We hope this message finds you well. We are writing to introduce The New Art School, an independent educational initiative dedicated to rethinking art and design education for the twenty-first century. The New Art School is built on a clear...
There is a question at the heart of every serious conversation about education, and it is one institutions are structurally designed to avoid. What if attendance were voluntary. Not rhetorically voluntary. Not theoretically optional. But structurally...
We hope this message finds you well. We are writing to introduce The New Art School, an independent educational initiative dedicated to rethinking art and design education for the twenty-first century. The New Art School is built on a clea...
This week I’m joined by Nikolaus Hafermaas — designer, educator, and the restless mind behind Transmedia Design at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena.Nikolaus grew up in Kassel as a “documenta child,” studied at UdK Berlin, built cultural experi...
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...
This week we published a piece about Malcolm Grear, and we think it might be the most absorbing thing we have written in a while. Grear arrived at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1960 intending to stay for twelve months. He stayed for thirty-eig...
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...
Today on Design Education Talks, we’re joined by John McFaul , Executive Creative Director, Brand Consultant, Educator, and one of those rare, restless creatives who has never quite fitted into the neat boxes the world tries to offer. From the Wirral...
Design has been domesticated into a polite, portfolio-friendly profession—sanitised, aestheticised, stripped of its teeth. But design was never meant to be safe. It was meant to expose, to question, to disrupt.
As AI, economic pressures, and shifting employment landscapes reshape the industry, institutions must prioritise adaptability, collaboration, and critical thinking. The future belongs to those who embrace change, and educators like Jac Batey are lead...
Sheng-Hung Lee is a designer, engineer, and educator dedicated to advancing human-centered design and systemic service innovation. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), focusing on human behavior and se...
Apple used to speak softly, now it shouts. The iPhone 17 Pro’s new typography is bold, extended, and loud. But in chasing power, has Apple sacrificed the restraint that made its design language timeless? Our latest article unpacks this visual shift a...
