chronology of experience
2026 / Guest Lecture and 2-day workshop at Utah State University
2026 / Eye Opener ’26, established an ongoing 5-day retreat program for women+ in design in partnership with Cranbrook Academy of Art. Part retreat, part creative lab, part community.
2025 / Guest lecture at MSU, Boise, Montana
2025 / Guest lecture at AAU, San Francisco
2025 / Eye Opener ’25, organized the second 5-day retreat for graphic design alumnae at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
2024 / Guest lecture at MSU, Boise, Montana
2024 / Eye Opener ’24, organized virtual retreat for graphic design alumnae of Cranbrook Academy of Art.
2023 / Eye Opener ’23, organized virtual retreat for graphic design alumnae of Cranbrook Academy of Art.
2023 / Keynote speaker at DSGN Week, Ferris State University
2022 / Lecture at Arizona State University
2022 / Eye Opener ’22, organized the first 4-day summer retreat for graphic design alumnae at Cranbrook Academy of Art
2022 / DEL conference (Digitilty Engaged Learning) panalist
2021 / Whitespace: April Greiman photography, contributer and foreword
2020 / speechless: different by design, artist + designer for exhibition, dallas museum of art
2020 / Designer-in-Residence, USC Roski Shool of Art and Design, los angeles
2019-21 / speechless: different by design exhibition catelogue, dallas museum of art + yale press
2020 / Designmatters interview with Debbie Millman for Bend Design Conference
2018 / “biggest badass in the room” personal essay, Eye Magazine
2017-present / instructor, Academy of Art University, San Francisco (AAU) online
2017 / move to carson city
2016 -17 / instructor, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamunga, Ca
2016 / storytelling for designers workshop, California Institute of the Arts, practicum
2015 / transdisciplinary workshop, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
2015 / storytelling for designers workshop, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
2014 / Color Retreat w/ April Greiman, Desert Hot Springs
2014 / “vertigo is fun” personal essay, Medium Magazine
2013 / “dead history” lecture, Minneapolis College of Art+Design
2013 / “dead history” lecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2010-12 / d20 design, think tank w/ april greiman + michael rotondi, los angeles
2010—2017 / made in space, w/ april grieman studio, los angeles, various collaborations
2008 / move to los angeles
2002-07 / guest professor, experience design+graphic design, konstfact university of art and design, stockholm, se
2007 / guest professor, kth royal institute of technology, stockholm
2003 / brain hemorrhage 2, stockholm
2002-05 / guest professor, hfg university of art and design, karlsruhe, germany
2003 / magasin 3 projekt djurgårdsbrunn installation with ronald jones, ph.d, stockholm
2003-08 / obok design, think tank w/ronald jones, ph.d, stockholm
2002 / married ronald jones, ph.d,; move to stockholm
2001-02 / chair, graphic design, art center college of art and design, los angeles
2001 / move to los angeles
2000 / american institute of graphic arts gold medalist (AIGA) with p. scott makela.
2000 / lecture, minneapolis college of art and design
2000 / lecture, san francisco art institute
1999 / lecture+exhibition for P. Scott Makela , ddd gallery, osaka, japan
1998-99 / nikolai is born; scott dies; laurie continues at cranbrook
1998 / whereishere book w/ p. scott makela + lewis blackwell, ginko press
1998 / lecture, tate gallery, london, england
1998 / lecture, intermedia festival, bremen, germany
1996 / workshop, university of art and design (ecal), lausanne, switzerland
1996 / brain hemorrhage 1, NYC + Cranbrook
1996-2001 / co-chair, 2D design, w/ p. scott makela, cranbrook academy of art, bloomfield hills, mi
1995-1998 / words + pictures for business + culture, w/ p. scott makela, bloomfield hills, mi
1991-96 / design director, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1991 / Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA, 2D design, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1990-91 / married p. scott makela + carmela is born while grad students at cranbrook
1985-89 / instructor, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Ca
1983-86 / instructor, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, Ca
1982 / Rhode Island School of Design, graphic design graduate program, no degree
1978-1981 / University of California, Berkeley, Bachelor of Arts, visual communication
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