De Angela L. Duff is a designer, photographer, web developer, and DJ.  She is also an Industry Associate Professor and the Co-Director (alongside Luke DuBois) of Integrated Digital Media at NYU in Brooklyn, NYU. Prior to this,  De Angela Duff was the Program Director and an Associate Professor of Design, Art & Technology (formerly Multimedia) and Web Development & Interaction Design within the College of Art, Media & Design, as well as an Interim Co-Director of the School of Design, at The University of the Arts (UArts) in Philadelphia, PA. Prior to UArts, she was an Art Director for Nettmedia, a NYC Interactive Design Firm. Notable projects included art direction and lead design of BowieNet version 2.0, davidbowie.com, and Sarah McLachlan’s “Mirrorball” DVD interface design.

De Angela has spoken at AIGA’s Social Studies & Massaging Media 2 Conferences and HOW’s Annual Design Conference. She has judged HOW’s interactive design competition, and has been featured in publications such as HOW magazine, Print magazine, Now Loading and www.animation: Animation Design for the World Wide Web. She has served on Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s committee to re-brand Philadelphia and participated in the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Website Brainstorming Charette. She also hosts an online, radio show, No Turn Unstoned, http://dj.polishedsolid.com, on Mixlr.com. She is a member of AIGA, IxDA and CAA.

A native of Eutaw, Ala., De Angela holds an MFA in Studio Art (Photography) from MICA, a BFA in Graphic Design from Georgia State University, and a BS in Textile Engineering from Georgia Tech. Her design and development research currently focuses on the creation of photographic archives, time management & productivity systems, and course management systems. Her current body of photography work at http://photo.polishedsolid.com captures people in passage, ordinary people negotiating public and familial spaces, juxtaposed and contextualized within a rural, southern environment. You can see her past and present design projects at http://design.polishedsolid.com.