Out of My Hands Baltimore
To launch AIGA Baltimore’s Design Week 2012, Assistant Professsor Helen Armstrong and Zvezdana Stojmirovic led a participatory workshop. Our goal: to co-create a unique “Baltimore” alphabet. Working assembly-line style, each […]
Out of My Hands Baltimore
Participate, UT Knoxville
Last week Miami design professor Helen Armstrong traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, to lead a participatory design workshop with University of Tennessee juniors. The assignment: Find 20 people who have something […]
Participate, UT Knoxville
Bookbinding Sophomores
Last week, Samantha Perkins and Helen Armstrong combined their courses for the day to introduce the basics of binding and then enjoy a Thanksgiving student potluck. The workshop prepared students […]
Bookbinding Sophomores
Design Double Feature Book Launch
Last week, MICA (The Maryland Institute College of Art) hosted a Design Double Feature Book Launch celebrating the release of my new book Participate: Designing with User-Generated Content (Princeton Architectural […]
Design Double Feature Book Launch
Participate: Designing with User-Generated Content
It’s here. My new book, Participate: Designing with User-Generated Content, is now available (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011). The book’s companion website is participatorydesign.net This book, co-authored by MICA professor Zvezdana […]
Participate: Designing with User-Generated Content
Mass Customization at Miami
Publications are traditionally mass produced. Each copy is exactly like the next. Added value comes into play only when an author signs a copy, thereby making it unique. Recently, designers […]
Mass Customization at Miami