Building capacity & community
Design capacity in an organization can be built on a spectrum from informal collaboration to co-design workshops, coaching and formal classroom instruction. Design methods like sketching, visual communication, constructive critique, and prototyping open up new ways of thinking and working, even for people who do not consider themselves “designers.”
Design and facilitation
Lab at OPM classes and workshops
Inclusive Design
Fundamentals of Human-Centered Design
Visual Eloquence
Mapping Systems and Processes
Problem Framing for Solution Finding
Design for Visual Communication
Design, Meet Government
Speaking
“Creating an immersive design experience to map a complex system” American Institute of Graphic Arts DotGov Conference (2019)
Civic Design Forum: Building our community of practice, NYC Service Design Studio (2019)
Teaching
Fordham University, adjunct professor
Introduction to Graphic Design: A course that explored the role of design in everyday life while emphasizing the development of the technical skills and vocabulary necessary to shape students’ concepts into carefully considered visual solutions. (2004-2008)