How to Become a Designer (The Version No One Wants You to Read)

Design has been domesticated into a polite, portfolio-friendly profession—sanitised, aestheticised, stripped of its teeth. But design was never meant to be safe. It was meant to expose, to question, to disrupt.

The Future of Design Education: A Conversation with Jac Batey

As AI, economic pressures, and shifting employment landscapes reshape the industry, institutions must prioritise adaptability, collaboration, and critical thinking. The future belongs to those who embrace change, and educators like Jac Batey are leading the charge.

When Form Forgets Function: The Typographic Overconfidence of Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro

Apple used to speak softly, now it shouts. The iPhone 17 Pro’s new typography is bold, extended, and loud. But in chasing power, has Apple sacrificed the restraint that made its design language timeless? Our latest article unpacks this visual shift and critiques how the company’s typographic voice has grown too heavy for its own harmony.

Craft for the AI Age

A manifesto for mindful design education. It calls for a return to craft as the foundation of judgement, ethics, and creativity in an automated world, reminding us that true innovation begins with care, reflection, and human discernment.

True Creativity Is Priceless: How Education Lost Its Imagination

Contemporary education for prioritising compliance over creativity, reducing students to passive recipients of knowledge. Influenced by thinkers like Ruskin and Freire, we argues that this mechanisation makes AI appear intelligent while genuine creativity suffers. To reclaim education, we must foster imagination and critical thinking in learners.

The Discipline of Commitment in Design Education.

There is no design without devotion. No progress without persistence. No education without commitment.

We explore what it truly means to stay with the process, to teach, to learn, and to design with purpose. Featuring thoughts from Ruskin, Rand, Munari and Vignelli, it’s a reflection on the quiet courage behind every meaningful creative act.

Weaving Stories: Gwen Van Den Eijnde on Tradition, Experimentation, and the Future of Design Education.

In our latest podcast with Gwen van den Eijnde, Head of Apparel Design at RISD, we discuss his journey from costume design to academia, exploring storytelling through clothing and the role of art schools as spaces of imagination. A reminder that design education nurtures heritage, creativity, and transformative possibilities.

The Future of Design: Dylan Field and Pontus Wärnestål on AI, Collaboration, and Creativity

AI is changing design—but not replacing it. Dylan Field (Figma) highlights speed and collaboration, while Pontus Wärnestål (Designing AI-Powered Services) urges us to design for ethics, trust and societal impact. The future of design is human-centred, collaborative and deeply responsible

Education’s Imagination Crisis: Why We Need Art Schools for the Mind

Unlock creativity and rescue our future: discovering why education’s imagination crisis demands art schools. Dive into how fostering creativity, not just knowledge, reshapes learners, communities, and innovation. Read more to champion the arts, it’s time to rebuild education’s soul.

Towards a Dynamic Discipline of Design: A Journey Through Time and Thought

Towards a Dynamic Discipline of Design reimagines design as a fluid, alterplinary force beyond static definitions. Premiering at MODE 2025, the film journeys from ancient hand-axes to systemic futures, showing design as the table for collaboration, innovation, and leadership. Watch the film and join the dialogue.