HELEN ARMSTRONG

Using the identity signage template from p.86 of our new book Participate, Zvez and I created our own marks.       (left to right) Helen Armstrong , Zvezdana Stojmirovic

It’s here. My new book, Participate: Designing with User-Generated Content, is now available (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011). The book’s companion website is participatorydesign.net This book, co-authored by MICA professor Zvezdana Stojmirovic, looks at ways that designers are engaging users in the creation of their work. As non-designers busily create, designers too must get creative. Prime [...]

LINKED: An Experiment in CoCreation developed by Helen Armstrong, Miami University, and Zvezdana Stojmirovic, The Maryland Institute College of Art. 35 MICA students in Baltimore, MD / 22 Miami students in Oxford, Ohio—our project began with this question: How can 57 students in three sections from two very different institutions collaborate across time and space? [...]

Crowdspeak: A co-created student project/exhibition developed by Helen Armstrong, Miami University, and Zvezdana Stojmirovic, The Maryland Institute College of Art “Workflow—the order of tasks in the realization of a project—is as important as outcome. This experiment explores how different workflows affect authorship and help build community. In this cross-institutional assignment, sophomores at MICA and Miami [...]

Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field is a carefully curated introduction (1900-present) to graphic design theory. Vital voices of design thinking inspire readers with topics ranging from futurism, constructivism, and the Bauhaus to the International Style, modernism, and postmodernism to legibility, social responsibility, and new media. This indispensable survey quickly reveals key evolving ideas [...]