Bringing a design perspective to address large, complex, and systemic issues.
Before joining NC State College of Design this fall, I worked at Appalachian State University for over three years. During this time, my family and I lived in Boone, learned to love the mountains, and were warmly welcomed by its community...
Exploring the use of Generative AI to generate new materials and their applications to visualize combinations of colors, textures, and patterns that, until now, seemed impossible or incredibly challenging to create through more traditional techniques…
In recent weeks, I've been working on a fascinating project combining AI + Poetry + Design to create a series of dresses, each inspired by a different poem. This initiative aimed to capture the human essence of poetry in a tangible and innovative way using AI tools…
After 8 years of not attending an IDSA Conference, I had the opportunity to participate and present some of my work about AI and Design Education at this year’s International Design Conference. It was a privilege to share the stage with such insightful speakers and have many interesting conversations about life, design, education, and technology!…
For the past few weeks, I have been exploring Midjourney, an AI program that creates images from textual descriptions, in an effort to understand how this type of tool works and what are the implications of its use for design education and practice…
