teaching industrial design and cultivating curiosity

the designer’s role is reimagined in a post-colonial world prioritizing systems thinking, human well-being, and planetary health.

students work collaboratively to cultivate an "infinite beta" mindset — a state of curiosity, critical thinking, and open experimentation with emergent methods and technologies.

industrial design is a profession born with the rise of consumer markets in the 20th century. today, designers are highly adaptive creative thinkers working across industries, markets, and systems of all scales. they explore human behavior with empathy weighing the strategic, social, and ethical consequences of their decisions. by doing so, designers contribute to a more harmonious, equitable, and sustainable world.

  • • design + architecture senior high school, miami, fl

    • the art institute Hollywood, los angeles, ca

    • the university of oregon, portland, or

    • oregon college of art and craft, portland, or

    • rhode island college of design, providence, ri

  • • idsa sustainability event, co-host, virtual

    • bodecker foundation, zero waste workshop, portland, or

    • the changing nature of work, speaker, IDC, victoria, bc

    • craft in the 21st century, speaker, SDP event, seattle, wa

    • healthcare trends, speaker, steelcase/IIDA, new york, ny

    • design innovation, panelist, winston-salem, nc

    • design innovation, speaker, interior architecture, university of north carolina

    • design panelist, arango foundation, miami, fl

industrial design education: a compass

Industrial Design education builds the methods and skills for thinking, creating, collaborating, and expressing ideas. the process is typically a four to five year college program, but shorter burst learning exists. reach out to us if you have questions.

student work: domestic objects

student work: products & transport

student work: foundation studies

student work: design research (snippets)

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industrial design schools (partial/USA)

eco learning resource list

industrial design education: a compass


if you’re interested in alternatives to traditional industrial design programs, check out the following:

pensole lewis college

https://advdes.org/Offsite

for coding and Ux/ui product design: flatiron school

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if you’re interested in exploring design justice and system change, check out:

https://designjustice.org/

you can download the design justice network principles
here.