Sticks+Stones explores interpersonal and intercultural issues among students diverse in ethnicity, religious practice, heritage, gender, and sexual orientation. Sticks + Stones’ innovative course structure and curriculum expands students’ knowledge of regional and global subcultures, forces a reconsideration of existing preconceptions, and exposes some of the fallacies embedded in the common act of stereotyping groups and individuals.
Sticks + Stones was awarded winner of the 2011 Core77 Design Awards, Design Education Initiatives. view award site >
Core77 Design Awards is a global competition of design professionals and students. This year marked the inaugural year of the competition. “Recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise, the Core77 Design Awards celebrates the richness of the design profession and its practitioners. … For this first program, dedicated jury teams based around the globe gathered in eight countries to judge 15 categories of design practice.”
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Sticks+Stones was presented the Weber State University 2010 Exemplary Collaboration Award in recognition of the teamwork demonstrated by graphic design students and faculty from WSU, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Northeastern University and San Francisco State University. view article > view announcement >
Choices: Identifying potential pitfalls and windfalls in collaborative projects Glide‘10 October 20, 2010
Expectations versus Realities: The Rewards and Challenges of Global Collaboration a AIGA educators’ conference New Contexts/New Directions. October 9, 2010
Bridging Diversity: Ethical Considerations in Design Education. Icograda World Design Congress. Icograda Education Network (IEN). October 26-30, 2009. Beijing, China.
Culture Clash as Design Curriculum. The Third International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Feb 15-17, 2009. Technical University. Berlin, Germany.
Confrontation and Collaboration. session: Humanities in the Public Realm. The Role of the Humanities in Design Creativity International Conference. University of Lincoln. November 15-16, 2007. Lincoln UK.
Tough Issues + Varied Perspectives + Multiple Locations + Extreme Optimism: The Process of Running a Multiple University Design Course. Intent/Content AIGA Education Conference 2007. May 31-June 2, 2007. Nashville, TN.
Sticks+Stones: A Collaborative Exchange Examining Labeling and Stereotyping. session: Collaboration and Participation in Design Practice and Education. Annual CAA College Arts Association Conference 2007. February 14-17, 2007. New York, NY.
Sticks+Stones Design Inquiry Conference, More Than Business as Usual 2006. Vinalhaven ME.
A. Buck-Coleman. Navigating cross-cultures, curriculum and confrontation: Addressing ethics and stereotypes in design education Visible Language, Global interaction in design special issue. vol 44.2, Summer 2010, pp. 107-206.
A. Buck-Coleman, A. McDonald, M. Biddle. Bridging Diversity: Ethical Considerations in Design Education Iridescent: Icograda Journal of Design Research view article >
A. Buck-Coleman, M. Biddle, A. McDonald. Culture Clash as Design Curriculum Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp. 53-70. view article >
A. Buck-Coleman, M. Biddle, A. McDonald. Confrontation and Collaboration The Role of the Humanities in Design Creativity International Conference University of Lincoln. Lincoln UK. download article>
Sticks+Stones: A Collaborative Exchange Exploring Labeling and Stereotyping in Graphic Design Exhibit catalog published to accompany exhibit of student work created as part of Sticks+Stones project, Essays also published as part of exhibit kiosk and on download from 2006 project web site >
R. Bailey. Immigration and Migration. Infobase Publishing. New York NY. 2008.
