How'd We Get Here?

Designing Confidence — Bianca DiPietro, Professor of Graphic Design.

Episode Summary

In this episode, I speak to Bianca DiPietro, professor of graphic design about her experiences building design confidence and how we might contribute in building or stagnating confidence in the classroom as educators. Bianca describes the effects of choosing meaningful work and we discuss how it might build confidence. Bianca also talks about her experiences and how she coped as a student and designer throughout her career and academic journey, how she nurtures creative confidence in the classroom as an educator, and more.

Episode Notes

• Bianca discusses how she got started in graphic design and her educational background.
• How her educational experience impacted her confidence and design.
• We discuss where confidence ultimately comes from and how we build it.
• Bianca talks about people who influenced her confidence in positive and negative ways, in addition to how she manages those negative instances with building resilience and self-worth.
• We talk about the role we play as educators in fostering confidence in the classroom.
• Bianca reflects on coming up as a new designer and how focusing on having a growth mindset to improve your work as a way to build confidence.
• We talk about giving autonomy to students and valuing their prior learning and experiences as a way to build confidence.
• Bianca gives her past-self advice on how to build confidence in her work and what she would recommend young designers to practice as they go through their academic career.

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 Instagram at @biancadipietro

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