Tag: design education
Teaching design, curriculum philosophy, classroom strategies, and what 25 years in the studio classroom actually looks like.
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The Resume Problem: Why My Students Can’t See Their Own Skills
My students can’t see their own skills. It’s not confidence — it’s a language problem that starts before…
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The Double Load
My ESL and Spanish-first students aren’t just learning design. They’re learning design through a second language, and we’re…
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The Fax Man
I was doing content marketing in 1991, before Seth Godin named it. Five hundred faxes a month, three…
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Playing With Purpose: What Doesn’t Feel Like Work?
Playing With Purpose Exercise 3: Find the activity where time disappears — not distraction, but genuine absorption. That’s…
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What Was Driving You Before
I spent the first half of my life chasing what everyone said success looked like, and the second…
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Playing With Purpose: Audit the Scaffolding
Playing With Purpose Exercise 2: Audit the scaffolding in your creative process — identify which steps still serve…
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Playing With Purpose: The Verdict That Stuck
Playing With Purpose Exercise 1: Identify the verdict someone gave you that became the story you told yourself…