Where designers find their voice.

After decades of designing across multiple genres, one of the most consistent throughlines in my career has been teaching and mentorship. Whether in formal classrooms or tech tables, post-show debriefs or coffee chats at LDI, the most meaningful growth — for students, collaborators, and even me — has always come from honest, curious, process-driven conversation.

As I’ve moved in and out of academia and met students and educators at USITT and LDI, I kept hearing the same thing: people are craving connection. Not just technical training or portfolio advice, but real conversation around process, purpose, and creative identity.

So Designing Stories isn’t just an educational offering. It’s a creative ecosystem — a place to sharpen your craft, dig deeper into your personal aesthetic, and learn to articulate your vision with confidence and clarity. A space where process is valued as much as product, and where community isn’t a buzzword. It’s the foundation.

If you’re looking to grow — not just as a technician or artist, but as a storyteller, a collaborator, and a leader — I hope you’ll join me.

— Jason