About, Design, Writing
Published on December 28, 2014

Design Philosophy

written by Libby

To design is to care, to educate, and to facilitate. I design to make myself a better person within a better world. I design to be of service to all around me as the design process teaches me circumspection and empathy every new day.

The Terribly Helpful Sign is a simple device to help the user develop awareness of and display a statement about his/her emotional state.
The Perspectiflex is a simple hand-held device that helps the user develop some flexibility of thought. When the user becomes aggravated with someone, he uses the device to get a possible reason for the annoying person’s behavior, helping the user to open his mind and lessen the feelings of displeasure.
Springing from the fields of package design and conceptual art, Monstress Activities addresses modern worries and hopes in a humorous, thought-provoking way. This box set of 5 different products combine into one distinctly joyful and fun proposal for a different perspective on life.

The design process has given me a means of developing my ethos to an actual working system: I face every part of my life using it to guide me. If I frame the issue at hand as an issue I could

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Libby Clarke is an artist, designer, and educator living in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA in Printmaking from James Madison University and her MFA in 2D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Professionally, Libby has worked as an interaction art director for over 12 years for such companies as Agency.com and Scholastic.com. Currently, she serves as an Assistant Professor at the New York College of Technology in Brooklyn, New York. As an artist, Libby has produced a series of multi-media conceptual products under the name Monstress Productions since 1996. She gives workshops and lectures across the United States on the intersection of art, activism, and technology, and her pieces are exhibited and collected internationally.