Program Description

The Visual Art Department at Germantown Academy is committed to providing a comprehensive education in the arts within the context of a liberal arts education. Our foundation and advanced curriculum is a well-rounded and versatile approach to the study and application of art. It is designed to provide a creatively stimulating education in an open environment of studio classes. Experimentation and innovation, collaboration and social responsibility are themes built into the curriculum. While these courses extend excellent opportunities for the general study of art and life-long arts advocacy, they are also designed to cultivate serious talents in the visual arts. Many of our students have gone on to prominent careers in commercial, fine, and applied arts.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Katrina Whiting: GA Alum Designer Returns to GA



Katrina, a Senior Experience Designer at Method in San Fran Shares the New Space of Work (which just happens to support all of our work in 21st Century skills) graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art two years ago. She visited art students to share what an experience deisgner does:

They are collaborators:

We work with you to frame the problem or opportunity space to ensure we are solving the right challenge. We are flexible and adaptive to fit your needs and context. We run projects with small, focused teams that integrate with clients and their customers throughout the design process, often co-creating with them in our studios in San Francisco, New York, and London.

They are insight driven:

We gather and synthesize customer and market insight to inform the design process. We use a combination of data-driven quantitative research and market and consumer trend analysis with ethnography and user testing to provide design insights that help guide decision making.

They work iteratively:

We believe that the best products and services are the ones that are shaped by the people who use them. We take time to understand the business challenge or opportunity, and then we work iteratively to test hypotheses and assumptions through prototypes and user research to continuously build and test the products and services we create.

The consider the big picture:

No product or service exists in a vacuum—neither do we consider design in isolation of the overall brand experience. We consider the varying touchpoints and experiences a customer might have with a brand and ensure that any new interaction both fits and builds upon the overall customer experience.

They deliver beautiful design:

No matter what the ask, our dedication to the highest quality of craft remains constant, in both our thinking and the final work. We are dedicated to the details of design, delivering both beautiful form and function.

And they design for and with technology.

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