There is no design without devotion. No progress without persistence. No education without commitment.My latest essay, The Discipline of Commitment in Design Education, explores what it truly means to stay with the process — to teach, to learn, and t...
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 a world obsessed with speed, spectacle and the next big trend, it is rare to find voices urging us to slow down, to touch, feel, imagine and question. In his new conversation with The New Art School, #designer, #educator and #creative thinker Gwen...
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...
Get in touch!Gwen van den Eijnde is a French–Dutch artist and costume designer based in the United States. For the past decade, he has been teaching apparel design at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, where he currently serves a...
Roots | Routes in Design Cumulus Athens 2026 conference calling for papers!The theme explores the interdependency between our past and our future as a fundamental value for devising pathways in Design. The working hypothesis of this conference is tha...
“#Creativity may flourish under constraint—but it suffocates under poverty.” #DesignEducation is being reshaped by privilege. If we don’t address it, diversity of thought will vanish. https://heretakis.medium.com/the-elephant-in-the-room-how-social-c...
#DesignEducation should do more than teach skills. It must cultivate #curiosity, #imagination, and the courage to think differently. Nietzsche warned that valuing sameness over difference corrupts young minds. Drawing on Freire, Montessori, Steiner,...
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...
In an era captivated by fleeting trends and hollow profits, the voice of John Ruskin, the 19th-century artist, writer, and social critic, resonates with striking clarity. His words, steeped in a reverence for truth, beauty, and justice, offer a compa...
