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.
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 creat...
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, Mun...
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 desi...
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...
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...
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, i...
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 c...
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...
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 desig...
