Presenter at 2024 SECAC Annual Conference: Wayfinding
Delivered Money v. Humanity: Design Education More Than Industry Ready with Saskia Van Kampen, Associate Professor of Visual Communication at San Francisco State University, during the 2024 SECAC Annual Conference Wayfinding in Atlanta, GA.
The paper was delivered as part of Graphic Design as a Catalyst for Collaborative Change: Envisioning (Post) Capitalist Futures. This session was chaired by Bryan Perry, Assistant Professor of Art: Graphic Design and Foundations at West Georgia University.
Money v. Humanity: Design Education More Than Industry Ready: The design industry, for the most part, serves clients and consumerism, which continues to negatively impact society and the environment. Alternatively, design education is tasked with teaching students criticality to define skills and values that align with their career path. However, students, upon graduation, need and want a job. So, how can design educators balance respect for society and the environment with job readiness? Two design educators define ways that American universities can move design education beyond capitalism to promote humanity-centered outcomes.
Session Presentations
Graphic Design as a Catalyst for Collaborative Change included:
- The Evolving Landscape of Graphic Design: Creating Positive Impact Through Emerging Media, Jessica Spowart
- Money v. Humanity: Design Education More Than Industry Ready, Johnathon Strube & Saskia Van Kampen
- Empowering Designers: Navigating Post-Capitalist Futures through Systems Thinking Methodologies, Lilian Crum
- Packaging for Anti-Capitalists: Questioning, Constructing, and Co-creating, Helen Sanematsu