Trope Collaborative
A human-centered design consultancy that collaborates with clients & users to be more focused, adaptive & competitive.
A human-centered design consultancy that collaborates with clients & users to be more focused, adaptive & competitive.
Trope Collaborative has had the opportunity to edit journals as well as author papers.
AIGA Chicago InForm was the main local journal on design.

A fun look at when buildings were painted with advertising messages. Co-created with Paul Gehl of the Newberry Library.

Focused on design conferences as a business model and exploring if design conferences have any impact on the profession.
Design Management Journal: Dedicated to design as a strategic business resource.

Managing Ambiguities: the Impact of Digital Technologies on Design Relationships
Design Management Journal
Volume 11, Number 3
Summer 2000
00113KAL38 Page 38-45
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Design Management Journal
Volume 11, Number 3
Summer 2000
00113KAL38 Page 38-45
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Design is technology intensive, yet the processes that were used to manage design had not changed. This article explored these issues that were facing managing design relationships.
FATE in Review: FATE is a journal centered on college art-foundation theory.

Social Networking for Learning Communities: Using e-portfolios, blogs, wikis, pod-casts, and other internet based tools in the foundation art studio.
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FATE in Review is the journal for Foundations in Art : Theory in Education (FATE) that focuses on the development and teaching of college-level Foundation courses.
FAC2009: Foundations of Augmented Cognition

Adaptive Learning via Social Cognitive Theory and Digital Cultural Ecosystems
International Conference on Foundations of Augmented Cognition
FAC 2009: Foundations of Augmented Cognition.
Neuroergonomics and Operational Neuroscience pp 611-619
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International Conference on Foundations of Augmented Cognition
FAC 2009: Foundations of Augmented Cognition.
Neuroergonomics and Operational Neuroscience pp 611-619
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This paper looked at the human predisposition to oral tradition and its effectiveness as a learning tool to convey mission-critical information. After exploring the effectiveness of the conveyance of information, the paper will examine current adaptive learning research and develop a system that will marry the strengths of oral tradition with those of an optimal adaptive learning environment.
Future Forward: Journal of Integrative Teaching International

The goal of this transcription was to capture the dimensions of leadership for change, using critical, connective, constructive and creative thinking based on the ideas of Howard Gardner.

This was an afterward based on the ThinkTank that focused on leading change at the academic level and tried to tie the diverse ideas of the breakout teams into changing the definition and qualities of leadership.