A talk with Alice Twemlow, co-founder of the MFA Design Criticism program at the School of Visual Arts. You don't go to art school to learn to write, right? Wrong. These days, art departments are as ...

This rigorous one-year program equips students with tools for researching, chronicling, and interpreting all aspects of design. Each student is asked to identify an individual research territory to ...

In a new report, John Maeda explains why writing is a must-have skill for designers. By pointing to writing as the next most important skill for designers, the report suggests a corrective to an ...

Francesca Zambello, a nationally recognized director of opera, will moderate an online discussion about opera with UC Davis faculty next week. (Courtesy photo) It's a new year, so for this week's ...

Writing for Interior Design ranges from the conceptual and creative (incorporating writing into the design process itself) to the practical (the kinds of writing involved with communicating in the ...

In the lead up to next week’s D&AD Festival, Katie Ewer continues her series looking at what makes great writing for design. Katie is part of the 2016 jury for Writing for Design. What’s the purpose ...

This studio course will focus on core writing skills and effective methods for researching, analyzing, evaluation and chronicling design issues. Students will address both critical thinking about ...

Effective course design begins with understanding the process of thinking and learning. These processes are commonly termed "metacognition." Metacognition includes a critical awareness of one’s ...