Happy Spooky season y'all!

On October 14th I gave a lecture at NC State College of Design!

 

The room was filled with first-year design students.

 

What a wild ride it was being the presenter in the same auditorium where I was a graduate student myself not too long ago!

I was vulnerable with the students and told them about how my car crash and traumatic brain injury forced me leave architecture and think creatively about my life.

 

I described how the aesthetic of my work is informed by visual disturbances resulting from my TBI, and how my acoustical art explorations are motivated by post-crash auditory overwhelm.

 

I walked the students through my work from my earliest design explorations to present, spoke about design thinking, and left them with some key take-aways and lessons learned.

I brought plenty of samples which they enjoyed studying after 

my hour+ long presentation!

 

After my lecture, I was invited see their pinned-up designs and interact with them on a more personal level.

I'll be returning to campus in a few weeks to give a workshop about digital model making, and creating well-crafted paper models!

That whole afternoon was an incredible experience, and I'm really proud of myself for showing up and giving a great presentation!

 

Below is a happy and proud me treating myself afterward.

 Beyond my lecture, I also taught a Folded Poetry workshop at Duke University in September! 

I'll be sharing all about that workshop with you next week! 

Here are a couple of teaser photos!

This time next month I will be releasing my first-ever DIY Folded Poetry kits for sale!

 

I've been ideating ways to make Folded Poetry more accessible at lower price points, and this DIY KIT does exactly that. 

Consider gifting yourself and your loved ones a hands-on creative experience this holiday season!

Happy Halloween my friends!