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Interdisciplinary Designer and Educator
Joseph Weissgold
New York, NY
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About
Joseph Weissgold is an interdisciplinary designer specializing in designing for education. In his practice, Joseph uses maps, stories, projects, and games as opportunities to reframe existing mental models and lead to insights. He has been using experimental methods to teach for more than a decade both in the classroom and out. Currently, he is finishing his graduate degree at the Products of Design program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. In the course of his study he is exploring how teachers might foster creativity through the use of new technologies, alternative class structures and design frameworks. More generally, his passion lies in the opportunities that emerge when inflexible infrastructure impedes cultural shift.
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Education
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Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Products of DesignSchool of Visual Arts2012 - 2014The Products of Design graduate program at SVA, deals with the role of the new-designer. Trained in research methods and with an aptitude for modeling both the real and the imagined, the design thinker understands both the micro and macro context for which he designs. To have the most consequential impact on any system, the designer must reserve assumptions about whether the end product will be an object, graphic, strategy or any combination of those.
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Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Humanities and Liberal ArtsNew School University2010 - 2012
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Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Product DesignParsons School of Design2010 - 2011
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Bachelor of Industrial Design (BID) Industrial DesignCarleton University2006 - 2009
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Experience
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Job HopperNew York, NYFeb 2014 - Present (10 years 9 months)~ Surveyed Affinity Groups of teachers that meet in schools to talk about innovations in their practice, looking for opportunities to further diffuse the insights.
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Educational DesignerNew York, NYSep 2013 - Present (11 years 2 months)~ Designed and lead a Family Workshop for the Jewish Museum around their exhibit MerKaBa by ThreeAsFour
~ Facilitated a design process using 3D printing for rapid-prototyping structures, and spoke on a panel at the PopTech Conference -
Senior Design FellowMakerbot FoundationNew York, NYMay 2013 - Aug 2013 (3 months)~ Designed and facilitated six one-week camps around 3D printers, teaching design strategies, electronics, DIY hacking, video editing, and a range of cutting edge software.
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Design ConsultantToronto, ONFeb 2013 - Apr 2013 (2 months)~ Provided strategic design consultation for the special day program "Creativity with Purpose: A Living Curriculum" and documented the event for sharing with the community.
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EducatorNew York, NYSep 2011 - Aug 2012 (11 months)~ Co-taught the twice-a-week after-school program "Short Circuit", introducing 11-12 year old's to ubiquitous computing with Arduino.
~ Led four classes for the summer camp program "Mobile Quest", teaching kids to design location-based games for the iPhone using Aris. -
Jewish Studies TeacherBrooklyn, NYSep 2011 - Jun 2012 (9 months)~ Taught and created the lesson plans for the weekly seventh grade after-school program in Jewish Studies. Topics included Torah, Antisemitism, Zionism, the Holocaust, Israel, and Identity.
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Freelance DesignerMarkham, ONSep 2010 - Jan 2011 (4 months)~ Designed a camera accessory cleaner independently that was mass-produced and is on shelves across Canada.
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Program CoordinatorPerth, ONSep 2004 - Aug 2010 (5 years 11 months)~ Two-time co-head of programming for the six week summer camp, designing four activities daily.
~ Camp director for winter camp 2008, in charge of oversight of camp culture and logistics.
~ Counselor for various age groups (9-16) over six summer and winter sessions of sleepover camp. -
Design InternTel Aviv, IsraelOct 2009 - Apr 2010 (6 months)~ Worked on various design teams developing products for construction, audio, cosmetics, and military applications.
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@jweissgold, member since 2008
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