Teaching & speaking
Master class
Through my design research practice I have developed academic curriculum and delivered a number of college level programs in user experience, user interface design and front-end development. These programs are now offered on demand in small master classes, workshops and in individual lectures.
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Lectures available on the following topics:
Product design strategy
Scoping / user research / user journey / user stories / mental models / assumptions validation.
Information architecture
Content strategy / navigation strategy.
Content strategy / navigation strategy
From low-fidelity to high-fidelity wireframing / navigation patterns / visual conventions & iconography / error handling / design systems.
Design psychology
Cognition / emotion design.
User testing & product validation
Strategies, measuring the user experience.
Accessibility
Accessibility and inclusive design considerations for digital media.
Intro to website coding
HTML syntax / content, structure, style / CSS syntax
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Structure vs style / web typography / column layout & grids / navigation
Advanced CSS
Responsive web-design / Mobile 1st design patterns / mobile navigation
Advanced interactive experience
CSS transitions and animation / user interactions with jQuery
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The content is very engaging and interesting, one that others should not overlook. Guy is a fantastic professor with great teaching style and good energy. Interaction design student, School of Design George Brown College
Loved the course, it makes me consider interaction design as a potential career choice! Interaction design student, School of Design George Brown College
Thank you so much for becoming a web teacher. You're an amazing teacher and you inspire your students to look beyond themselves to see what they're capable of. Web interaction student, School of Design George Brown College
Guy is easily one of the best professors at the School of Design. His feedback and insight is one of the reasons i chose Guy as my professor. Guy has a unique way of asking you questions, getting you to think deeper about the discussion. He is very respectful, patient and insightful when providing one-on-one feedback. Design thesis student, School of Design George Brown College
Guy is one of the best teachers at this school. Every single time I enter his room I know I'm going to learn something I had no idea how to do before. He helps everyone when they need it and really gets the message across. Web design advenced CSS student, School of Design George Brown College
Past teaching & speaking
Digital prototyping with Figma
Workshop for graphic design thesis students School of Design, George Brown College, Feb, 2020
Interaction Design for Web and Mobile Apps
Workshop for graphic design thesis students School of Design, George Brown College, Jan, 2020
Product Validation and lean UX Research
Guest lecture for stratGBC entrepreneurial summer camp. George Brown College, Aug 2019, Toronto
User testing methodologies and strategies
Guest lecture for UX design students Brainstation, Oct 2019, Toronto
Accessibility mini-hackathon
Facilitating design thinking mini-hackathon on the theme of accessibility, with Solvers and in partnership with Hack Access Dublin. Inspirefest, May 2019, Dublin
How to tailor portfolios for your dream agency role
Career development lecture for designers as part of WeWork Career Carnival WeWork, Feb 2019, Toronto
User testing methodologies and strategies
Guest lecture for UX design students Brainstation, Feb 2019, Toronto
Digital prototyping for web and mobile apps
Workshop for graphic design thesis students School of Design, George Brown College, Jan, 2019
User testing methodologies and strategies
Guest lecture for UX design students Brainstation, Nov 2018, Toronto
Design Thesis
UX/UI lead professor advising design students on their final design thesis projects. Students thesis projects awards include:
- Silver award in Interactive Design, Graphis, 2017
- Merit in Interactive Design Advertising & Design Club of Canada, 2016
- Complete Digital Design Program , Applied Arts Creative Excellence Award, 2016
- Semifinalists, International Adobe Design Achievement Awards for Social Impact Design, 2015
- Packaging Merit Award, International Graphis New Talent 2015
- Branding Merit Award, International Graphis New Talent 2015
- Complete Packaging Design, Applied Arts Creative Excellence Award 2014
- Semifinalists, International Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2014
- Best Digital/New Media, Design Thesis Award 2014, 2016 School of Design, GBC
- Best Corporate Communications — Design Thesis Award 2014, School of Design, GBC
- Best in Show — First Place, Design Thesis Award 2014, School of Design, GBC
- Best in Show — Third Place, Design Thesis Award 2014, School of Design, GBC
- Best Packaging, Design Thesis Award 2014, School of Design, GBC
Interaction Design
A 15 weeks long course focuses on human centered design methodologies, user experience (UX), and user interface design (UI). Students projects awards include:
- 3 Merit awards in Interactive Design, Graphis, 2016
- Semifinalists, International Adobe Design Achievement Awards for Commercial APP Design, 2015
- Best In Show, Digifest Student Showcase 2014
- Best of the Best in Social Innovation, Digifest Student Showcase 2014
- Milestone Integrated Award for Digital Marketing Design, RGD Student Awards 2014
- Honourable Mention in Interaction Design, RGD Student Awards 2014
Web design (3) interaction
A 15 weeks long course focuses on web interaction and DOM manipulation with HTML, CSS, JS, jQuery. School of Design, George Brown College, 2015-2018, Toronto
Web design (2) responsive and advanced layouts
A 15 weeks long course focuses on advanced and mobile 1st layouts with advanced CSS including animation and motions. School of Design, George Brown College, 2014-2018, Toronto
Web design (1) fundamentals
A 15 weeks long course introduction to web design and coding with HTML and CSS. School of Design, George Brown College, 2013-2018, Toronto
Responsive web design
A 7 weeks long course focuses on web and mobile design layouts with advanced CSS. School of Continuing Education, George Brown College, 2013-2015
Fundamentals of CSS
A 7 weeks long course focuses on web designs patterns with CSS. School of Continuing Education, George Brown College, 2013-2015