With roots in the Midwest U.S. and a background in journalism, advertising, sustainable development, graphic and product design, Arlene graduated with a Masters in Humanitarian Design at Design Academy Eindhoven (the Netherlands). She is an occassional design writer and was a 2004-05 Fulbright grant recipient to the Netherlands, where she focused on the visual explanation of product life-cycles. She’s currently fascinated by telling visual stories with brand public relations.
Arlene will share a diagramatic approach to documenting and explaining lifecycle analysis at the West Bank Social Center.
View more on her work at www.arlenebirt.com