Are We Brave Enough to Let Them Walk Away?

There is a question at the heart of every serious conversation about education, and it is one institutions are structurally designed to avoid. What if attendance were voluntary. Not rhetorically voluntary. Not theoretically optional. But structurally...

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Mar 01, 2026
🎧 New episode of Design Education Talks is live!

This week I’m joined by Nikolaus Hafermaas — designer, educator, and the restless mind behind Transmedia Design at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena.Nikolaus grew up in Kassel as a “documenta child,” studied at UdK Berlin, built cultural experi...

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Feb 27, 2026
40 years in. Still figuring it out. (Read this.)

Forty years in design.Thirty-two years teaching.Still asking the right questions.Gail Anderson does not do comfortable answers.She art directed Rolling Stone for fourteen years. She ran Broadway advertising campaigns at SpotCo for a decade. Now she c...

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Feb 17, 2026
Alan Fletcher and the Discipline of Seeing

Alan Fletcher occupies a singular position in the history of graphic design because his work cannot be reduced to style, movement, or period. Many designers become associated with a recognisable visual language, yet Fletcher’s significance lies preci...

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Feb 15, 2026