Teaching Resources

Here are a few of my teaching influences and references to consider in the areas of History of Design, Design Profiles, Civic Design & Government Resources, Digital Illustration Influences, and Web and UX Design.

Design Studios/Agencies

Chermayeff Geismar & Haviv
Influential logo and branding design

Louise Fili
Gorgeous Restaurant branding, typography, and book design

Seymour Chwast
A parallel design and illustration career

Paula Scher
Vibrant graphic design with a strong visual concept

LevLane
Philadelphia Ad Agency with warm and on-target branding campaigns

History of Design
Steven Heller and The Daily Heller
The graphic design historian of our time

Herbert Matter
Infused design with fine art influences

WPA
The original Civic Design

Paul Rand
He brought modernism to design

George Lois
The original bad boy Ad Man who brought irreverence to selling products

Design Profiles

Revision Path
BIPOC Designers podcast interviews noting unique career paths

Graphic Design USA
Contests, case studies, and a free magazine

Civic Design/Government Resources

White House AI Bill of Rights
The official word on how AI interacts in an ethical way

Office of Educational Technology
A governmental office to gage how technology can improve education

Digital Illustration Influences
Juliana Castro, Illustrator
Great variety of work and website examples for illustrators

Saul Steinberg
The cartoonist chronicled the American experience

Art With Flo
Creative drawing lessons using Procreate software, iPad, and Apple Pencil.

Web and UX Design
W3Schools.com
Simple tutorials on computer languages including HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, and Python.

Design Sprints/Crazy Eights
A design method to solve a problem with clarity and conciseness

HTML Color Codes
Choose colors with a visual tool

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