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Design Education Talks

Lefteris Heretakis

After the very first Design Education Forum by the New Art School in 2019, Design Education Talks podcast was created as a dynamic platform for the exchange of insights and ideas within the realm of art and design education. This initiative sprang from a culmination of nearly a decade of extensive research conducted by Lefteris E. Heretakis MA RCA. His rich background in art, design and education, intertwining academia, industry, and student engagement, laid the foundation for a podcast that goes

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31:40

Lauren Alexander - Designing with Care, Complexity,...

Design Education Talks ·

2026/09/24

Lauren Alexander is an artist, educator, and researcher whose practice operates at the intersection of design, critical inquiry, and collective work. Born in South Africa in 1983 and now based in the Netherlands, her trajectory reflects a sustained engagement with questions of power, history, and representation. Trained originally as a graphic designer, Alexander has gradually expanded her practice beyond service based design, developing a research led approach that uses storytelling, archive...

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46:45

Design as Experience: Ksenija Miļča on Interiors,...

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2026/08/25

In this episode of Design Education Talks, we speak with Ksenija Miļča, Assistant Professor and Head of the Interior Design and Brand Design study programmes at EKA University of Applied Sciences in Riga, Latvia. Her work sits at the intersection of brand identity, spatial design, visual communication, sustainability and design education, bringing together questions of aesthetics, value, meaning and human experience. Together, we explore how design education can move beyond fragmented courses...

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47:21

The Education of Attention: Esen Karol on Design,...

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2026/07/24

In this episode of Design Education Talks, I am joined by graphic designer, publisher, editor and educator Esen Karol for a thoughtful conversation about what it means to educate designers in an age of distraction, artificial intelligence and accelerating change. Drawing on her experience at Pratt Institute in New York and through her independent cultural criticism journal Manifold, Esen reflects on the changing role of the design educator, the importance of editorial thinking, and why the fu...

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41:14

Simon Collins - What Design Schools Get Wrong About...

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2026/06/23

Simon Collins is one of the most internationally experienced figures working at the intersection of design education, creative leadership and innovation. His career spans global brands including Nike, Zegna and Polo Ralph Lauren, leadership roles at Parsons School of Design, advisory work with governments and major institutions, and his current position as Chief Creative Officer of the Design Innovation Institute Shanghai. Having lived and worked across Europe, the United States and China, Si...

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33:38

Graham Fink - Why Process Matters More Than Finish in...

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2026/05/24

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, cultures, and technologies. From global advertising leadership roles to experimental art-making, from working with robotics and AI to developing tools that allow him to draw using only his eyes, Graham’s work is driven by a restless curiosity and ...

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51:44

Dan Vlahos - Dynamic Media, Critical Thinking, and...

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2026/04/26

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 Institute, and was a founding member of Design Museum Boston (now CoDesign Collaborative). His interdisciplinary design work has been recognized by the AIGA, the One Club, Print, How, and the Interactive Media Council. Vlahos began his career in Arn...

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69:44

Jan Kubasiewicz on Teaching Design as a System of...

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2026/03/27

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 decades working at the intersection of visual language, time, information, and systems. He is the founder and long-time coordinator of the Dynamic Media Institute at MassArt, a programme that helped define how motion, interaction, and data could be t...

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63:38

Nikolaus Hafermaas - Berlin Unplugged: Design,...

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2026/02/24

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 driver, his work is grounded in physical experience, curiosity, and resistance to comfort—values that shape both how he designs and how he teaches. Growing up in Kassel, Hafermaas encountered art early as a source of awe rather than instruction. With...

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46:45

The Future of Learning with Christian Dominique: AI,...

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2026/02/19

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, Dominique reveals a startling statistic: adults laugh and smile more than ten times less than children, and traces this "domestication" directly to outdated educational models that prioritise compliance over creativity. Drawing on cutting-edge neurosci...

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25:22

Design in Motion: James Grady on Creative Process and...

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2026/01/25

Get in touch! 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, and industry partners to explore how emerging tools and processes shape creative practice. His teaching emphasizes experimentation, authorship, and process-driven design, encouraging students to merge traditional and digital techni...

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40:41

The Second Mountain: John McFaul’s Search for Purpose...

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2025/12/27

Get in touch! 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 to New York, from art school misfit to brand visionary, John's career is a vivid testament to curiosity, risk-taking, and cultural immersion. He began his journey believing he was a failure for choosing Art & Design over Oxford ...

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18:31

From MIT to IDEO: Sheng-Hung Lee on the Future of...

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2025/11/28

Get in touch! 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 service design. He is also a Board Director at Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). His interdisciplinary research integrates design, technology, and system engineering to develop innovative service models that enhance longe...

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21:19

Zines, Books, and Beyond: The Practice of Jac Batey

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2025/10/28

Get in touch! I run MA illustration and teach on BA illustration. Also supervise practice-based PhDs. Specialism is in illustration/artistbooks/zines and teaching. My own creative practice is mostly as in artists book /artzines and as an artist. I work both digitally and also with real materials like drawing, collage and print. I think social awareness and research skills are an important part of teaching illustration. I initiated and curate the UoP Artzine collection Zineopolis, this is a re...

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31:25

Costume as Sculpture: The Worlds of Gwen van den Eijnde

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2025/09/25

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 as Head of Programme. While pursuing his artistic research at the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg, he began creating costumes as sculptural works. His practice explores how the act of wearing a costume can transform one’s presen...

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35:24

Design Education Talks: Brian Grimwood - The...

Design Education Talks ·

2025/08/27

Get in touch! As an illustration educator, few figures stand out as boldly, and as impactfully, as Brian Grimwood. His work is not merely a reflection of evolving visual trends; it is a catalyst for change that helped define what modern illustration could become. In an era when hyper-realistic, tightly controlled imagery dominated the commercial landscape, Grimwood dared to introduce a freer, more expressive line, loose, lyrical, and unmistakably human. Emerging in the 1970s, Grimwood’s early...

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31:01

Design Education Talks Haluk Sicimoğlu: Blending...

Design Education Talks ·

2025/07/31

Get in touch! We’re thrilled to welcome Haluk Sicimoğlu, a dynamic strategist, storyteller, and entrepreneur hailing from İzmir. As the founder of THAAT’S IT!, Haluk brings a sharp focus on innovation powered by insight, and crafts heartfelt brand narratives that truly connect with people You might know Haluk from his compelling TEDx talk in 2019 — “Kimsenin Sevmediği Kahve” (The Coffee That No One Likes) — where he masterfully used a simple cup of coffee to unpack how overlooked ideas ...

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47:54

AIGA Special: Design Is a Performance... But Who’s...

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2025/07/17

Get in touch! Lee-Sean Huang - Co-Executive Director, Learning + Programs Giulia Donatello - Design Competitions and Event Manager The 2025 AIGA Design Conference is happening in Los Angeles from October 9th to 11th, and it's not just any conference—it's the 40th anniversary! This is the place to be for three days of inspiration, connection, and professional growth. As a listener of our podcast, you get an exclusive 15% discount on your ticket. Use the code DESIGNEDUCATIONPODCAST when you re...

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25:56

Ari Chand: The Future of Design Education:...

Design Education Talks ·

2025/06/29

Get in touch! Dr Ari Chand, Lecturer in Illustration and Animation, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia. Ari is a Designer/Illustrator and practice-based design researcher, Lecturer in Illustration and Animation at UniSA Creative at the University of South Australia, Australia, and soon to be Adelaide University launching in 2026. He teaches into the only combined Illustration and Animation Degree in Australia. Primarily teaching Illustration and Animation theory and practice, wit...

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31:11

Design Education Insights: A Conversation with Ingmar...

Design Education Talks ·

2025/05/26

Get in touch! Born and raised in Hamburg, Germany, Sven Ingmar Thies studied graphic design at Braunschweig University of Art and completed his final thesis in Tokyo and Yokohama. Since his time at university, he has focused on a holistic design approach that seamlessly connects to other design disciplines, other specialist areas or even to handicrafts. This conviction was intensified further by two professional engagements at Henrion, Ludlow & Schmidt in London, where brands were holist...

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44:59

Episode 100 - Prof. Phil Cleaver

Design Education Talks ·

2025/05/09

Get in touch! Support the show Since its inception in 2019, Design Education Talks podcast has served as a dynamic platform for the exchange of insights and ideas within the realm of art and design education. This initiative sprang from a culmination of nearly a decade of extensive research conducted by Lefteris Heretakis. His rich background, intertwining academia, industry, and student engagement, laid the foundation for a podcast that goes beyond the conventional boundaries of educational ...

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