I am dedicated to operating creatively within critical, and experiential design frameworks. I produce work that constructively questions creative perceptions to find stronger connections that resonate at personal, emotional and intellectual frequencies. As an instructor, my most important contribution to students’ growth, is to mentor them through a critical design process that emphasizes discovery, reflection, observation, transformation, and ultimately, realized, concrete form. My goal as a practicing designer is to consistently initiate projects creatively, though an iterative, reflective process and work through challenges through exploration, flexibility and empathy.
My years of engaging with students and teaching design philosophy and creative methods, has consistently helped sharpen my abilities as a maker and designer. My primary objective with students, just as it is my own, is to sharpen their intentions and guide them through a strong developmental design process. Exposure to this process in studio has resulted in strong, well developed, and deeply realized student projects. I have guided my students to progress beyond typical snap decision making and purely intuitive processes, moving them into the practice of critical self-judgment, iteration, and abstract learning.
