Prof. Childers’s Profile
graphic design & typography
I am an adjunct educator at Citytech’s Communication Design Department. My background in graphic design and critical theory provides a milieu for exploring the role of culture on design and design on culture. In my professional practice, the intersection of critical and creative insights results in context playing a key role.
I currently serves on the AIGAās Design Educatorās Committee (DEC) Steering Committee, am a co-director of Tipo, Cibo, Vino, a letterpress workshop in Cornuda Italy, and am an active member of several design organizations.
My Courses
COMD1200 Graphic Design Principles 2, SP2025_childers
Explore creative visual communication through graphic design. Using type and graphics, students will participate in the process of communicating concepts by experimenting with image-making techniques. Acquire the professional knowledge, language, and processes neededāfrom initial thumbnail to final presentationāin multiple disciplines such as graphic design, web design, advertising, motion, illustration, broadcast design production, and others.
COMD1200 Graphic Design Principles 2, FALL2024, Childers
Explore creative visual communication through graphic design. Using type and graphics, students will participate in the process of communicating concepts by experimenting with image-making techniques. Acquire the professional knowledge, language, and processes neededāfrom initial thumbnail to final presentationāin multiple disciplines such as graphic design, web design, advertising, motion, illustration, broadcast design production, and others.
COMD4801 Portfolio F24 Childers
Development of each studentās strategy for entering the design profession. Faculty and professional advisors critique cumulative work. Students work independently with faculty supervision to edit and refine their design work to develop a portfolio that meets professional standards.
Development of each studentās strategy for entering the design profession. Faculty and professional advisors critique cumulative work. Students work independently with faculty supervision to edit and refine their design work to develop a portfolio that meets professional standards.
COMD1200 OL56 Graphic Design Principles ll Fall 2020
Explore creative visual communication through graphic design. Using type and graphics, students will participate in the process of communicating concepts by experimenting with image-making techniques. Acquire the professional knowledge, language, and processes neededāfrom initial thumbnail to final presentationāin multiple disciplines such as graphic design, web design, advertising, motion, illustration, broadcast design production, and others.
My Projects
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L4: Living Lab Learning Library
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Living Lab General Education Seminar
This site serves as a primary hub of information and resources for participants of the City Tech Living Lab General Education Seminar beginning in Spring 2019. General Education is a critical component of City Tech’s curriculum. This seminar provides support and training to full-time and part-time faculty seeking to enhance their integration of Gen Ed learning objectives into their assignments and courses. This site has compiled links to many of the Gen Ed seminar sites from previous years to serve as an archive and historical overview of the seminar.
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