Lab Notes

Design Lab Intern Carol Zhang discusses a recent workshop on how students study, and how they could study better.

Design Lab Resident Laura Lisbona discusses her work with adaptive gaming.

Design Lab Student Developer Kayla Williams reflects on learning about the Django web framework.

Design Lab Resident Hallee Thompson reflects on her own history with accessibility and its importance in many different architectural spaces.

Design Lab Resident Hallee Thompson reflects on her year as an Open Accessibility Resident.

Design Lab Resident Sophie Niu discusses a workshop she attended on Sketch.

Design Lab Intern Ana Cuza discusses her work looking at applying machine learning to ecological studies of animal populations.

Design Lab Intern Ana Cuza reflects on a talk from Dr. Kristie Dotson about combining research and activism.

Unlike some of my peers at the Design Lab and in the School of Information, I am not by default a very visually-oriented person when it comes to thinking, learning, or expressing myself. In order to engage with this perspective a bit more, I decided to attend a Visual Thinking Seminar facilitated by a UMSI alumnus, Katie McCurdy. Specifically, the seminar was about “drawing for meaning” -- drawing as a thinking aid, a problem solving strategy, and a communication style. This was referred to as a “functional” drawing, as opposed to an artistic drawing.

For the third year in a row, the Shapiro Design Lab and the Library Student Engagement Ambassadors hosted a Valentine’s Day event with the Design Lab’s printing press. Students and staff from across the campus came to Shapiro Undergraduate Library the day before Valentine’s Day to make cards for their loved ones and drink hot chocolate.