Antoine Abi Aad (Ph.D. and MA University of Tsukuba i Japan, DES Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts in Lebanon), is a designer, Assistant Professor, Head of Department of Graphic Design and Visual Communication at the Lebanese University (Lebanon) . He is also a frequent guest lecturer and has given talks and workshops at numerous institutions, including the Universida de de Brasilia (Brazil), International Design School (Jakarta), Institute of Business and Design (Moscow), Hong Kong Design Institute, IIT Bombay , Greenside Design Center College of Design (Johannesburg), Nara University of Education (Japan), and Yale University (New Haven).

Having taught 1600 students since 2004, Antoine's true dedication is for research and experiments. His passion is for letters: typography, calligraphy and handwriting. The different scripts he writes (Arabic, Latin and Japanese) led him to have special interests in the directions of writing, leftward, rightward and downward, and how these directions affect visual communication and advertising, or even more, motion graphics and animation.

Antoine is the Chairperson of Typoday Amman 2020, and he also served as a vice president of i-cod (formerly Icograda) from 2015 to 2017.

Antoine received his DES in Advertising from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts in Lebanon in 2000. Shortly thereafter, he moved for seven years to Japan, where he completed both his Masters of Arts (2004) and his Ph.D. (2007) in Visual Communication Design at the University of Tsukuba. After a year of postdoctoral research, he returned to Lebanon to take up his duties as Assistant Professor and coordinator of international cultural events and exchange programs between universities at his Alma Mater, ALBA. 10 years later, he joined the Lebanese University as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture, and he is currently Head of Department of Graphic Design and Visual Communication, Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture.

Having Phoenician blood in his veins, Antoine loves traveling. He worked, exhibited, taught or lectured in Bolivia (La Paz), Belgium (Eupen), Brazil (Brasilia, Maranhão, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo), Chile (Santiago), China (Beijing, Shenzen), Cyprus (Nicosia) , Dubai, Germany (Berlin, Ostrale), Greece (Patras, Thessaloniki), Hong Kong, India (Bangalore, Guwahati, Mumbai), Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Kanazawa, Mito, Nara, Tokyo, Tsukuba), Kenya (Nairobi ), Korea (Incheon, Gwangju, Seoul), Lebanon (Baalbeck, Beirut, Tripoli, Zahleh), Mexico (Mexico City, Xalapa), Morocco (Marrakesh), Peru (Lima), Poland (Warsaw), South Africa (Johannesburg) , Switzerland (Basel), Sri Lanka (Colombo), Taiwan (Tainan, Taipei), Thailand (Bangkok, Hua Mak), Tunisia (Tunis) and USA (Boston, Connecticut).

Lani Adeoye is driven by an innate desire to add creative value, using design as a dynamic tool to express her artistic perspective, redefine heritage and manifest intangible values.

Her boutique design studio (Studio-Lani) creates sculptural lighting fixtures and emotive furniture pieces, which celebrate West African Elegance with a contemporary sensibility. Blurring the lines between Art, Craft & Design. She also works as a design consultant, developing concepts for various brands such as Google, YouTube and NetGear; designing unique products and experiences. Most recently she was selected by Elle Décor as part of its 'Women of the World' 75 Global Female Designers worth celebrating. Dwell Magazine also included her in its annual list of 'Young Guns – New Designers Making Waves'. And in 2017 she won the Wanted Design's Launch Pad furniture competition in New York City. She has been featured in Architectural Digest, Design Milk, Elle Decor, Vogue, Design Indaba and Dwell among other publications.

Her versatility as a designer is a testament to her diverse life experiences, having lived in four major cities, namely Lagos, Montreal, Toronto & New York. After graduating from McGill University, she worked in Management Consulting, before transitioning into design and attending Parsons, The New School.

Lani enjoys collaborating on design projects at various scales and she welcomes a CREATIVE CHALLENGE!

Portrait by Yinan Xia

I'm a creative; innovation and design advocate with a high intent to see the Afrikan and the youth of this global economy become highly conÿdent in their creative intelligence and abilities to serve others with useful solutions by harnessing the resources available to them to change their world.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Institute of Design and Synergistics (IDS) 2017 to present Co-Founder, Principal and Lecturer

• Dream Brander Network 2014 to present Founder, Executive Creative Director

• Janssen (Johnson and Johnson – Ghana) 2018 to present Service Provider: Brand Design Strategist/ Marketing

• KNUST, Kumasi 2015 to present Strategy Design Consultant / Interior Designer

• DBN/WalterSeven Associates (Construction Firm) – 2017 to present Co-Founder/Design Consultant/Interior Designer

• AlloyBlue (An IT and Software Firm) 2018 to present Product Developer, Creative Directing

• DreamUp 2012 to 2015 Founder/Executive Organizer/Host

• Ghoexhibition 2014 to 2016 Co-Founder/Creative Director/Organizing Secretary

• CAFAN Meida 2012 to present Creative Director/Publisher

• Diabetes Youth Care 2012 - Present Creative Director/Design Consultant

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE (LECTURING)

KNUST (Dept. of Comm Design) Graduate Teaching Assistant / App TrainerInstructor – Fundamentals of Communication Design, Visual Communication, Basic Design Theory and Skills.

Institute of Design and Synergistics (IDS) Lecturer - Creative Intelligence, Innovation and Design Thinking, Business and Leadership, Curious Observation, Design & Synergy, Inclusion Design.

ISIG International, Burkina Faso Visiting Lecturer – Visual Communication, Website Design and Development UI/UX Design.

Takoradi Technical University Visiting Lecturer - Composition in Visual Communication, Layout in Photography.

For more information: snokaideas@gmail.

Chrissa Amuah is the Founder & Creative Director of AMWA Designs, an Adinkra inspired luxury homeware and interiors brand. She is an MA graduate from the world-renowned Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts London. Chrissa describes living with a sense of duality. Although born and raised in London, her heritage stems from Ghana, Togo and Benin; but it is from Ghana that she draws most of her design led inspiration.

Following an international debut at Milan Design Week 2015, Chrissa has gained global recognition with press features in Elle Décor Italia, Departures magazine and the FT's How To Spend It, to name a few.

She has since gone on to establish AFRICA BY DESIGN; a concept of love intended to showcase and celebrate the best of Africa's design talent. AFRICA BY DESIGN works to create international commercial opportunities for its featured designers. Since its launch, AFRICA BY DESIGN has exhibited in five cities across four continents. In 2017, Chrissa was recognized as the Black British Business Award Consumer & Luxury Category 'Rising Star'.

2020 will see the launch of her collection with Bernhardt Design – one of America's most highly reputed and largest textile and furniture manufacturers. AMWA Designs is also selected as the upholstery supplier for the relaunch of the Holiday Inn, Lusaka Zambia.

The highlights of 2020 include, Chrissa Amuah's collaboration with renowned architect, Alice Asafu-Adjaye, to represent Ghana for the London Biennale 2020.

For more information:
www.amwadesigns.com T @AMWA_Designs Instagram amwa_designs
www.africabydesign.org T @africabydesign1 Instagram africabydesign

Photo Credit: Heba O. Al-Saafeen

Natalia is a versatile and self-employed Media and UX Designer with a passion for print products and branding. She is a native speaker of both German and Icelandic and finds inspiration in international collaboration and connection.

With a background as a trained media designer, Natalia has had the privilege of working with advertising agencies and small businesses across Europe. Her journey in the field has equipped her with a profound understanding of a wide range of design tools, enabling her to craft captivating visual experiences. Furthermore, she has developed powerful brand strategies and campaigns. Her proficiency extends to social media management and customer relationship management, where she has successfully driven engagement and loyalty.

In early 2023, Natalia achieved her bachelor's degree in Media Design, with a specialized focus on Branding and Art Direction. Currently, she is pursuing her master's degree in User Experience Design at RFH Cologne, further enriching her skill set. Her concentration centers on the creation of user-centered designs, ensuring that every product she crafts places the user experience at the forefront. Natalia is also delving into the exciting realm of emerging technologies, exploring how AI can be used to enhance and elevate the field of design.

Katrin Androschin is an expert in brand management, brand identity and strategic design. With her agency EMBASSY she develops brand strategies, design and communication for companies, cities, regions and countries. The place brands created by EMBASSY include the city of Berlin (“Be Berlin”), the Latvian capital Riga, the German-speaking community of Belgium (place brand “Ostbelgien”) and Upper Austria. She is a moderator for change and innovation processes and an experienced jury member for innovation funding programs.

Katrin Androschin has been a professor of design since 2002 and has headed the international MA Strategic Design course at the SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences since XNUMX. Previously, she was a professor at the Dresden University of Applied Sciences, at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences (btk) Berlin and at the Free University of Bolzano in Italy. Further teaching positions took her to the German University in Cairo (Berlin Campus), the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn, the ITB Institute of Technology Bandung in Java/Indonesia and the Istituto Superiore di Design in Naples. Katrin Androschin often deals with strategic design thinking, design innovation and digital strategies in her university projects.

Links:

www.embassyexperts.com

https://www.srh-berlin.de/en/master/strategic-design-berlin/

https://www.unibz.it/en/

Prof. Dr. re. pol. habil. Hans Knud Arndt, born in Hamburg in 1963. Studied business administration at the University of Hamburg, graduating with a degree “Diplom-Kaufmann” in 1990. From 1991 to 1992 worked as a consultant for a medium-sized company in Berlin and for Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme Berlin AG in the Berlin in the area of solution-oriented consulting. From 1992 to mid-1995 research associate at the Institute for Ecological Economic Research (IÖW) gGmbH in the research group “Ecological Corporate Policy” in Berlin. From July 1995 to November 2004 research associate at the Institute for Business Informatics of the Economics Faculty of the Humboldt University in Berlin. Conferral of a doctorate in April 1997 and postdoctoral qualification (Habilitation) in November 2002 at the Humboldt University in Berlin. From the 2002/03 winter semester until the end of November 4, interim professor of the third C2004 professorship for business informatics at the faculty for computer science (FIN) at the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg. On December 01, 2004, Prof. Dr. Hans-Knud Arndt appointed as full professor and head of the working group Business Informatics - Management Information Systems - at the Institute for Technical and Business Information Systems (ITI) of the Faculty of Computer Science (FIN) of the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Since October 2020 Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science (FIN) at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Research focus including usability/user experience and sustainable design of information and communication technology. Introduction of the compulsory subject "Usability and Aesthetics" in the bachelor's degree in business informatics.

Jenny has been working as a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Dresden since 2019, where she is responsible for teaching in the field of communication design.

In the previous ten years, she was involved in teaching at various arts universities (Halle, Potsdam, UdK Berlin); both in fundamentals teaching and in project courses in the B.A. and M.A. She knows university teaching in design over the last two decades from every perspective as a student (Potsdam, Zurich, Leipzig), as a staff member, as a professor. In the meantime, she has come to realise that every university is a cosmos of its own, one that one has to get to know over and over again and, more importantly, to question.

Her main interest is in fields of action that are intermedial and involve the development, communication and orchestration of content. It is important to her to check the necessity of applied media already at the beginning of the development of design concepts and to develop design principles that can be thought of as a regulator for different media. For her, designing does not mean the solitary pursuit of artistic ambitions, but she understands it as a joint development in dialogue with each other.

In her Berlin studio, she mainly works on the conception of books, and in her design she explores the narrative possibilities above all in the field of academic publishing. Since 2008, she has been developing publication formats in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Christian Reutlinger, which are created in the context of research at the Institute for Social Work and Spaces, University of Applied Sciences OST, St. Gallen.

From XNUMX to XNUMX, she accompanied the research and the publishing outcome of the graduate college of the University of the Arts, Berlin »Das Wissen der Künste« (The Knowledge of the Arts) as a designer.

Baumert began her professional career at the Städtische Bühnen Münster. There she trained as a theater painter, where she learned all techniques from poster and lettering painting to architecture, landscape, portrait and illusion painting. After completing her training, she moved to the Bühnen der Landeshauptstadt Kiel where she worked for three more years as a theater painter for numerous stage productions. Stages in the state capital Kiel where she worked as a theater painter for numerous stage productions for three more years.

She then gave her artistic qualifications a new direction by studying communication design at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel. During her studies, she had various engagements as a stage designer in Spain, Turkey and Tunisia, where she developed stage designs for several theaters in large hotel complexes. In 2004, as part of her studies, she realized a video clip for the band Fury in the Slaughterhouse as one of the first immersive 360° all-dome projections for the planetariums in Hamburg and Kiel.

In 2006, she successfully completed her studies with a diploma and worked in various advertising agencies for three years before setting up her own design studio in Kiel. Her clients come from the public sector as well as small and medium-sized enterprises.

Her first freelance teaching assignments in digital media design followed in 2016 at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design Kiel, the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and the Technische Hochschule Lübeck.

Since 2022, Kirsten Baumert has been a lecturer for special tasks in the basics of design at the MSD Münster School of Design.

Colin is recognised as a leading global thinker, writer and skilled practitioner in Experiential Learning. He has worked with many organisations advising on learning and development, including the Foreign Service Department of the US Government working on the development of diplomats and ambassadors. He has also advised the Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Youth and Culture in Singapore on educational issues. He has worked with many corporate clients, public bodies, universities and charities. Colin was invited as a member of the European Innovation Team of Interface. Flor, the world’s largest floor textile manufacturer.

His work includes over 60 global keynotes, 19 book chapters, 44 refereed articles, and several books, including an audio book on sensory intelligence, and a 4th edition book on experiential learning. He has held three visiting professorships, including two in leading Chinese universities. He is on the editorial board and reviewing panels of many leading journals. He is a National Teaching Fellow, Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Kevin Bethune is the founder and chief creative officer of dreams • design + life, a "think tank" that delivers design & innovation services using a human-centered approach. Kevin's background spans engineering, business and design in equal proportion over his 20+ year career, positioning him to help brands deliver meaningful innovations to enrich people's lives.

Kevin began his career as a mechanical engineer in the nuclear power industry. This chapter gave him deep product experience working with high performing teams across 14 nuclear reactor upgrade campaigns. After his MBA, Kevin joined Nike, Inc. in a business capacity, but quickly navigated to the Global Footwear product engine to drive advanced digital product creation capabilities, discovering the world of design in the process.

After solidifying his creative foundation through further studies at ArtCenter College of Design, Kevin co-founded distinct design & innovation capabilities at two Tier 1 management consulting firms in Booz & Co. and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). As VP of Strategic Design at BCG Digital Ventures, he led a large cohort of designers that would influence and shape every corporate venture spun out from the incubator. Kevin left BCG Digital Ventures to carve his own path under the banner of dreams • design + life, focusing on unlocking human potential through strategic design, industrial design and the building of new ecologies.

Between 2001 and 2007, in addition to his journalistic work, he worked as a creative director for communications agencies and design offices and advised international companies as a communications expert. In 2008 he was appointed professor of brand management and communication and in 2010 took over the management of the state-recognized private university AMD Academy of Fashion & Design.

From 2013, he headed the newly founded design department on the executive board of Fresenius University of Applied Sciences and was also elected vice president for studies and teaching in 2017. His work focuses on digitalization projects in studies and teaching as well as strategic realignments of universities and their educational programs, especially in the design area. Professor Baumgartner edits, among other things, the university series Visual Cultures. Most recently, he published his essay The Creative Revolt. Ekkehart Baumgartner lives and works in Munich.

Born in Casablanca to a Moroccan father and a German mother, Safir grew up in a multicultural environment after moving to Luxembourg at the age of six. After getting his engineering degree in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, he secured an internship at Mercedes Benz in Stuttgart before being accepted to Art Center College of Design's Transportation Design program. With over 20 years of combined experience as an automotive engineer and industrial designer, Safir has been able to leverage his strategic thinking and creative problem-solving skills to tackle a wide range of innovation challenges. Safir was an early adopter of 3D design and prototyping tools and carried his experience from the automotive world into the fashion and footwear industry. As Head of Innovation for the industry's leading Action Sports brand, Vans, he oversaw a number of initiatives that spanned across product and experiences. In his new role, heading Digital Innovation for VF's 20+ Apparel, Footwear, and Accessories brands (amongst which Vans, The North Face, Timberland, Dickies and most recently Supreme), he aims to explore the opportunities offered by digital tools and workflows and imagine the future of digital design and product creation.

He is an Aspen Institute First Mover's fellow, heads up the 3D Retail Coalition's Education Committee and teaches Design and Innovation at Art Center College of Design as well as at University of Southern California's Iovine and Young Academy (founded by Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine). An advocate of purposeful and responsible design, Safir has been pursuing a passion project, building out his vision of an experimental model for education in Design and Innovation. For this, he is in the process of securing partnerships with some of the most respected thought leaders and educational institutions to help democratize access to world-class education and close the digital skills gap. Safir speaks 8 languages, lives in Pasadena, California with his wife and twin daughters, and spends his free time practicing the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira, going down slopes at an unreasonable speed on a mountain bike or snowboard and traveling the world in pursuit of the perfect shot and the perfect bite.

Nicole Birlenbach deals with space and the communication of content. As a concept designer and strategist, she has been developing exhibitions and innovative educational formats at Atelier Markgraph since 2015. She previously headed the Rhineland-Palatinate Design Forum and worked to strengthen the discipline with lectures, specialist contributions, symposiums and a design award.

Her references include exhibitions such as “Mytopanton – Derivations in Design”, “Digitalability” and events such as “Who Shapes the City?”. In addition to her curatorial work for Hessen Design, she co-initiated the design platform designkritik.dk from 2007 to 2017 in order to seek critical engagement with the profession.

After studying at the Cologne International School of Design, she worked at Bel Epok, NowakTeufelKnyrim and the International Design Festival Berlin DESIGNMAI.

Dominik Böhler, Ph.D – Head of Entrepreneurship & Tech Education at Unternehmer TUM Dominik Böhler is responsible for entrepreneurial and technology-oriented teaching activities for students. This includes curricular courses (Tech Talents) and personal development programs (Manage&More) at TUM and beyond.

Focal fields are personality development, design thinking, technology development, and business modeling. Dominik and his team put emphasis on developing new methods in teaching and delivering prototypes in a flipped classroom setting. He graduated in business administration and holds a PhD in information systems from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU).

Professor Ilona Boniwell is one of the European leaders in positive psychology, studying, researching, teaching and implementing positive psychology for over 20 years, working as an academic, but also as a consultant with private companies, education, higher education and governmental institutions.

She is a full professor of positive psychology and coaching psychology at the University of East London, co-directs the International MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology and a PhD Programme in Positive Psychology at UEL, teaches Positive Management at l'Ecole CentraleSupelec Paris and HEC, and consults around the world as a director of Positran. Her main teaching expertise lies in the areas of positive psychology and positive psychology applications, with research interests around: subjective time use, time perspective, eudaimonic well-being, measuring well-being and engagement at work, tangible tools and applications of positive psychology to business, executive coaching and education.

Ilona founded and was the first Chair of the European Network of Positive Psychology (ENPP), and was subsequently the member of its Steering Committee for many years. She organised the first European Congress of Positive Psychology in June 2002 (Winchester), starting a successful tradition of bi-annual events. She was the first Vice-Chair of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) and has been continuingly the member of its Board of Directors since 2007. She is currently the Vice-President for the Francophone Association of Positive Psychology, serves on the Board of Directors of the Wellbeing Education Network (WEN) and is a co-editor of the Applied Positive Psychology Journal.

She had authored, co-authored and co-edited twelve books within the discipline of positive psychology. Ilona is the author of Positive Psychology in a Nutshell (2006, PWBC; 2016, McGraw-Hill), co-author of The Happiness Equation (2008, Adams Media), Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications (2011, 2019, Open University Press), Well-Being Lessons for Secondary Schools (2012, Open University Press), co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Happiness (2013, Oxford University Press) and Positive Psychology Coaching in the Workplace (2021), and co-author of Motivated Adolescents (2015, Odile Jacob) and PEPS: Positive Education for Parents and Schools (2018, Leduc). She is currently working on a new book, Positive Psychology at Work in a Nutshell (forthcoming in 2022). She acted as the main consultant for and appeared in the BBC2 series The Happiness Formula (2006). Her other media work included Guardian, Times, Top Sante, Cosmopolitan and Psychologies articles, TV and radio interviews, and columns. Currently, she is consulting ARTE on the documentary about the progress of positive psychology (appearing alongside Professor Martin Seligman) and writing a monthly column for the Positive Psychology magazine.

Ilona frequently addresses psychology and professional audiences at national and international conferences, having delivered a TEDx, as well as over 300 keynotes, invited presentations and workshops. Multiple keynotes delivered range from those addressed to highly specialist audiences (e.g. International Conference for School Violence, Canada, 2018; 9th European Congress of Positive Psychology, Hungary, 2018; 5th Happiness and Well-Being Summit, Mexico, 2017; 8th Congress of the European Network of Positive Psychology, France, 2016), the 5th Australian Positive Psychology and Well-being Conference, Australia, 2016), through to many other professional groups - business leaders (e.g. EY, Luxembourg, 2021; Chanel, France, 2021; Goldman Sachs, UK, 2018), teachers (e.g., GESS Education, UAE, 2018), parents (e.g. Unilever, 2020-21), general public audiences (e.g. Action for Happiness, UK, 2014) and even children (e.g. Printemps d'Optimisme, France 2021). She gave evidence to the British and Bhutan Governments, and addressed congresses of up to 5, 000 delegates (e.g., LH Positive Economy Forum, Italy 2014).

Ilona is passionate about practical applications of positive psychology to coaching, business and education. Her clients include Club Med, L'Oreal, Microsoft, SNCF, EDF, Sanofi, Bull, Mars, Eric Bompard, Microsoft, BNP Paribas, Sanofi, Sodexo and many others. Nowadays, as a director of Positran, a boutique consultancy specialising in the applications of evidence-based methodologies to achieve lasting positive transformation, Ilona delivers advanced professional training in positive psychology. She has developed her own approach to positive psychology coaching and training and trained thousands of professionals around the world (in Japan, Singapore, China, Dubai, South Africa, Portugal, France and the UK). She further worked for the Government of Bhutan to develop a framework for happiness-based public policy at the request of the UN, as a member of the International Expert Working Group for the New Development Paradigm. She also consulted the Prime Minister's Office of the UAE around the development of the toolkit for workplace positivity and organisational well-being assessment.

Recent Publication
Smith, W., Boniwell, I., & Green, S. (2021). Positive psychology coaching in the workplace. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79952-6

dr Celia Booyse - Senior Manager: Statistical Information and Research at Umalusi (Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training), South Africa.

dr Booyse holds a D. Ed in Didactics, with specialization in instructional science and assessment practices. Her experience spans over 30 years in education as a teacher, lecturer, academic registrar, curriculum and assessment expert, academic coordinator, program developer and researcher. At Umalusi, she is responsible for a variety of cross-cutting tasks to ensure standards development processes of the education and training sectors under the guardianship of Umalusi.

She oversees research, strategic internal and external support, statistical information, standardization and resulting. She develops instruments for comparative research, international benchmarking, to determine levels of productive thinking, cross-mapping of outcomes and the analysis of assessment items. She does the conceptual framing of research initiatives and embeds the development of curriculum guidelines in theoretical frameworks.

She is the co-writer of four books on learning program development and curriculum studies. Her articles and conference papers are on instructional design, assessment practices, curriculum matters, the application of typologies, also as strategy in skill development, the impact of feedback and teaching methodologies.
To maintain equilibrium, her interests are in biofeedback technology, growing bonsai and orchids and involvement in community development initiatives.

The following encapsulates my beliefs on education: I embrace a holistic, neuroscientific view of deepening learning and metacognition in order for a child to make meaning and strong connections. I embrace scaffolded, discovery learning and assessment based on conducive cognitive-motivational-relational configurations and which is directed to innovation and critical, constructive thinking.

A learning environment filled with compassion, motivation and mediation lies close to my heart. (Hand in hand with Carl Rogers, Jerome Bruner, Loris Malaguzzi, Reuven Feierstein, Lev Vygotsky, Eric Jensen, Daniel Pink and Richard Lazarus)

Kristine leads ArtCenter's global partnerships with industry and alumni, overseeing the institutions career and professional development and creative entrepreneurship resources. As part of college's international programs, she manages the ArtCenter Berlin satellite studio and exchange and study away teams. As a long-time member of the ArtCenter community, Kristine has supported the remarkable career paths of the schools graduates and is a passionate advocate of increasing access and sharing the impact of creative education in our world.

Nathalie Bucher works as Senior Designer CMF (Color, Material and Finishes) for a global car manufacturer. For her, materials are the interface between people and products - it is the interactive and emotional connection. Part of her work is the global development of color and material concepts for production products of the future.

The other part is the research and development of new materials with more functions or more natural content, trying to optimize today's products to make them more sustainable and emotional. Nathalie Bucher studied Transportation Interior Design at Reutlingen University. She gained a very good understanding of the automotive industry and everyone who works in this industry. Her studies provided a lot of basic knowledge that she was able to build on when she started her professional life. Her plan B when it came to choosing a career was always to become a teacher.

After training as a craftsman, Simon Busse studied Industrial Design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and at the Design Academy Eindhoven under Richard Hutten and Gijs Bakker. Stations in Barcelona at the Gonzalo Milá design studio and the Xavier Claramunt architecture firm confirmed him to found his own studio in 2005.

Since then, the studio has been designing and developing projects ranging from serial industrial products to individual furniture objects and staged spaces. The range of tasks is as varied as the scale and the clients: security concepts and products are created for Abus, furniture for the office area for deSede, exhibitions for the state of Baden-Württemberg and in the Workhouse by USM, Simon Busse dived into spatial concepts of future working environments in an unconventional setting with his workshop guests. The studio's work has been published many times in print and online magazines such as Financial Times, Detail, Stylepark, Icon, Dezeen and Wallpaper, and has won awards and been exhibited internationally.

Teaching has become another important focus for Simon Busse over the years. That is why he has been a lecturer at international universities as Elisava (Barcelona), FHNW (Basel), China Academy of Art (Hangzhou) und AdbK (München) since 2011 and passes on his experience in workshops, seminars and design consultancy - since 2021 as Visiting Professor of Industrial Design at Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Applied Sciences.

Angus Donald Campbell is the Head of Department and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). He is also a founder and steering committee member of the Design Society Development DESIS Lab, based in the Faculty.

Campbell is a qualified industrial designer with a Master's degree and over 15 years of university lecturing, research and freelance design experience. His design research focuses on sustainable innovation at the nexus of social, technological and ecological systems within the complex South African context.

For more information: www.angusdonaldcampbell.com

Sara Canna is an experienced Human Resources professional with extensive international experience in leading large-scale projects in the areas of: Talent Management and Development, Learning, Emotional Intelligence, Staff Engagement and Organizational Development. She has over 20 years' experience in Global Talent Management and Development within international and multicultural organizational environments; she is a certified coach and career counselor with a specialization in Emotional Intelligence assessment and development. Her main passion is supporting individuals and teams to enhance their potential by tapping into their inner resources; developing and growing their knowledge, skills and competencies in order to enable them to excel in their performance, feel fulfilled and empowered. She currently works at the World Health Organization and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Yvette Chaparro, is a practicing Industrial Designer and educator, she is currently the Director of the MFA Industrial Design program, and an Assistant Professor of Product and Industrial Design, at Parsons/The New School in New York. She graduated as an Industrial Designer from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, and as a Filmmaker and Master of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in New York. She works for various clients such as Restoration Hardware, West Elm, Ralph Lauren, Prym, Villeroy&Boch, amongst others; spanning through various industries such as bath/kitchen fixtures, hardware, lighting, furniture, tabletop, tools, home goods, etc.

As an academic, Yvette is interested in teaching designer s how to learn and question continuously through making and discovery; exploring topics such as morphology, modularity, systems, abstraction, growth patterns, families of objects, programs, and typologies. Yvette lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Allan Chochinov is the Founding Chair of the MFA in Products of Design graduate program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and a partner of Core77, the design network serving a global community of designers and design enthusiasts since 1995. Allan lectures widely at professional conferences, and has been a speaker and guest critic at schools including MIT, Yale School of Management, Columbia School of Business, RMIT, IIT, and Carnegie Mellon.

He has moderated and led workshops and symposia at the Aspen Design Conference, the Rockefeller Center at Bellagio, and is a frequent guest critic and competition juror. Prior to SVA and Core77, his work in product design focused on the medical, surgical, and diagnostic fields (projects include work for Johnson & Johnson, Oral-B, FedEx, and Herman Miller). He has been named on numerous design and utility patents and has received awards from The Art Directors Club, The One Club, ID Magazine, and Communication Arts.

Prof. Angela Clemens works on various design and art topics. She likes to experiment with new technologies and develop creative solutions for almost anything.

Since 2017, Angela is Professor of Intermedia Design at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. In Flensburg, Angela has build up and manages the DesignLab, is part of the campus sustainability network (NeNa), as well as the Center for Visualization and Usability (CIVU). In her teaching, she is focusing on Intermedia and Intervention Design, and investigates the creative potential of light installations.

Previously, Angela taught at the School of Design at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, where she was also First Year Program Director. In her research, Angela focuses on Basic Design Education and Interaction Design for children. As a part of her art projects, Angela photographed the curious Kiwi custom of taking interior furniture outside, and – back in Germany – creates artistic couch installations herself (https://couch-projekt.de/).

Angela originally comes from Munich, Germany. She holds a Diploma in communication design from University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmünd (1996) and a Masters of Design from Massey University, Wellington (2010). In addition, she completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning at Victoria University of Wellington (2013) and a Gender Certificate at University of Applied Sciences, Munich (2006).

Prof. Sabine Cole started teaching at the Faculty of Design at HAWK Hildesheim in the summer semester of 2022. Her professorship belongs to the competence field “Advertising Design” and focuses on Strategic Design, Branded Content and Storytelling. She began her career 25 years ago as an advertising copywriter and worked in well-known advertising agencies until 1999. Since the turn of the millennium, she has written as a columnist and author for numerous magazines and daily newspapers. She is well acquainted as a journalist, author and director of award winning videos.

Sabine Cole has written two books, one about food (“The Great Cooking”, Brandstetter Verlag) and one about lovesickness (“Bye bye Love”, Rowohlt Verlag). Since 2005 she has been editor-in-chief of the independent men's magazine FELD HOMMES, from which FELD 100 and later LOVED&FOUND developed. In corporate publishing, she was editor-in-chief of the Hamburg design agency loved GmbH from 2008, where she was responsible for the national and international Audi magazine as well as other corporate media from Volkswagen to REWE. Since 2010, she has increasingly focused on videos and online formats and, as Executive Creative Director, heads the branded content and video unit Moved.
She is a member of the Art Directors Club Germany in the editorial team and a member of other industry-relevant juries, such as the Best of Corporate Marketing BCM, the Pro Campus Press Award for the best university newspapers and the Pinker Pudel positive prize for gender-equitable advertising. She also volunteers to support the Chickpeace catering service for female refugees, which she co-initiated in 2015. Sabine Cole has also been a lecturer at the Hamburg School of Ideas since 2017.

Previously: Senior Program Manager at University of California, Office of the President; Project Consultant at New Schools Venture Fund; Research Consultant at Institute for International Education; Adjunct Professor at California State University, Northridge; Instructor and Administrator at Bishop Mora Salesian High School in Los Angeles. Facilitated and delivered 10+ conference workshops and talks across the United States and Europe.

MA in Leadership and Policy from Columbia University; M.A. in Secondary Education from Loyola Marymount University; BA in Journalism from Boston College

SUMMARY

• PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR TUMCREATE LTD, SINGAPORE From Feb 2017 | Design for Autonomous Mobility
• CONSULTANT R&D PROJECTS MUNICH From Dec 2011 to Dec 2016 Key clients: BMW Group, Siemens AG
• RESEARCH ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH From May 2008 to May 2011 | Chair of Resource & Energy Technology

EDUCATION

• TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH, GERMANY 2012 PhD engineer | PhD
• UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OF TROYES, FRANCE 2007 Diplôme d'ingénieur | MSc

APPROVALS

• STRATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN SINGAPORE, Academic Board Member
• MANUFACTURING STANDARDS COMMITTEE SINGAPORE , Member of the Working Group 'AV Basic Behavioral Requirements'

PUBLICATIONS

• 1 Monograph, 1 Journal Article, 1 Book Chapter and 13 Articles in Proceedings of International Conferences. List at henriette-cornet.net/

Felix Ofori Dartey is a PhD student (Graphic Design) and a Research Assistant at University of Leeds. He is also an independent design researcher, professional graphic designer and founder/organizer of a pan-Afrikan graphic design awards (Graphic Design Awards Afrika) for Afrikan university students. Felix is ​​also involved in design advocacy and a founding member of Pan Afrikan Design Institute, and DesignGhana.

He holds a bachelor's degree (2003) in Graphic Design from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana), and a master's degree (2009) in Graphic Design from University of Leeds. He has over fifteen years of professional experience as a graphic designer working with advertising agencies in Ghana and as a freelancer in UK.

Felix moved to UK to pursue further studies where he learned more about design, and now he is advocating for design to be used as a business tool and a tool for community and national development in Ghana and Africa as a whole. He is also heavily involved in training and developing the next generation of Afrikan graphic designers through his awards scheme which is in Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Kenya.

The Italian, born in 1951, is one of the most important designers and architects of our time. He made history as a co-founder of two important design movements of the 20th century – Alchimia and Memphis. During his life he designed furniture for the most famous Italian and European companies and realized numerous architectural projects in Italy and abroad. Michele De Lucchi has taught at the IUAV in Venice since 2001; In 2008 he was appointed professor at the Faculty of Design at the Politecnico Milan and a member of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome.

Prof. Tanja Diezmann (*1969) is one of the avant-gardists of user interface design. After working as creative director of Pixelpark (2011-XNUMX), as professor of interface design at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau (XNUMX-XNUMX) and as director of interaction/interface design at the renowned Art Center in Pasadena, USA (XNUMX-XNUMX), she now teaches interaction design at the University of the Arts in Bremen. Specializing in the development of innovative interfaces and the reduction of complexity in the digital world, she works on the interweaving of visualization, dynamics and interaction.

Specializing in the development of innovative interfaces and the reduction of complexity in the digital world, she works on the interweaving of visualization, dynamics and interaction. With her design studio pReview digital design GmbH, she has been supporting well-known national and international companies as a consultant, strategist and UX expert since 2000. Tanja Diezmann has been teaching, researching and publishing in the area of ​​UI/UX design and motion graphics for interactive and generic applications for over 20 years. She is a member of the Art Directors Club for Germany (ADC) and lives in Hamburg.

Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur — an online education platform that teaches creatives how to make a living doing what they love.

He currently serves as the chairman of the board for the SPJA, and as an advisor to Saleshood. He has also served as: advisory board member and programming chair for AIGA/ LA, Emmys Motion & Title Design Peer Group, Otis Board of Governors, Santa Monica College and Woodbury University.

He has taught sequential design for over a decade at the Ar t Center College of Design. Additionally, he has lectured all over the world including Digital Design Days Milan/Geneva, Awwwards SF/NYC/AMS, The Design Conference Brisbane, Birmingham Design Festival, Creative South, AIGA national conference, Lu Xun Academy Fine Art Dalian, Motion Conference Santa Fe, MIT Boston, Bend Design Conference Bend, VMA Design Conference San Francisco, Graphika Manila, Create Philippines, Rise Up Summit Cairo, RGD Design Thinkers Toronto, California Institute of the Arts, LA Art Institute, Otis College of Design, UCLA, MGLA , Cal State Los Angeles/ Northridge, Post Production World, Adobe Video World and San Diego University.

Mr. Do has given talks and conducted workshops on: Negotiations, Pricing & Budgeting, Communication, Mindset, Branding, Graphic & Motion Design, Social Media Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business Management, and Client Relations.

Dave Dombrow is currently consulting, teaching and launching a new start-up brand in the athletic industry. Mr. Dombrow has a passion for Athletic Performance and is constantly looking to challenge the status quo and progress the industry. Mr. Dombrow has over 20 years of experience including positions at Under Armour, Nike, GBMI, Puma and Salomon. Most recently Mr. Dombrow served as Chief Design Officer at Under Armor where he oversaw all Design / Design Strategy. Previously, he was Performance Creative Director at Puma, held various Design roles at GBMI and was a member of the Basketball Footwear Design Team at Nike.

His introduction to Footwear Design began while interning at Salomon in Boulder, Colorado. Not able Accomplishments: Throughout the last 20 years, Mr. Dombrow has worked on many great teams, been featured inpublications and received various Design / Innovation Awards from Red Dot, Runner's World, Outside, Nike, and Competitor. Additionally, Mr. Dombrow helped grow Under Armor business from approx 750 million to approx 5 billion during his tenure.

Mr. Dombrow is originally from San Diego where he was often found drawing and developed his love for gear and all things performance. He attended Wake Forest University in North Carolina but ultimately followed his passion for Design and graduated with Honors from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He currently resides in Portland, Oregon with his wife, two kids, cat and dog. You can usually find him spending time with his family, obsessing footwear, or out on a trail.

Susanne Dreyer is a designer and architect researching technology-driven design research methods in creative spaces. She has a master's degree in Architecture and Industrial Design from TUM (Technical University Munich). After several years as an architect and freelance designer, she is currently a research assistant and PhD candidate at the Chair of Integrated Product Design (Prof. Thoring) at TUM. Besides that, she has broad expertise in different fields, from digital fabrication, focusing on 3D printing, working closely with early-stage startups as a designer, to typical architectural work and university teaching.

Vikki is a design theory and history lecturer, focusing on design evolution and theories that influence modern design practice. She is a tenured member of staff at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Her interest in the user experience and service design fields has resulted in the number of international research projects funded by the European Union and corporate consultancy.

Vikki believes that creative exploration is a powerful tool in the learning experience and as such explored both traditional design practice and arts-based methods. She is passionate about establishing a holistic learning culture and developing frameworks to support this. Working on research projects with Umulusi, the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, has offered her an opportunity to contribute to the development of educational in South Africa.

Currently Vikki is one of the directors of Innovative Design Education Africa (IDEA) Collective. As part of this exciting organization she has the opportunity to explore and share the impact that design and creative thinking can have on life-long learning and preparing individuals for the world of the future.

Matthias Edler-Golla (born 1964) studied product design at the HfG Offenbach. During his studies, he completed internships lasting several months in England, the USA and Germany. In 1994, together with Regina Wachenfeld, he founded the Wachenfeld & Golla design office, whose main focus is the design and realization of digital products. The clients include companies such as Audi, BMW, Bosch, Continental, Mettler Toledo, Nils Holger Moormann, Opel, Saab, Siemens, Sony, Winterhalter.

In addition to the design and implementation of websites, the conception and creation of graphical user interfaces is one of the main focuses of his work. These interfaces are used in areas as diverse as car infotainment systems, expert systems in medical technology or embedded systems in the capital goods sector. The focus is always on people who want to be able to intuitively deal with these sometimes completely new technologies (Human Centered Design).

Since 1997, Matthias Edler-Golla has been a lecturer at various universities: HfG Offenbach, Free University of Bozen, FH Deggendorf, FH Salzburg, Munich University of Applied Sciences. In 2011, the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (MMA course) appointed him as a permanent university lecturer, and in 2012 he was appointed to the Munich University of Applied Sciences. In addition to the subjects “Interaction Design” and “Web Design” in the bachelor’s degree program, he also teaches “Ecology & Sustainability” in the master’s degree program. For university projects, he enjoys collaborating on an interdisciplinary and cross-faculty basis with colleagues and institutions at Munich University of Applied Sciences as well as partners from industry and society.

Professional Experience

• Oct 2019 – Present Founder / Lead Facilitator SCHOOL OF GRAPHICS UYO FHE, Uyo, Nigeria
• April 2019 – January 2020 Director Design & IT (Remote) OONI OF IFE GLOBAL OUTREACH LTD. (OIGO), United Kingdom/Nigeria
• May 2016 – Present Founder/CEO INTERNMAC GLOBAL SERVICES, Uyo, Nigeria
• Feb 2016 – April 2016 Communications Consultant TALENT BUSINESS SCHOOL, Uyo, Nigeria
• Dec 2010 – Dec 2015 Freelance Designer/ Front-end Developer INTERNMAC STUDIOS, Uyo, Nigeria
• June 2015 – December 2015 Co-founder/ Lead Designer ZSPYDA TECH., Uyo, Nigeria
• Aug 2014 – Mar 2015 Content Writer, Editor, and Book Designer PENCILPOINT INTERNATIONAL, Uyo, Nigeria
• Jun 2009 – Aug 2009 Digital Film Editor / Trainee AKWA IBOM BROADCASTING CORPORATION , Uyo, Nigeria