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12 Principles of Animation

Simple animation has been on my mind for a number of months as I’ve been thinking about animated GIFs. One of the rabbit trails I’ve followed while exploring the GIF topic has been these 12 Principles of Animation. These principles…

Norman Bel Geddes: Making the Future

Norman Bel Geddes

Norman Bel Geddes was one of the early industrial designers, a theater designer, an architect, urban planner, and huge visionary of his time. Most famous for his epic work on the General Motors Futurama Exhibit for the 1939-40 World’s Fair,…

Frank Lloyd Write on Education

Scanning through my Twitter feed today I noticed a tweet from @SkillShare linking a recent article on BrainPickings.org. The article collects 10 quotes from Frank Lloyd Write, captured in a new book. One of the quotes is particularly provocative and…

On Being A Generalist

Image credited to Charles Williams on Flickr This morning I was reflecting on what it means to be an instructional designer here at CDE, the skills that help me in that role, and how I might communicate those things to…