Design education is what I do daily… and it’s been what I have done for more years than I care to mention. This blog will trace the steps of design education and it’s relationship to research and to real life.

Currently, I am teaching a multi-disciplinary graduate course in Human Interaction Design. It’s an interesting class taught to an eclectic group of students. They come from graphic design, engineering, interior design, digital media, and advertising this semester. So we spend time talking about graduate level research and introductory level typography. Welcome to interdisciplinary teaching!

We are working on designing information… information for decision-making and information for educating. We like to think of it as information for real people making real decisions.

Our topics include things such as how to pack for an extreme camping adventure, educating young children with HIV/AIDS, the history of vodka, information on domestic violence, home buying information, and so on…