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Scott Boylston

Design for sustainability professor

Education

  • M.S., communication design, Pratt Institute 
  • B.S., art education, State University of New York at New Paltz

Credentials

  • Graduate coordinator, design for sustainability, May 2009–Present
    Responsible for program coordination of the Design for Sustainability undergraduate minor and Design for Sustainability graduate programs. Duties include academic assessments, graduate admissions, faculty hiring and course scheduling for undergraduate and graduate programs.
    Professor, design for sustainability, May 2008–Present
    Co-author of the M.A. and M.F.A. degrees in Design for Sustainability. Founding member of the Eco-Practices and Sustainability Council.
    Professor, graphic design, January 1998–May 2008, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
    Taught in graduate and undergraduate program. Responsible for major curriculum development in both programs. Developed curriculum for the online M.F.A. degree. New faculty mentor. Academic assessments coordinator for the graphic design department. Founder and curator of the Words on Image Interview Series.
  • President and Founder, August 2009–July 2018, Emergent Structures, Savannah, GA
    Develop and implement strategic planning and programming for a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the value and accessibility of our society's material waste streams through facilitation, collaboration, education, and advocacy. Responsible for all facets of operations, collaborative enterprises, and design programs.
  • Creator and Program Director, 2010 and 2012, Design Ethos, Savannah, GA
    Created concept and developed and directed programming for this international conference and 'DO-ference' on ethics, sustainability, and paradigm shifts in the graphic design discipline. These three-day conferences, hosted by SCAD, have included speakers, panels, workshops, intensive civic collaborations, and direct partnerships with municipal government agencies.
  • Coordinator of Georgia Poetry Circuit, 1999–2003, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
    Initiated school membership in this organization. Responsible for all facets of visiting poets series, which included three world-class poets each academic year. These responsibilities included budgetary considerations, on-site coordination of readings and book signings which regularly attracted 200-plus, public relations, promotional design, and coordination of all visitor accommodations and workshops.
  • Art Director, 1994–1998, New York
    Developed, designed, and supervised projects for New York City design studio. Daily interaction with clientele (Elizabeth Arden, Yves Saint Laurent, Opium, L'Oréal, Estée Lauder, etc.) concerning national package-design programs and point-of-purchase displays. Responsible for identity development and seasonal packaging programs. Directed outside printers and model makers.
  • Graphic Designer, 1990–1994, Garrett Clifford Design, New York
    Introduced this long-standing design firm to computer-generated graphics and coordinated the creation of computer studio. Designed holiday and seasonal packaging programs for international fragrance companies. Conceived, designed, and produced packaging prototypes.
  • Owner and Creative Director, 1991–1995, Seabob Surf Wear
    Conceived overall philosophy and designed and illustrated all artwork for East Coast surf wear company. Organized and coordinated sponsorship programs for beach sporting events and benefits for environmental organizations. Designed and built trade show booths. Designed, wrote, and managed distribution of monthly newsletter. Oversaw production, quality control, and distribution.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Nantucket Writing Award in Fiction 2001
  • New Voice Fiction Award / Writer's Voice of New York City 1998
  • Pushcart Prize nomination 1998

Organizations

  • Savannah Sustainability Alliance
  • National Academy of Environmental Design
  • Accelerate Savannah
  • Healthy Savannah
  • Chatham Environmental Forum
  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Foundation

Publications and presentations

  • "Celebrating the Grim Future of Post-Harvest Loss," Pyxera Global, 2017.
  • "Graphic Design and the Anthropocene," Print magazine, 2017.
  • "Applying Human Centered Design to Solvable Problems," PYXERA Global Engagement Forum, 2017.
  • "Impact Design in the Age of Uncertainty," Impact Design Hub, opening series feature, 2016.
  • "Equitable Urbanization Powered by Education and Inclusive Design," The New Global Citizen: A Chronicle of Leadership, 2015.
  • "Sustainability, Virtuous Cycles, and (Gasp!) Brand Self-Actualization," Sustainable Brands, 2015.
  • "Challenging Furniture Designers to Turn Waste into Striking Office Desks," Inhabitat, 2015.
  • "The Future of Impact Design Education," Impact Design Hub, opening series feature, 2015.
  • "Setting the Table for Success," Creative Coast, 2015.
  • "Why the S-Word Will Dictate Business Conduct in the 21st Century," Creative Coast, 2014.
  • "Putting a Systems Sensitive Design Tool Through Its Paces," Design Observer, 2013.
  • "Promising Strategies to Reduce Packaging's Environmental Impact," Communication Arts, 2013.
  • "Design Ethos: Vision Reconsidered," AIGA Design for Good Guidebook, 2013.
  • "Conduit, Coalescene, Conflictollaboration: Consider the 'CO' in Co-Design," Core 77, 2013.
  • "Three Things Non-Designers May Not Know About Design," Creative Coast, 2013.
  • "Designing Design Into Society," Design Observer, 2012.
  • "Move Over Omnivores: The Detritivores Are Here," Well Fed magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 6, 2011.
  • "Storefront Sustainability," Well Fed magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 5, 2011.
  • "Big Ideas for Our Future," Savannah Magazine's 20th Anniversary Issue, 2010.
  • "Confronting a Prison Nation Through Poster Design," THERE: Journal of Design, Vol. 4, 2008.
  • "A World of Green Buildings, One City at a Time," The Campus Chronicle, 2008.