Design Salon Recap: Jen Buchanan and Brittany Hinyard
February 17, 2021 | Kevin Close | Design |
February 17, 2021 | Kevin Close | Design |
Design Salon Recap: Jen Buchanan and Brittany Hinyard
On February 12, Jen Buchanan, a convener of the Future Schools Alliance, and Brittany Hinyard, a middle school science teacher and a doctoral student at Southern University – Baton Rouge, joined us to talk about collaboration, innovation, and leveraging current systems to work toward a better future. Watch the recording here.
READ MORE » February 4, 2020 | Melissa Warr | Artifacts, Design |
Fixing Clocks, Negotiating Systems: Yes, And…
In which Melissa summons the courage to critique her doctoral advisor’s post, asserting that over-simplification of artifacts leads to many of the design problems in education that we are trying to avoid. READ MORE »
January 24, 2020 | Punya Mishra | Design |
Design: Fixing Clocks | Negotiating Systems
Artifacts and systems have different levels of complexity and designing them require a different set of skills. READ MORE »
January 17, 2020 | Steven Weiner | Design |
The Flea Circus Fallacy: Jurassic Park and the Perils of Ecological Design
What’s the difference between designing living systems and designing technical artifacts? “Life finds a way” to complexify things… READ MORE »
January 8, 2020 | Luis Perez Cortes and Kevin Close | Case Studies, Experiences |
Designing experience: A Case Study of Disneyland’s Lines
Some things we design are intangible. Disney’s Imagineers took a universal experience–standing in line–and re-mixed it to fit in the happiest (?) place on Earth. READ MORE »
December 21, 2019 | Kevin Close | Design, Q&A |
Why Is It So Hard To Define Design? Holiday Edition
It’s the holiday season, so get ready to justify your interest in ‘design’ to grandma. “Listen, grandma, design is hard to define…” READ MORE »
December 17, 2019 | Punya Mishra and Melissa Warr | News, The Model |
A Blog Crossover: Our Framework v. 2.0
Our 5 Spaces framework is constantly evolving. Here’s the most recent version, originally published on Punya’s website. READ MORE »
December 4, 2019 | Melissa Warr | News, Representations, The Model |
Five Perspectives for the Five Spaces for Design in Education
Design is about action, and we are exploring some ways to make our framework more actionable. Check out five embodied representations for understanding our core framework, now The Five SPACES FOR Design in Education. READ MORE »
November 22, 2019 | Kevin Close | Experiences, Interviews |
Escaping Design Stereotypes: An Interview with Escape Room Designer Andy Parr
Once in a while, our team of writers step back from our conceptual musings to get into what design looks like on the ground. As part of this move, we will be presenting a series of interviews with real designers from many walks of life. First up, Andrew Parr, an Escape Room Designer. READ MORE »
November 12, 2019 | Luis Perez Cortes | Design, Representations, The Model |
Here, There, and (Potentially) Everywhere
A continuum is one continuous sequence in which adjacent (or closely located) elements are not perceptibly different from each other, but the extremes are quite distinct. In other words, if someone were to move from point A to point B of a conti … READ MORE »
November 7, 2019 | Steven Weiner | Culture, Representations |
Sustaining Innovative Culture (or How to Breathe on Mars)
Innovative organizations need to shield themselves from the influences of the status quo culture while simultaneously creating an alternative one. READ MORE »
