Amit Patel’s Experience Haus: Shaping Digital Creative Professionals

With two decades of experience working in design and tech roles across various industries and sectors (from banking, construction, public infrastructure and more), Amit founded a design education academy/training consultancy, Experience Haus, in 2017 after being inspired to help people navigate career paths inside the creative economy. Experience Haus aims to shape the next generation of digital creatives, and to provide the essential skills that will ensure individuals and teams are part of the workforce of the future. His primary role now looks after content and curriculum design, and shaping creative and innovative programmes for industry leaders such as PwC, Spotify, Bayer Pharmaceuticals and the United Nations.

Lisa Winstanley: Visual Communicator, Award-Winning Designer, and Ethical Design Researcher

Lisa Winstanley is an Assistant Professor in the School of Art Design and Media. For the past decade she worked … More

Labour Organizing as Design Project REFERENCES by Lee-Sean Huang

These are the links from Lee-Sean Huang’s amazing keynote speech from #VDEF23 Labour Organizing as Design Project REFERENCES – May … More

Virtual Design Education Forum 2023: Discover New Ways in Art and Design Education

We would like to invite you to the 5th Virtual Design Education Forum. 11th + 12th of MAY VDEF23 This … More

Design Education Talks Ep. 71 – Prof. Taha Duri

Prof Taha Duri is a published author, translator, artist, and educator, having taught in Architecture, Interior Design, Health Sciences and … More

#VDEF21 Rama Gheerawo & Dr Melanie Flory: Creative leadership: beyond the computer.

So this is really a conversation of balance. The creative leadership model is about empathy, clarity, and creativity and the interplay between the three of those values, they change according to date, time pressure.

Balvir Nandra #VDEF21 – Twenty-first Century Art and Design Education: an artificial edifice.

Learn to engage in relevant reading to increase subject knowledge and broaden your mind in terms of detail and accuracy. Learn to investigate for more than one obvious source of something convenient like Google, for example, there are other search engines. Use multiple sources, including talking to people learn to question everything, starting with yourself, learn to be self critical without fear.

Design Education Talks Ep. 70 – Oscar Diaz

Oscar Diaz is a London based Industrial designer and educator. His work is characterised by a plain, innovative and playful take on everyday objects. He has worked for companies such as Muji, Joseph & Joseph or Hermès designing products and installations.

Design Education Talks Ep. 69 – Shalini Prasad

Shalini Prasad is an educator, integrative designer, brand consultant, and graphic artist. She runs her own design practice under DeSha Consulting and teaches visual communication and typography at the College of Art and Design at Lesley University.

Design Education Talks ep. 68 – Justus Theinert

After graduating as Industrial Designer Justus Theinert carried out a one year field inquiry on “Methodology and didactics in European design education”, visiting the leading design schools in Europe. Later he participated as Research Fellow in the project “Design quality of engineer-buildings” at the University Stuttgart, investigating the phenomenon of Gestalt-quality in engineer buildings.