Stories

Gabrielle Ransom is a senior in Arts and Entertainment in the School of Design and Creative Technologies. Read more Q&As with AET seniors.

Matt Smith, a projection and lighting designer and a lecturer in the Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies discusses the current courses he's teaching and valuable advice for students interested in a creative technology career path.

Chris Skoog is a Senior Arts and Entertainment Technologies Major in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at the University of Texas at Austin. 

Samantha Valdez is a Senior Arts and Entertainment Technologies Major in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at the University of Texas at Austin. 

Lorenzo, the Assistant Dean for UT's School of Design and Creative Technologies, is recognized as a top innovator in Texas for her leading role in the design-thinking movement. "We want to create good people who can go out to the world and do things, whether for profit or nonprofit, that are good. That's how you change the world." 

Assistant Dean Doreen Lorenzo sits down with Steph Hay, vice president of design at Capital One, as part of her "Designing Women" series. AI is shaping the future of the economy, says Hay. What role will designers play? 

Doreen Lorenzo, director of the School of Design and Creative Technologies and the Center for Integrated Design in the College of Fine Arts, is leading efforts to integrate design thinking across The University of Texas at Austin’s undergraduate curriculum. Read the Q&A to find out why Lorenzo believes design thinking is a problem-solving skill set that all students should learn.

Integrated Design Lecturer Jennifer Sukis’ proposal “Communication Model for Cognitive Systems,” which is the basis for her Design Strategies course “Advanced Design for AI” this spring, has been submitted for patenting at IBM. 

Design Lecturer James Walker’s nonprofit Type Hike is now on exhibit at The Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT) at Art Center in Pasadena, California, through Feb. 25. He will speak there Jan. 30 about his work and the project. Two additional series from Type Hike were recently added to the permanent collection of the Library of Congress with the Popular & Applied Graphic Arts.

The Type Hike is a collaborative non-profit design project that celebrates and supports the outdoors through typography.

This spring, the College of Fine Arts and the School of Design and Creative Technologies are launching “Pathways to Entrepreneurship,” a new program designed to build community and bring together like-minded entrepreneurs, creative students and faculty through events, programming and mentorship.