In 1913, Frederick T. Gates, working through Rockefeller’s General Education Board, wrote a sentence that still haunts modern education: “We shall not try to make these people or any of their children into philosophers or men of learning or of scienc...
Chris Saunders of Right Aligned Academy joins Lefteris Heretakis to explore why the gap between design education and industry has become a void. Together, they examine the anxiety facing young creatives, the disappearance of junior roles, the rise of...
Dear friends,In The Hand Returns: Apple, Craft and the Future of Design Education, I look at Apple’s MacBook Neo campaign and the deeper message behind its handmade production process. At a time when AI can generate polished images in seconds, Apple’...
Post-Disciplinary Creative Practices for the 15th EAI International Conference:ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game CreationIn the twentieth-century artistic practices repeatedly sought to move beyond the specificity of medium, technique, process, style...
Graham Fink is one of those rare creative figures whose career refuses to fit neatly into a single title. Creative director, art director, writer, artist, technologist, musician, filmmaker and educator, his practice moves fluidly across disciplines,...
Dear friends,In this new episode of Design Education Talks, I speak with Dan Vlahos, a Boston-based design leader, educator, researcher, and Senior Lecturer at Bentley University. Dan’s work moves across graphic design, dynamic media, motion graphics...
Dear friends,I have just published a new article reflecting on Kaleena Sales, designer, educator, author of Centered: People and Ideas Diversifying Design, and Chair of the Department of Art and Design at Tennessee State University.The article is tit...
Dear friends,I have just published a new article on Medium: Mirrorless Cameras Accidentally Killed Photography. What Does That Mean for Design Education?The article begins with photography, but it is really about education, technology and the slow di...
Dan Vlahos is a Boston-based design leader, educator, and researcher. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Bentley University and is serving on the AIGA Boston Board. Vlahos is also a member of the Boston Society of Printers, the Design Management In...
Our guest today is Jan Kubasiewicz, Professor of Design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and one of the most influential figures in the development of dynamic media and motion design education. Born and educated in Poland, Jan has spent dec...
We are living through a moment of exposure. Artificial intelligence did not create the crisis in design education. It revealed it.
Nikolaus Hafermaas is a designer, educator, artist, and lifelong experimenter whose career moves fluidly between practice and pedagogy, Europe and the United States, the analogue and the digital. A self-described classic car romantic and spirited dri...
AI didn't break education, it revealed that we had quietly stopped requiring the thinking and started accepting the product in its place. When a student submits AI-generated work, they haven't skipped the homework; they've skipped the development, th...
Christian Dominique, co-founder of Digital Wellness and trained neuroscientist from McGill University, is on a mission to redesign education systems that have forgotten how to cultivate joy. In this compelling episode of Design Education Talks, Domin...
James Grady is a designer, educator, and creative researcher who fosters interdisciplinary collaboration in design, technology, and performance. As an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Boston University, he works closely with faculty, students...
