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From the Dean
By Karl Daubmann, Dean, Professor

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Design x Technology . We look forward to this opportunity to keep our students, parents, faculty and staff, alumni, donors, Southfield residents, and others well-informed about the news and events of Lawrence Technological University’s College of Architecture and Design.

In the more than 90 years since the founding of Lawrence Tech by Russell Lawrence, along with his brother E. George Lawrence, the University has maintained its basic yet profound commitment that everyone deserves an education. Even in the darkest moments of the Great Depression, the brothers were visionaries, focused on the potential of learning with the belief that education is transformative.

At CoAD, we expand this commitment to design education. In fact, our focus on design as an essential component of our scholastic existence requires that we incorporate diverse perspectives and experiences and lead with empathy because design serves an ever-expanding and complex group of constituents. Design should not be the exclusive pursuit of any privilege.

We consider design to be so essential—and so critical that it be available to all students who wish to pursue it as a career—that, unlike other colleges, we do not require a portfolio for entrance into our undergraduate programs. We know that not every student has the opportunity to develop creative work in high school, and we believe that we can teach students what they need to know.

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Dean Karl Daubman and graduate students constructing critical practice installation.

We also recognize that design cannot thrive in isolation. That is why we support international travel experiences such as recent study abroad opportunities in Rome, Italy. And recently, we continued this tradition with the introduction of the Steven Rost Travel Fellowship, named for our distinguished Professor Emeritus.

It is also why we feature sponsored studios—basically, exposure to real-world practices and experiences—as an integral part of our curriculum.

New technologies continue to bring increasing dynamism to higher education architecture and design. We see many of these new technologies as catalysts to make design and architecture increasingly accessible to a wider range of students. We see the fields continuing to grow and anticipate constant innovation.

With curricula focused on design, immersed in technology, and grounded in practice, students are empowered to thoughtfully enter current and future modes of practice and to expand the conversations so that architecture and design might be more innovative, inclusive, and sustainable.

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Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.