → Exploring new technologies currently at the margins of design education research and how they will impact design practice and design education. → Institutional/Systemic changes regarding tenure requirements, paths to graduation, co-curricular programming, and new processes that re-imagines education and research as opportunity spaces that have been historically left at the margins for faculty, staff, and educators. → The margins of design research and education, including emergent practices and teaching methodologies and practices that will shape professional practice and student preparation in the near future. Proposals of 500 words or less are due by Friday, July 26, 2024. No extensions will be offered. Notifications will be sent in late August. All proposals will be reviewed in a double-blind peer-review process. Link for more details and submission form: https://lnkd.in/gYKgyv8V #aigadec #designeducators

In this special episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, I talk about how we select speakers for the 2024 AIGA Design Conference (October 10-12), why we moved the conference online this year, the challenges and opportunities around that decision, and how we are responding to what is going on with other design conferences, communities, and the industry at-large. I also share a coupon code to get a $50 discount on conference registration. Listen/subscribe link in the comments.

The DEC recently added three new members to our Steering Committee. We are honored to welcome:⁠ ⁠ Shannon Zenner⁠ Elon University⁠ ⁠ Devon Nassif⁠ Graphic Design/Illustration Magnet Teacher⁠ Skyline High School, Dallas, TX⁠ ⁠ #aigadec #designleadership #designeducation #designeducators #aigadesign

As we look into the upcoming school year and welcome new leadership, we would like to announce our incoming co-chair, Katie Krcmarik!⁠ ⁠ #aigadec #designleadership #designeducation #designeducators #aigadesign

As we look into the upcoming school year and welcome new leadership, we would like to take this space and opportunity to extend a special thanks to our outgoing co-chair, Liese Zahabi.⁠ ⁠ Thank you for your time, dedication, and contributions to the DEC and the Design Education Community at large. We wish you the best in your future endeavors! Cheers. 🥳 🎉⁠ ⁠ #aigadec #designleadership #designeducation #designeducators #aigadesign

🚨 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🚨 The AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC) is excited to announce that we will host an educator track as part of Margins, the 2024 AIGA Design National Conference, to be held virtually on October 10-12, 2024. This call for proposals seeks submissions from educators, graduate students, and industry professionals that address ideas and topics connected to the theme Margins as it applies to design education and research. As the National conference call noted, margins represent spaces of opportunity, challenge, and innovation. Whether it's centering marginalized communities, embracing experimentation and failure, pursuing new avenues for teaching and research, or exploring new technologies, the DEC track for Margins encapsulates a spectrum of possibilities for design education and research. Proposals might address questions of... → Teaching practices and research that explore the margins of the discipline, including social justice, decolonization, accessibility, climate activism, and any other practice pushing the boundaries of the discipline and the role of design within the broader culture. → How design education and research can and does center marginalized communities and expands the discipline beyond the canon and Western design practices. → Exploring new technologies currently at the margins of design education research and how they will impact design practice and design education. → Institutional/Systemic changes regarding tenure requirements, paths to graduation, co-curricular programming, and new processes that re-imagines education and research as opportunity spaces that have been historically left at the margins for faculty, staff, and educators. → The margins of design research and education, including emergent practices and teaching methodologies and practices that will shape professional practice and student preparation in the near future. Proposals of 500 words or less are due by Friday, July 26, 2024. No extensions will be offered. Notifications will be sent in late August. All proposals will be reviewed in a double-blind peer-review process. Link for more details and submission form: https://lnkd.in/gYKgyv8V #aigadec #designeducators

Excited to share The Prompt, a magazine from Figma exploring #AI, design, and code. The Prompt was a collaboration between Figma’s Story and Brand Studios. We chatted with #Config2024 speakers, @figma folks, and industry experts to capture this moment in time, and where they think we’re headed next. We printed 12k copies, many which were distributed at Config, and the rest which will be available in the Figma Store (soon!). In the meantime, you can read it on Shortcut: https://lnkd.in/eSaqacTZ Credits Story Studio: Amber Bravo, Alia Fite, Jenny Xie, (formerly Herbert Lui!) & yours truly Brand Studio: Jefferson Cheng, Maria Chimishkyan Design: Chloe Scheffe Illustrations: Jiyung Lee, Kyle Platts, Lena Weber, Thomas Merceron Photos: Actual Source Featuring: Albert Song, Andrew Hogan, Aravind Srinivas, cemre 💎 güngör, Conor Woods, Dan Mejia, Edwin Bodge, Emil Sjölander, Jake A., Jason Ballard, John Maeda, Jordan Singer, Karla Cole, Kris Rasmussen, Leo Chen, Madeline Gannon, Mihika Kapoor, Nashilu Mouen Makoua, Natasha T., Noah Levin, Oscar Dumlao, Ovetta Sampson, Ricky Rajani, Rodrigo Davies, Shyvee Shi, Suzanne LaBarre, Tommy MacWilliam, Vincent van der Meulen, and more! A huge thank you to everyone who contributed, supported, and helped us make this happen. It was a blast.

The Practical Uses of A.I. in the Classroom Virtual Event is tomorrow, 06/28! If you're looking for ways to address and/or incorporate AI in your classroom this fall, join us for this lively discussion with other educators who have already braved this new territory. Meet our final two panelists! ▶️ SANA KHAN HUSSAINI Sana Khan Hussaini is an Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design in the School of Design at San Francisco State University. She received her MFA in Visual Design with a concentration in Gender Studies from the University of Notre Dame. Her design experience has developed in tandem with pursuits in an advertising agency. As an Associate Creative Director at Ogilvy, she received a strong foundation in utilizing design thinking techniques to generate creative and culturally relevant design solutions. Her learnings in the advertising industry drive her design research and motivate her to pursue projects that give under-represented users and communities a voice. ▶️ TONY JONES Tony Jones is a lecturer at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at the Pratt Institute. Tony enables creatives to use Generative AI throughout the design process, from brief to delivery. He also teaches this topic to agencies, brands and individuals at the Creative AI Academy, which he Co-Founded with Dom Heinrich. Tony’s mission is to empower and inspire the next generation of creatives to leverage AI as a tool for innovation, storytelling — and positive social impact. Join us over Zoom on Friday, June 28th, at 4 pm EST. AIGA Design 🔗 Link to event: https://lnkd.in/gxsJT8zv