Bio + CV
Hi, I’m Piper!
I am a graphic designer, researcher, and illustrator. My work is curious, expressive, and focused on promoting agency through personal and community-focused projects.
I’m originally from the Kansas City area (Kansas side!). I graduated from the University of Arkansas with a BFA in Graphic Design along with a Minor in Art History. Recently, I returned to the UofA, this time as a graduate student in the University of Arkansas Master of Design program.
Professionally, I have grown and learned from various design roles. I have experience working in a creative agency and production company, for a nonprofit, as a contracted in-house designer, and as an educator to college-level design students.
My areas of research interest are civic engagement, methods of critique, and participatory data collection. I have spoken about my work at national and international design conferences and have also contributed to several collaborative published works and group exhibitions.
I’m originally from the Kansas City area (Kansas side!). I graduated from the University of Arkansas with a BFA in Graphic Design along with a Minor in Art History. Recently, I returned to the UofA, this time as a graduate student in the University of Arkansas Master of Design program.
Professionally, I have grown and learned from various design roles. I have experience working in a creative agency and production company, for a nonprofit, as a contracted in-house designer, and as an educator to college-level design students.
My areas of research interest are civic engagement, methods of critique, and participatory data collection. I have spoken about my work at national and international design conferences and have also contributed to several collaborative published works and group exhibitions.
EDUCATION
Master of Design in Communication Design (in progress)University of Arkansas
BFA in Graphic Design, Minor in Art History
University of Arkansas
PUBLISHED WORK + CONFERENCES
Conference Presenter and Panelist UCDA Design Education Summit
Presentation: Revealing Counter-narratives through Black-out Poetry
Panel: Design Workshops as Transformative Teaching Tool
Conference Co-Presenter Seventeenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices
Workshop: Reconstructing the Design Critique: Shifting from Traditional Assessment Methods to Collaborative, Generative, and Inclusive Critique Strategies
Conference Co-Presenter Design Research Society 2022 Conference
Conversation Event: Critiquing the Design Critique: examining traditional assessment methods and shifting to new ways of co-sharing feedback*
*Published in DRS Conference Proceedings
SELECTED WORK FEATURES
The Second International Fazili Poster Exhibition
Central Library of Isfahan Municipality, Iran | 07.2024
Work Title: Bananagrams: Psychology of Language Formation
Ever After Exhibition Windgate Studio and Design Center | Fayetteville, AR | 12.2023
Work Title: Sponges from the Sky: Modern Mana
Body, Dress, and Drama PH Gallery | West Fork, AR | 4.2022
Body, Dress, and Drama was a solo drawing exhibition
BFA in Graphic Design, Minor in Art History
University of Arkansas
PUBLISHED WORK + CONFERENCES
Conference Presenter and Panelist UCDA Design Education Summit
Presentation: Revealing Counter-narratives through Black-out Poetry
Panel: Design Workshops as Transformative Teaching Tool
Conference Co-Presenter Seventeenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices
Workshop: Reconstructing the Design Critique: Shifting from Traditional Assessment Methods to Collaborative, Generative, and Inclusive Critique Strategies
Conference Co-Presenter Design Research Society 2022 Conference
Conversation Event: Critiquing the Design Critique: examining traditional assessment methods and shifting to new ways of co-sharing feedback*
*Published in DRS Conference Proceedings
SELECTED WORK FEATURES
The Second International Fazili Poster Exhibition
Central Library of Isfahan Municipality, Iran | 07.2024
Work Title: Bananagrams: Psychology of Language Formation
Ever After Exhibition Windgate Studio and Design Center | Fayetteville, AR | 12.2023
Work Title: Sponges from the Sky: Modern Mana
Body, Dress, and Drama PH Gallery | West Fork, AR | 4.2022
Body, Dress, and Drama was a solo drawing exhibition
WORK EXPERIENCE
DesignOps InternSupplyPike
DesignOps InternSupplyPike
Instructor of Record
University of Arkansas
Graphic Design Intern
EO Space
Contracted Designer
LuxSci
Contracted DesignerArtFeeds
Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Research Assistant University of Arkansas, Bree McMahon
Design and Marketing Intern WellSky