Talks, Lectures, Workshops

In-conversation with Malte Mueller, Louise Kunth, and Charles Broskoski ISLAND in conversation 2023

A conversation about Are.na and the Are.na Annual at the event space ISLAND in Hamburg, followed by people presenting their Are.na channels. Put on with the Klasse Digitale Grafik Klasse at HFBK.

Guest Critic Princeton crit 2023

Guest critic for the final projects of students in David Reinfurt’s class on design research.

Visiting Teacher Estonia Academy of Arts seminar 2022

A seminar on digital publishing at Eesti Kunstiakadeemia for Masters graphic design students, co-taught with Julia Novitch, learning about the poetics and parameters of webzines and collectively creating one of our own.

Thesis crit Estonian Academy of Arts jury review 2022

Part of the jury for the first graduating cohort of the EKA graphic design MA program

In-conversation with Mindy Seu, Shannon Mattern, and Dan Taeyoung Internets of Everything in conversation 2021

A conversation, organized and moderated with Are.na, for the Billion Seconds Institute series "Internet(s of Everything)" around the question of “How can we be generous with our curiosity online?” Participants were Mindy Seu, Shannon Mattern, and Dan Taeyoung, each of whom is very generous with their teaching, organizing, and presenting their interests online.

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Ecology + Design session AIGA Design Conference talk 2020

For the 2020 AIGA Design Conference, I organized and led a session around environmentalism and design, featuring Benedetta Crippa, Jarrett Fuller, Julia Watson, Anoushka Khandwala, Joycelyn Longdon, Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Jonny Black, and Scott Starrett.

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Guest Lecturer American College of Greece talk 2020

A lecture on design writing for the History of Graphic Design and Contemporary Graphic Design classes at the American College of Greece.

Issue launch with Madeleine Morley Athenaeum Books talk 2019

A talk on gossip and magazine making for the Amsterdam launch of the third issue of Eye on Design.

In-conversation with David Reinfurt Google Design in conversation 2019

An intro and post-lecture interview with David Reinfurt on the life and work of Muriel Cooper.

Guest editor for “Writing as Metadata” class Yale University guest editor 2019

For Laurel Schwulst’s “Writing as Metadata” class, I guest edited a student online publication called called The Life and Death of an Internet Onion.

Design Talk with Studio Pandan The Boy’s Club in conversation 2019

Together with Maddy Morley, we spoke to Studio Pandan about their approach to editorial design, how they work together as a studio, and why they're compelled by magazine making as a medium.

Conference talk on independent publishing Indiecon talk 2018

A talk in Hamburg on editing Eye on Design and publishing as a generative act.

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Thesis students writing workshop Parsons School of Design workshop 2018

A lecture and workshop on the beauty of simple, plainspoken language for thesis design students at Parsons.

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Visiting Critic Rutgers University critique 2018

Visiting critic for thesis design students at Rutgers University during the fall semester 2018.

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