In mid-October, West Michigan Design Archives offered a sale of posters, books, other printed materials, amenities, and more, all to raise funds for the redevelopment of the archives website and other programs. Items eagerly perused by designers and students and admirers of design included Herman Miller picnic posters, John Massey prints, Eames House of Cards, […]

Executive Creative Director, PeopledesignEducation: BFA Design, Carnegie Mellon University Did you always know you wanted to pursue Graphic Design?  No, I didn’t know what design or graphic design was until I started searching for colleges. In an Asian household, you’re either a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. I wasn’t going to be one of those, so […]

Join us at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum on November 18, from 5:30 until 8:00 p.m. to Explore and Celebrate the Power of Design, highlighting collaboration and the creative process. We’ll tour the Weathering Emotions Exhibit, which includes immersive technology and multi-sensory interactivity: voice-guided mindful movement, dynamic weather sound clouds, wind tunnels, responsive lighting and […]

As part of a recent round of curation of submissions, the West Michigan Graphic Design Archives has accepted the Weathering Emotions exhibit into its collection. The curator noted that the exhibit is exemplary of collaborative problem-solving with a challenging purpose: to help children and families explore and process emotions. In addition to its focus on […]

Mr. @ Mr&MrsEducation: BS in Visual Communications, Ferris State University Did you always know you wanted to pursue Graphic Design?  When I was young, I didn’t know what graphic design was. I wanted to be an inventor. Later, my middle school acquired several Commodore PET computers—with eight kilobytes of memory and a cassette drive for […]