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.

Lefteris Heretakis: Igniting Creative Minds

Lefteris Heretakis bridges inspiration and innovation in Igniting Creative Minds. This interview explores the universe that fuels his work—his stories, philosophies, and drive to spark both personal expression and collective imagination. From early curiosity to ambitious visions, his journey offers insights to inspire and illuminate creative paths for others.

Return to Discipleship: What Jesus’ Model of Education Reveals About Modern Schooling, by John Taylor Gatto

What if the best model for education wasn’t a school at all, but a calling?
Jesus didn’t build classrooms — he built disciples. His model of formation was voluntary, costly, and rooted in lived practice, not compliance. In my new essay, I explore how returning to this spirit of discipleship could heal the failures of modern schooling and restore calling, commitment, and character to education.

Beyond Thinking: Feeling Our Way Through Design

In a world where design education risks drowning in theory, this essay makes a radical call: put feeling back at the heart of design. Drawing on John Ruskin’s timeless wisdom, the Bauhaus, Bridget Riley, and today’s studios, it argues that true design is not about thinking more cleverly but about seeing, sensing, and feeling more deeply. A must-read for educators, students, and practitioners who believe design should be alive, honest, and profoundly human.