MID 2011 Andy Grossman

B.A. Modern Philosophy

What is a designer's role? This body of work explores the potential to deconstruct complex human problems with a clear design process. By reframing questions, we, as designers, have the potential to act in the stakeholders' best interest - and, by extension, offer innovative solutions to problems both staid and unimagined. As a first-year graduate student at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, I am trained in the process and methodology of research, documentation and creative exploration.

Articles

An Investigation of UArts Student Registration

Sun, 06/06/2010 - 4:02pm

For part of the summer 2010 internship I have been tasked with an interesting research topic: how does student registration really work at the University?

"It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off." -Woody Allen

Projects

Three ambitious students focused on their floor of Terra Hall, dissecting behavior, attitudes, policy and practice. By understanding what past efforts had been made as well as how the current academic body treats their waste, we hope to educate and create better options for the floor in the near-term and for the school in coming semesters. We constructed an organizational structure prototype that utilizes the waste collection bins already available, thereby saving the school thousands of dollars in new bin costs.

Terra Hall Recycling Project »

StudioNEXT 2009 »