Liz de Villiers

Lecturer, Graphic Design
TR106
765-973-8453
ldevill@iu.edu

Education

• MTech – Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa
• PGDTE – Postgraduate Diploma in Tertiary Education, University of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
• BA – English and Psychology, University of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
• DIP - Visual Communication Design, AAA School of Advertising, Johannesburg, South Africa

Current Interests

Design thinking in education, design as art, and online course development.

Recent Activity

• Received the OPVIA Global Classroom Initiative grant (2024)
• Collaborated on a class project with Stellenbosch Academy of Design, South Africa (2024)
• Commissioned to do the design on two new children’s books: Besige Dag and Lekker slaap, Human & Rousseau (2024)
• Design Editor for Tributaries, Journal of Creative Arts, and the Journal for Student Research, IUE
• Biennial IU East Faculty and Staff exhibition, Tom Thomas Gallery (2023)
• Children’s book author and design, Tjoppie en die Skat, Tjoppie en die Tweeling (2019)
• Children’s book author and design, Tjoppie en die Muskiet, Tjoppie se Verjaarsdag (2022)

Service

• Organized and Launched the 1st IUE Graphic Design Competition for High Schools (2023)
• Designed and developed the Visual Identity for the Journal of Student Research at IUE (2023)
• Logo and T-shirt Design. Empty Bowls, IU East (2022)

Membership

• Global Classroom Fellow (2024)
• Membership: UCDA, University & College Designers Association
• Membership: AIGA, Professional Designers Association

Selected Awards/Recognitions

• The Afrikaans Language and Culture Association, (ATKV) Woordveertjie 2022, Book prize for best pre-school Children’s book in Afrikaans: Tjoppie se Verjaardag