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Theory in Art, Science, and Design 27 Aug 2013 | 04:21 pm
During our first class of 2014 last night, I introduced the students to our first interaction design theory class with a discussion around the disciplines of science, art, and design. It’s tempting to...
Innovation and Statistical Significance 23 Aug 2013 | 05:37 pm
During our fourth day of orientation, students at AC4D started learning about the process of extracting insights from data. Inevitably, the topic of statistical significance was discussed. Surely we c...
AC4D’s Participation in DMI’s futureED Summit 22 Aug 2013 | 10:33 pm
Austin Center for Design faculty member Lauren Serota recently took place in the Design Management Institute’s futurED Summit. This summit gathered a group of design practitioners from leading consult...
Why Drawing is (Still) Important 20 Aug 2013 | 07:50 pm
It’s day two of orientation at AC4D, and our students are learning how to draw. Matt and Pat are showing them how to sketch lines, boxes, circles, and people; it’s all Expo on whiteboard, and the focu...
Presenting the Graduating Class of 2013 6 May 2013 | 02:06 am
Please join me in congratulating Austin Center for Design’s graduating class. These students have completed thirty-two weeks of intense training, reflection, and creative production. The results of th...
Is the Design Movement Commoditizing Engineers? 29 Apr 2013 | 10:33 pm
Just about every news outlet has written about the importance of Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) education recently. Businesses report that they cannot find enough engineers domestical...
AC4D Featured in Interactions Magazine 27 Apr 2013 | 07:27 pm
Austin Center for Design was featured in Day In The Lab in interactions magazine, the popular journal send to members of ACM’s SIGCHI. The feature describes AC4D’s space and students, and is in both t...
Scheduling & Harmony 22 Apr 2013 | 04:07 am
“What’s your schedule look like this week?” I ask Jesse this question as least once a week as we build Kites & Ladders, a business to amplify the voices of people with autism through tools that suppor...
Finessing the Help Dance 22 Apr 2013 | 12:28 am
“When a male ballet dancer lifts and carries his partner around the stage in a pas de deux, he looks as strong as Atlas, but any ballerina will tell you there is a good deal in knowing how to be lifte...
What did you do in school this year? 20 Apr 2013 | 05:12 am
When you ask an 8 year old “What did you do in school today?” They will invariably answer with “Nothing.” Ask Will Mederski and me what we did in school, and our answer is “A lot!” We’ve designed a se...
