Discourse Areas

Massaging Media 2: Graphic Design Education in the Age of Dynamic Media conference will gather a diverse group of presenters and attendees from around the world for a provocative conversation on how graphic design education is being affected by dynamic media.

Through keynote presentations, panel discussions, multiple-track speaker sessions, a working lunch, and a breakfast roundtable, we will focus our discussion on five key subject areas:

Below is a list of current sessions. These are subject to change due to interest or availability.

Design Systems

Session Organizer: Brian Lucid, Massachusetts College of Art and Design  read more »

The Language of Motion

Session Organizer: Jan Kubasiewicz, Massachusetts College of Art and Design  read more »

What is the Researchable Question?

Session Organizer: Meredith Davis, NC State University  read more »

Publish Now: eBook, Disk Media, and Print-on-Demand Publishing

Session Organizer: Kimberly Elam, Ringling College of Art + Design  read more »

The Browse Factor / Research in the Undergraduate Studio

Session Organizer: Rosanne Gibel, Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale  read more »

Graphic Design in the Age of Digital Media Programs

Session Organizer: Randall Hoyt, University of Connecticut  read more »

Facilitating Effective Criticism in the Dynamic Media Classroom

Session Organizer: Michael R. Gibson, University of North Texas  read more »

Kinetic Typography

Session Organizer: Frank Armstrong, California State University, Chico.  read more »

Dynamic Media in Design Pedagogy

Session Organizer: Suguru Ishizaki, Carnegie Mellon University  read more »

Teaching Design, Teaching Technology: Time to Rethink Our Approach

Session Organizer: Al Wasco, Cuyahoga Community College.  read more »

Narrative Studies in Design Education

Session Organizer: Heather Shaw, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.  read more »

Algorithmic Design

Session Organizer: TBA  read more »

New Media, New Pedagogy

Session Organizer: TBA  read more »

Making It Work: Reports from the Field

Session Organizer: TBA  read more »

Keynote Address: Meredith Davis

Meredith Davis’s presentation addresses the rapidly growing gap between where we should be going in the practice of design and longstanding assumptions about design education.  read more »

Keynote Address: Preparing for the Designer of 2015

Join Adobe’s Creative Solutions Marketing Director, Joan Bodensteiner, and Strategic Research Manager, Darcey Merriam, as they share insights from an initiative developed in partnership with AIGA.  read more »

Something Old / Something New

Session Organizer: TBA  read more »