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Alice Lee, Fall 2022 Featured Illustrator

Alice Lee, Fall 2022 Featured Illustrator Alice Lee is an illustrator and graphic designer born in South Korea, raised in California, and currently based in the Midwest. She graduated with a BFA in Communication Design from Washington University in St. Louis in 2018. In her free time she is trying to enjoy running, finding theContinue reading “Alice Lee, Fall 2022 Featured Illustrator”

Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Iteration

Illustration by Alice Lee. Learn more about our illustrators. Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Iteration What’s the mindsetIteration is the approach of learning through making, and ongoing improvement along the way. It is the mindset that allows us to accept that it’s not realistic to figure everything out perfectly the first time, and that feedback andContinue reading “Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Iteration”

Interview with a Partner: Haliday Douglas

Illustration by Alice Lee. Learn more about our illustrators. Interview with a Partner: Haliday Douglas Haliday Douglas is a proud son of St. Louis. He commits his professional life to working across St. Louis — currently as the interim President & CEO of the St. Louis Public Schools Foundation and as the Founder & CEO ofContinue reading “Interview with a Partner: Haliday Douglas”

Lessons from Teaching

Illustration by Alice Lee. Learn more about our illustrators. Lessons from Teaching As school bells ring and kids and college students around the country get ready to head back to the classroom, we’ve spent some time reflecting on what we’ve learned from being teachers. Both Annemarie and Liz are lecturers at the Sam Fox School ofContinue reading “Lessons from Teaching”

Lorry Jamison, Spring 2022 Featured Illustrator

Lorry Jamison, Spring 2022 Featured Illustrator Lorry Jamison is a non-binary cartoonist based in St. Louis. They graduated with a BFA in Communication Design from Washington University in St. Louis in 2019. They create playful, LGBT+ inclusive comics and illustrations alongside their supportive cat, Sunny, who is a proud ally of both the LGBT+ communityContinue reading “Lorry Jamison, Spring 2022 Featured Illustrator”

Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Visual Thinking

Illustration by Lorry Jamison. Learn more about our illustrators. Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Visual Thinking What’s the mindsetVisual thinking is about creating images or other mock-ups that represent the current or imagined world and help us make sense of it and communicate it. Visual thinking can be as simple as a stick-figure sketch on aContinue reading “Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Visual Thinking”

Reevaluating Criteria for Decision Making

Illustration by Lorry Jamison. Learn more about our illustrators. Reevaluating Criteria for Decision Making Any design process involves making a series of intentional choices: which opportunity to address, which idea to prototype, which prototype to iterate, which features to prioritize, and which prototype to develop into a pilot are just a few of the choices alongContinue reading “Reevaluating Criteria for Decision Making”

Virtual Facilitation: The Human-Centered Design Way

Illustration by Lorry Jamison. Learn more about our illustrators. Virtual Facilitation: The Human-Centered Design Way We love teaching workshops on facilitation: the process of facilitating (inviting, planning, steering, and reflecting) a group of people to come together and make decisions and progress is at the core of our work. There’s a lot we could say aboutContinue reading “Virtual Facilitation: The Human-Centered Design Way”

Camryn Cogshell, Winter 2022 Featured Illustrator

Camryn Cogshell, Winter 2022 Featured Illustrator Camryn Cogshell is a St. Louis-based designer and illustrator. She graduated in 2021 with a BFA in Communication Design from Washington University in St. Louis. Camryn has a big passion for diverse representation in children’s books, depictions of Black joy, anime, and the color yellow. See more of her work.

Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Embracing (Small) Failure

Illustration by Camryn Cogshell. Learn more about our illustrators. Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Embracing (Small) Failure What’s the mindsetEmbracing (small) failure is treating an unexpected or undesired response as an opportunity to learn and adjust. It’s a mindset that pairs with a process of managed risk taking where each risk is small enough to limitContinue reading “Mindsets of Public Design Bureau: Embracing (Small) Failure”