Honors Intermediate Compostion

Jackie Cunningham is a dedicated industrial designer whose work embodies creativity and innovation. In her honors intermediate composition class, she wrote three essays about her design journey, emphasizing the connection between writing and design. These essays inspired her growth as a designer and showcased her belief in the power of writing as a design form. Explore her portfolio to see her design experience in action.

From Mermaids to Mandolins: My Joruney Through Design Literacy

Jackie reflects on how her journey as a designer was shaped by the influential people experiences around her.

Rhetorical Intelligence (RI) in AI: How Curated Rhetoric Spans Genre

The essay explores how rhetoric surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) uses personification to simplify complex concepts across various genres.

Starting a New (Sketch) Page: How the Industrial Designers Society of America has Navigated Challenging Norms and Turned a New (Loose) Leaf

This essay affirms that the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) functions as a discourse community according to John Swales' criteria, while also exploring internal and external conflicts through the lens of boundary practices.