Wednesday, 11.24.2010 | by Margi | 2 Comments
Design-as a craft, as a pursuit-is undergoing a profound shift in how it relates to the world. Increasingly, we’re seeing collaborations across disciplines (design+science, +writing, +business, +environment, +society) where groups of humans are actively considering the way information and objects … Continue reading
Thursday, 08.19.2010 | by Margi | 0 comments
Many of our creative celebrities are teachers. Michael Beirut, for instance, is a senior critic at Yale. Jessica Helfand is too. Steve Heller is Co-Chair of the design program at the School of Visual Arts. Ellen Lupton is at MICA; … Continue reading
Monday, 05.10.2010 | by Margi | 0 comments
A year ago, a teacher asked me casually in a meeting, “Do you want to teach?” “Yea, sure.” And so began my first year of teaching undergrads. I was given no syllabus, no assignments and no advice. After some panicking, … Continue reading
Monday, 04.26.2010 | by Margi | 6 Comments
A few of my students have told me that they are thinking of going directly into grad school after completing their BFAs and my advice to them is to wait. Especially for people earning degrees in creative fields, where the … Continue reading