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  • Nika Simovich Fisher

    Assistant Professor of Communication Design

    Email
    simovicn@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    L - 2 West 13th Street

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    Nika Simovich Fisher

    Profile

    Nika Simovich Fisher is a designer, writer, and educator based in New York. She is a partner at Labud, a multi-disciplinary design and development studio.  As a Design Educator, Nika teaches Interaction Design at Parsons School of Design as well as at The University of Pennsylvania. She is passionate about helping students develop a clearer sense of themselves that informs their research and design work. Nika's written work focuses on how design changes over time, particularly on the internet. Her work is published in The New York Times and AIGA Eye on Design.

    Nika was born in Belgrade, Serbia and grew up in the United States. She holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design and is currently pursuing her masters degree in journalism from Columbia University.


    Degrees Held

    MS - Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism
    BFA - Parsons School of Design


    Recent Publications

    A Pioneer of Digital Design Looks Back on a Defining Era on The New York Times
    How Type Designers are Digitizing and Preserving Cyrillic Typefaces in Serbia on AIGA Eye on Design
    How to Build a Greener Web on SuperHi


    Research Interests

    • Evolution of internet communities
    • Accessibility in design
    • Interactive narratives

    Portfolio

    nikafisher.com

    labud.nyc


    Current Courses

    Core 1: Interaction
    PUCD 2035, Fall 2023

    Design & Future of Publishing
    GPUB 5002, Fall 2023

    Past Courses

    CD Studio: Dig Product Design
    PSAM 2120, Spring 2023

    Core 1: Interaction
    PUCD 2035, Fall 2022

    Core 2: Interaction Studio
    PUCD 2125, Spring 2023

    Design History & Practice
    PACD 1010, Fall 2022

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