The Miami Design Collaborative, which officially started in January 2009, has been assigned it’s first official home on the campus of Miami University. Thanks to the generosity of the School of Fine Arts and Dean Jim Lentini, we’ll have space in Hiestand Hall, in collaboration with the Hiestand Galleries. The brainstorming/conferencing room will be a great meeting place for students, grad students and faculty. If you’re on campus, please come by and check us out at 114 Hiestand Hall.
In addition to this exciting news, we’re working on a design thinking certificate program, hopefully to be offered starting in Fall 2010. The certificate will be for students interested in gaining knowledge and a level of expertise in design process and collaborative problem-solving and will complement many of the activities and courses in AIMS. Be looking for more information, as we will begin publicizing the program for registration once it’s approved. This diagram describes the program:
Peg Faimon received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Indiana University and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University, earning the Norman Ives Memorial Award. She is currently Co-Director of AIMS, Director of the Miami Design Collaborative and a Professor of Graphic Design. She Is also an affiliate faculty member of Miami’s Department of Architecture and Interior Design. She was named the Miami University School of Fine Arts Crossan Hayes Curry Distinguished Educator in 2000 and the Naus Family Faculty Scholar in 2008. In addition to teaching, Ms Faimon maintains a design consultancy and she has received national and international recognition for her design work. Peg Faimon is also the author and designer of Design Alliance: Uniting Print and Web Design to Create a Total Brand Presence, and the co-author, with John Weigand, of The Nature of Design: How the Principles of Design Shape Our World - from Graphics and Architecture to Interiors and Products, both published in 2003 by HOW Design Books. Her third book, The Designer’s Guide to Business and Careers: How to Succeed on the Job or on Your Own, was just published in June 2009 by HOW Design Books.