Thought Swamp

Category: Social Responsibility

  • AIGA Professional Certification

    I’ve nearly completed the coursework segment of AIGA Professional Certification as a Professional Designer—Design Leader. So far, the courses have featured engaging materials and presentation methods. Furthermore, the materials have affirmed my experience within professional practice along with offering new learning opportunities, especially within the Accounting and Finance Module of the Business Fundamentals for Designers…

  • Design for Democracy

    AIGA, the professional association for design, invited designers of all specialties to participate in a non-partisan, get out the vote poster campaign. Through its “Design for Democracy” campaign, designers could create posters aimed at promoting participation in U.S. elections. Many of the submitted posters were printed and on display at the AIGA National Conference held…

  • How Long is Your View?

    How long is your perspective? It may be more common to think about having a wide or narrow perspective, but what about the other dimension of our view…time? Designers constantly face down deadlines that force one’s focus on the immediate, right here, right now. Yet what would design look like in “the long now?” The…