001. A Prologue with Gary Rozanc: The State of Design Education

Gary Rozanc is an assistant professor of graphic design at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and the education director for the AIGA Baltimore. He received his BA in graphic design from Cleveland State University and his MFA in Visual Communications from the University of Arizona. Gary researches the best practices for teaching interactive and user experience design specifically finding the ideal balance of visual design user experience and front-end development skills for the emerging interactive designer. His research evolves into interviews with design practitioners to determine contextualize and prioritize these competencies and is distributed via Gary's award-winning podcast series Design EDU Today. Gary has presented his research and findings at international and national peer reviewed conferences including AIGA’s bi-annual National Conference Head, Heart, Hand and the International Conference on Design Principles and Practices as well as many other conferences.

Recorded 5.3.2019, Aired 5.10.2019

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