East Carolina University

Designers and Dancers Collaborate across Disciplines to create unique Motion Graphics and Contemporary Live Performances

By: catnormoyle April 29, 2021May 8, 2021

Digital Experiences, Teaching & Student WorkDance, East Carolina University, graphic design, interdisciplinary, motion designLeave a Comment

Students partnered together across design and dance to interpret, respond to, and visualize the same piece of music, but through different media.

A Speculative Future in Design Education Realized: What will our classrooms and curriculum look like post pandemic?

By: catnormoyle April 27, 2021May 8, 2021

Digital Experiences, Research, Teaching & Student Workblended spaces, Design Pedagogy, East Carolina University, graphic design, hybrid teaching, mixed realities, School of Art & Design

This work explores how design education has shifted dramatically during the global pandemic to reconsider classrooms structures and curriculum that are more equitable for a range of types of learners.

Designing an Interactive Type Specimen Poster: Working from the Analog to the Digital

By: catnormoyle January 19, 2021May 8, 2021

Digital Experiences, Teaching & Student Work, Typography & Printconceptdevelopment, East Carolina University, prototyping, thinkingthroughmaking, Type Specimen Interactive Poster, user-testingLeave a Comment

With the uncertainty of available resources for teaching and learning online this semester, we introduced a new assignment in the graphic design survey course that shifted focus from a large-format print poster to an interactive, time-based poster.

Designing Mobile Applications that expand and add to Greenville’s sense of Place: How can mobile applications engage community?

By: catnormoyle January 12, 2021May 8, 2021

Digital Experiences, Teaching & Student Workcommunity engagement, East Carolina University, graphic design, mobile app design, mobile application, School of Art & Design

In this project, we discussed concepts of UX (user-experience design) and UI (user-interface design). We worked through analog and digital prototyping phases to develop function and usability and tested multiple prototype iterations with users to confirm or negate assumptions about the designs.

Design & Action: Students Create Campaigns about Social Justice, Diversity, Anti-racism, and Equity and Learn how to Measure the Societal Impacts of their Work

By: catnormoyle January 9, 2021May 8, 2021

Spaces & Places, Teaching & Student Workanti-racism and privilege, design and action, diversity and inclusion, East Carolina University, equity, graphic design, OOH campaign, social impact design, social justice, social media campaign

This project introduces students to graphic design as a tool for action and social impact. Students develop messaging campaigns that build awareness, educate and inform on overarching themes and topics with a shared intent to reach a broad audience and shift behaviors and attitudes among people.

Art, Technology, and Collaboration: A Robot Drawing Workshop with the Pitt Pirates Robotics Team

By: catnormoyle December 21, 2019May 8, 2021

Digital Experiences, Researchart, drawing robots, East Carolina University, Pitt Pirates Robotics Team, raspberry pi, robot drawing workshop, robotics, technology

The Pitt Pirates Robotics Team (PPR) participated in a two-day workshop to learn about and build drawing robots. The drawing robots are tools with basic moving capabilities (forward, backward, right, and left) that draw on a large canvas via a web browser interface. The students from PPR were highly engaged with the technology and system…