Design Education Talks ep. 56 – Eduardo Martres

Lefteris Heretakis

Graham Fink – Why Process Matters More Than Finish in Creative Work – Design Education Talks

Graham Fink is one of those rare creative figures whose career refuses to fit neatly into a single title. Creative director, art director, writer, artist, technologist, musician, filmmaker and educator, his practice moves fluidly across disciplines, cultures, and technologies. From global advertising leadership roles to experimental art-making, from working with robotics and AI to developing tools that allow him to draw using only his eyes, Graham’s work is driven by a restless curiosity and a deep belief in the power of ideas to cut through sameness.Alongside his commercial and artistic practice, Graham has spent decades committed to creative education and mentorship. Through initiatives such as Think Different and the relaunch of his influential Art School, he has challenged conventional models of learning, advocating for experimentation, cross-pollination, and thinking before polish. In this conversation, we explore creativity as a way of seeing the world, the dangers of mediocrity in an age of speed and AI, and why difference, curiosity, and discomfort remain essential tools for the next generation of creatives.Since its inception in 2019, Design Education Talks podcast has served as a dynamic platform for the exchange of insights and ideas within the realm of art and design education. This initiative sprang from a culmination of nearly a decade of extensive research conducted by Lefteris Heretakis. His rich background, intertwining academia, industry, and student engagement, laid the foundation for a podcast that goes beyond the conventional boundaries of educational discourse.See all of our work on on https://linktr.ee/thenewartschoolFollow us on twitter at @newartschoolRead our latest articles at https://newartschool.education/and https://heretakis.medium.com/Equipment used to produce the podcast:Rodcaster pro IIRode NT1 5th generationElgato Low profile Microphone ArmMonster Prolink Studio Pro microphone cableThe rest of the equipment is here 👉https://kit.co/heretakis/podcasting
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Eduardo Martres is Associate Professor of Practice in Industrial Design at Xi’an JiaotongLiverpool University, a joint venture between the University of Liverpool from the UK and the Xi’an Jiaotong University of China, located in the city of Suzhou (China).

From 2012 to 2017, he has been the Chief Industrial Designer for Changhong Electric, based in Chengdu (China). In 2015 Eduardo was awarded the The People’s Republic of China Friendship Award, the highest recognition given by the Chinese government to foreign experts who have made major contributions to the economic and social development of China.

Prior to joining Changhong, Martres held positions as Senior Design Manager at the Panasonic Design Center of America in New York City, Industrial Design Team Leader at Hewlett-Packard’s Digital Camera Group in Colorado (USA), and Product Designer and Senior Product Designer at Philips Design in the Netherlands, France and Hong Kong, designing a wide range of domestic appliances and consumer electronics products.

Eduardo holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design from the Industrial Design Center of Montevideo (Uruguay), a Master’s in Industrial Design from the University of Essen (Germany), and an MBA from the University of Chicago (USA).

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