Perspectives

Questions I keep returning to about teaching, design, and what the field owes the world.

This section collects the positions I've developed over time as a teacher, designer, and member of the design education community. Some are short and positional. Some are longer arguments. All of them are living documents — thinking that continues to evolve as the field does.

Philosophy Statements

Shorter, positional writing on teaching, assessment, and design practice.

Teaching Philosophy
On Ungrading
Design Philosophy

Essays & Writings

Longer arguments about design education, authorship, and the field.

First, Play — A Manifesto for Design Education
It's Okay
Panacea (collaboration)