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 dedicating is for research and experimentations. 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 amongst 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 am 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

• DreamBrander 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 Organiser/Host

• Ghoexhibition 2014 to 2016 Co-Founder/Creative Director/Organising 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 FasoVisiting Lecturer – Visual Communication, Website Design and Development UI/UX Design.

Takoradi Techinical 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 recognised 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

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.

Zwischen 2001 und 2007 war er neben seiner publizistischen Tätigkeit als Creative Director für Kommunikationsagenturen und Designbüros tätig und beriet als Kommunikationsexperte internationale Unternehmen. 2008 wurde er zum Professor für Markenmanagement und Kommunikation berufen und übernahm 2010 die Geschäftsführung der staatlich anerkannten privaten Hochschule AMD Akademie Mode & Design.

Ab 2013 leitete er im Präsidium der Hochschule Fresenius den neu gegründeten Fachbereich Design und wurde dort 2017 auch zum Vizepräsidenten für Studium und Lehre gewählt. Schwerpunkte seiner Tätigkeit sind Digitalisierungsprojekte in Studium und Lehre sowie strategische Neuausrichtungen von Hochschulen und ihrer Bildungsprogramme insbesondere im gestalterischen Bereich. Professor Baumgartner gibt u.a. die Hochschulschriftenreihe Visuelle Kulturen heraus. Zuletzt erschien darin von ihm der Essay Die kreative Revolte. Ekkehart Baumgartner lebt und arbeitet in München.

Born in Casablanca to a Moroccan father and a German mother, Safir grew up in a multicultural environment after moving to Luxemburg 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 beschäftigt sich mit dem Raum und der Vermittlung von Inhalten. Als Konzeptionerin und Strategin entwickelt sie seit 2015 bei Atelier Markgraph Ausstellungen sowie innovative Vermittlungsformate. Zuvor hat sie das Designforum Rheinland-Pfalz geleitet und sich mit Vorträgen, Fachbeiträgen, Symposien sowie einer Designpreis-Ausrichtung für die Stärkung der Disziplin eingesetzt.

Zu ihren Referenzen zählen u.a. Ausstellungen wie „Mytopanton – Ableitungen im Design„, „Digitalability” sowie Veranstaltungen wie „Wer formt die Stadt?”. Neben ihrer kuratorischen Arbeit für Hessen Design hat sie von 2007 bis 2017 die Designplattform designkritik.dk als Co-Initiatorin ins Leben gerufen, um die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der Profession zu suchen.

Nach ihrem Studium an der Köln International School of Design folgten Arbeitsstationen bei Bel Epok, NowakTeufelKnyrim und dem Internationalen 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).

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 specialisation in instructional science and assessment practices. Her experience spans over 30 years in education as teacher, lecturer, academic registrar, curriculum and assessment expert, academic coordinator, programme 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, standardisation 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 programme 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 keep 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.

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

Yvette Chaparro, is a practicing Industrial Designer and educator, she is currently the Director of the MFA Industrial Design programme, 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, programme, 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, I.D. Magazine, and Communication Arts.

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.

M.A. in Leadership and Policy from Columbia University; M.A. in Secondary Education from Loyola Marymount University; B.A. 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 Doktor-Ingenieur | Ph.D.
• UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OF TROYES, FRANCE 2007 Diplôme d‘ingénieur | M. Sc.

APPOINTMENTS

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

PUBLICATIONS

• 1 Monograph, 1 Journal Article, 1 Book Chapter and 13 Articles in Proceedings of International Conferences. List under 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/organiser 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 learnt 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 Afrika 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.

Tanja Diezmann (*1969) gehört zu den Avantgardisten des Interface Designs. Sie studierte an der Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd und an der Hochschule der Künste Berlin. Nach Stationen als Creative Director von Pixelpark, als Professorin für Interface Design am Dessau Department of Design (HS Anhalt) und als Direktorin für Interaction/Interface Design am renommierten Art Center in Pasadena, USA, lehrt sie seit 2011 Interaction Design an der Hochschule für Künste in Bremen.

Spezialisiert auf die Entwicklung innovativer Interfaces und die Reduktion von Komplexität im Digitalen, arbeitet sie an der Verschränkung von Visualisierung, Dynamik und Interaktion. Mit ihrem Design Studio pReview digital design GmbH begleitet sie seit 2000 als Beraterin, Strategin und UX Expertin namhafte nationale und internationale Unternehmen. Tanja Diezmann lehrt, forscht und publiziert seit über 20 Jahren im Bereich UI/UX Design und Motion Graphics für interaktive und generische Anwendungen. Sie ist Mitglied im Art Directors Club für Deutschland (ADC) und lebt 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 Armour 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 Armour 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.

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 (Jahrgang 1964) studierte an der HfG Offenbach Produktgestaltung. Während des Studiums absolvierte er mehrmonatige Praktika in England, USA und Deutschland. 1994 gründete er zusammen mit Regina Wachenfeld das Designbüro Wachenfeld & Golla, dessen Hauptausrichtung die Gestaltung und Realisierung von digitalen Produkten ist. Zu den Auftraggebern zählen Firmen wie Audi, BMW, Bosch, Continental, Mettler Toledo, Nils Holger Moormann, Opel, Saab, Siemens, Sony, Winterhalter.

Neben der Gestaltung und Realisierung von Websites gehört das Konzipieren und Erstellen von Graphical User Interfaces zu den Schwerpunkten seiner Arbeit. Diese Interfaces finden ihren Einsatz in so unterschiedlichen Bereichen wie Car Infotainment Systemen, Expertensystemen in der Medizin-Technik oder Embedded Systems im Investitionsgüter-Bereich. Dabei steht stets der Mensch im Vordergrund, der imstande sein möchte, mit diesen teilweise völlig neuen Technologien intuitiv umzugehen (Human Centered Design).

Seit 1997 ist Matthias Edler-Golla Lehrbeauftragter an diversen Hochschulen: HfG Offenbach, Freie Universität Bozen, FH Deggendorf, FH Salzburg, Hochschule München. 2011 berief ihn die FH Salzburg (Studiengang MMA) als festangestellten Hochschullehrer, 2012 folgte die Berufung an die Hochschule München. Neben den Fächern „Interaction Design“ und „Web Design“ im Bachelor- Studiengang unterrichtet er auch „Ökologie & Nachhaltigkeit“ im Master-Studiengang. Für Hochschulprojekte kooperiert er gerne interdisziplinär und fakultätsübergreifend mit KollegInnen und Institutionen der Hochschule München sowie Partner aus Industrie und Gesellschaft.

Professional Experience

• Oct 2019 – Present Founder / Lead Facilitator SCHOOL OF GRAPHICS UYO F.H.E, 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 – Dec. 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

Mit seinem Frankfurter Büro 4gzl/designkontext (www.4gzl. de) ist er in den Bereichen Beratung, Strategie, Kommunikation und Corporate Publishing für Unternehmen wie ClassiCon, Cor, e15, Haffmanns & Neumeister, Lufthansa, Magazin, Merck, Richard Lampert oder Serien.Lighting tätig.

Er ist Mitglied mehrerer Designverbände und vielfach als Referent, Beirat, Kurator und Juror tätig. Als Designkritiker publiziert er in zahlreichen Buchpublikationen, Fach- und Publikumsmagazinen zur Design- und Alltagskultur, zum öffentlichen Designbild sowie zur kulturellen und gesellschaftlichen Relevanz des Designs; seit 2010 veröffentlicht er im Design Report die regelmäßige Kolumne „Designerglück“.

2011 wurde er zum Professor für Design und Medientheorie an die Hochschule München berufen (www.design.hm.edu). Er ist Leiter des Masterstudiengangs „Advanced Design“ und setzt in seiner Lehre Schwerpunkte auf Aspekte der Kultursemiotik und der Produktsprache, auf Designkritik und Designvermittlung sowie auf forschend-experimentelle Projekte im Kontext des sozialen Wandels und transformativer Prozesse.

Fellow Member and Past President of the Institute of Indian Interior Designers, he has exposure to Science and Humanities, while training with the Bombay Jesuits. After initial studies in Architecture he qualified with a Diploma in Interior Design, by the State Board of Technical Education. Passionate about education he conducts workshops locally, besides occasionally facilitating student activities overseas and has represented the IIID at events of the IFI, and APSDA.

His design practice of over four decades, reached out to healthcare, banking, retail, hospitality and corporate offices, for clients ranging from community to multinationals and presently focuses on small living spaces, education and geriatric care. With exposure to music, studios and auditoria have grown as preferred areas of work.

Collaborating with, Mildred D’Abreo, an educationist and personal coach, he drives DLLD – Design, Learning, Direction, and Living. “KWYDNK” – “Knowing What You Do Not Know,” is one of the initiatives that supplements young designers, facility managers, service providers and the end user, with knowledge and skills that are missed out in design training, focusing on social impact and responsible design solutions.

Chris Hacker is Chair, Product Design at Art Center College of Design. Chris brings his depth and breadth of design and leadership experience to the Product Design Department and to the College at large. Prior to this appointment, he had been teaching in the Graduate Graphic Design (MGx) department since 2016 where he helped develop the curriculum with a focus on strategy, design management and professional preparation. Hacker’s passion is bringing awareness to designers and other business people of their power in the business world to make sustainable design a key paradigm of design process and therefore make the products and materials produced lighter on the planet.

He is Chief Design Officer of Hacker Design Group, a design consultancy specializing in Product and Brand Design Management and Sustainability Design. Previously, Chris was Vice President Marketing and Design at Herman Miller and was Creative Director, Consumer and Specialty. He provided design and marketing leadership to the Herman Miller Collection and Consumer businesses and

Heads Sony’s Design Team as of 2014. Sony has always been at the forefront of design and became one of the first companies to create an in-house creative studio. Since its inception in 1961, Sony Design has forged its reputation as a leading and award-winning global design team. Today the value and contribution has expanded beyond purely product design, with a growing business portfolio in new domains such as medical, financial, education and entertainment. Designers strive to transform functional value and innovation into emotional experience, this encompasses what we refer to as the ‘Perceptual Experience project’. He has also served on the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry‘s (METI‘s) Study Group on the Relation between Industrial Competitiveness and Designs.

Maggie Hendrie, Pionierin auf dem Gebiet der User Experience, ist Vorsitzende des Undergraduate Interaction Design Department am ArtCenter, der ersten Schule in Südkalifornien, die einen solchen Studiengang anbietet. Als Vorsitzende half sie bei der Organisation des Symposiums „Data to Discovery“ und des laufenden Programms mit dem NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory und dem California Institute of Technology, das Informatik- und Designstudenten mit Forschern und Ingenieuren zusammenbringt, um interaktive Visualisierungswerkzeuge zu entwickeln.

Hendrie verfügt über mehr als 20 Jahre Erfahrung in den Bereichen Strategie für neue interaktive Produkte und Dienstleistungen, digitales Produktdesign, Projektmanagement, benutzerzentriertes Design sowie Usability- und User Experience-Tests. Im Jahr 2004 gründete sie das User Experience Competency Center von Sony Pictures Entertainment und war als Direktorin für die Zusammenarbeit mit Abteilungen auf der ganzen Welt dafür verantwortlich, Usability, Informationsarchitektur und Interaktion in Sony-Geräte und plattformübergreifende Projekte zu integrieren. Zuvor war sie Creative Director für User Experience bei Whittman-Hart/MarchFirst, Director of Client Solutions bei Caresoft, Strategy Director bei Manifest Digital und Senior User Interface Designer bei CyberMedia. Darüber hinaus ist Hendrie als Beraterin für zahlreiche Kunden tätig, darunter Risikokapitalgeber, Toyota, Kaiser Permanente und Accenture.

Sie ist die Leiterin von Maggie Hendrie Design, einem Unternehmen für kanalübergreifende Geschäfts- und Servicelösungen, das mobile und Web-Apps, Social-Media-Kampagnen und verbraucherorientierte Online-Tools für Start-up-Unternehmen und Fortune-500-Unternehmen wie Allstate, PepsiCo, Sears, Mattel und Toyota anbietet. Außerdem war sie als Dozentin an der Loyola Marymount University und am Otis College of Art and Design tätig.

Hendrie sagt: „Interaktionsdesigner müssen nicht nur auf multidisziplinäre Projekte und Arbeitsumgebungen vorbereitet sein, sondern auch auf ein Medium, das von gestischen, sensorgesteuerten Netzwerken bis hin zu Gameplay und verkabelten Städten reichen kann.“

Sie erhielt ihren MA in Liberal Arts von der Universität Edinburgh, ihren MS in Kommunikations- und Informationswissenschaften von der Universität Sorbonne Nouvelle und ihren DEA in Multimedia-Design und Kommunikation von der Universität Paris VIII.

• 2009 COR-Journalistenpreis „Wohnen und Design“
• 2007 Stipendiat des LKV (Lademoen Artists’ Workshop)
  in Trondheim, Norwegen
• 2002 Stipendiat des VCCA (Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, USA)
• 2000 Karl-Theodor-Vogel-Preis für herausragende Technik-Publizistik
• 1999 Stipendiat des Internationalen Journalistenprogramms Großbritannien und Gastredakteur bei wallpaper

Tomohiko Hirata is the CEO of Hyphenate (previously Ziba Tokyo), a strategic design consultancy based in Tokyo, Japan with the mission of bringing order to chaos and passion to life, through the creation of beautiful experiences. Hyphenate applies its originally developed methodology to engage clients through collaborative approaches. Hyphenate also organizes workshops, lectures, and seminars for governmental agencies and education facilities, such as Waseda University’s Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Kyoto University. On July 1st 2020, Hyphenate partnered with Nomura Research Institute to further provide consulting services in order to carry out product and service design based on their client’s needs.

In November 2018, Tomohiko was invited by Saudi Arabia to hold a lecture at the Asbar World Forum. Tomohiko Hirata’s Biography: 1983 Graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Aichi Prefectural University with a major in Design. He was then employed at Canon Inc. and led design projects featuring printers for office use.

1989 Employed at Bridgestone Corporation and developed a VI Project for IndyCar Race at the PR Department Design Center. Moved to the USA to advance the project and started to simultaneously work at Ziba Design’s US office. After returning to Japan, Tomohiko launched the Product Design Center at AXIS, as Bridgestone Design Center and AXIS had merged.

In 2006 Tomokiho independently founded Ziba Tokyo, now Hyphenate. Tomohiko Hirata has received many awards including Copy of The Year, G Mark, G Mark Grand Price, Reddot, IF, and ADEA.

He has also authored several books such as “Creation of Appealing Experience Value”, “The Magic of White Space” (Hitotsubashi Review), and “The First Penguins: How to Create New Values” (Design Produce, Kodansha).

Sandra Hirsch studierte Produkt- und Prozessgestaltung an der Universität der Künste Berlin und promovierte anschließend an der Technischen Universität München (TUM) zum Dr.-Ing. im Bereich Industrial Design. Sandra Hirsch lehrt seit 12 Jahren Designforschung sowie Designmethoden und -prozesse und betreut interdisziplinäre Entwicklungsprojekte. Im Zentrum ihrer Arbeit in Lehre, Forschung und Unternehmenskooperation en steht die Frage, wie transformative Gestaltungskompetenzen erlernt und gefördert werden können.

Für ihr Lehrkonzept Phase 0 wurde Sie 2013 mit dem Ernst-Otto-Fischer Lehrpreis ausgezeichnet. Sie war maßgeblich an der Konzeption und Einführung des Masterstudiengangs Industrial Design an der TUM beteiligt und erarbeitet zur Zeit mit einem kleinen Team ein Konzept für ein neues Integrative Research Center an der TUM.

• 1960 in Fürth geboren,
• 1977-1980 Ausbildung zum Technischen Zeichner, Fa. Grundig.
• 1980-1988 Allgemeine Hochschulreife, Zivildienst, Technischer Zeichner und Konstrukteur
• 1988–1993 Maschinenbaustudium an der FH Nürnberg, Abschluss als Diplomingenieur
• 1993–1996 Studium des Investitionsgüterdesigns an der Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste (ABK) Stuttgart
• 1996–1997 Gastprofessur IDAS Seoul, Korea
• 1996–1999 Künstlerischer Assistent an der ABK Stuttgart und Mitarbeit in diversen internationalen Designstudios Stuttgart, Köln, New York, London
• 1999–2001 Professor an der National University of Tsukuba, Japan
• 2000–2004 Designstudio in Tokio und Japan- Korrespondent für Form online
• Seit 2003 Professur für Produktgestaltung und Systemdesign an der Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, Fachbereich Design
• Seit 2014 Rektor der BURG, Wiederwahl 2018; Forschungsprojekte mit der Fraunhofer Gesellschaft IAO, dem Institute for Kansei Engineering and Industrial Design, Tsukuba, Japan; Industriedesignprojekte in Deutschland, England, USA, Korea, Japan

Karen Hofmann is the president at Art Center College of Design overseeing the undergraduate and graduate educational departments, academic, faculty and student affairs and ArtCenter Extension. Prior to being named president, she served as provost since July 2018 as well as chair of Art Center’s Product Design department since 2009 and began teaching at the College in 2001. In 2018, she was presented with the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Education Award in recognition of her significant and distinguished contributions to the field of industrial design education. She was similarly recognized in 2010, when Design Intelligence, published by the Design Futures Council, named her one of their Most Admired Educators.

During her tenure on faculty and as chair at Art Center, Hofmann led numerous initiatives including the development and launch of the Color, Materials and Trends Exploration Laboratory (CMTEL), the Wearables & Soft Goods concentration in the product design program, and co-led a unique study abroad program with INSEAD International Business School. She is the founder of the innovative project model Design Storms® (3-day creative immersions with Art Center faculty and students) collaborating with corporate partners exploring future market opportunities and emerging technologies. She is a co-creator of Art Center’s executive education programs focused on design-driven workshops and creative leadership seminars.

Birgitta Homburger ist eine international tätige Kreativdirektorin, Designerin und Beraterin an der Schnittstelle zwischen Kultur und Wirtschaft. Nach ihrer Ausbildung zur Kunstbuchhändlerin studierte sie Kommunikationsdesign bei Prof. Bazon Brock an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal. Ab 1998 war Birgitta Homburger als Art Direktorin bei der Agentur BBDO Düsseldorf für Kunden wie Handelsblatt, BMW und Allianz tätig. 2006 gründete sie mit Florian Lambl die designorientierte Kommunikationsagentur Lambl / Homburger und verhalf Kunden wie Mattiazzi, Wästberg, Flötotto, Authentics, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf und Spex Magazin zu einem hochwertigen Markenauftritt.

Aus der Gastprofessur an der Kunsthochschule Kassel folgten kontinuierliche Lehrtätigkeiten an der Universität der Künste Berlin und an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart. Seit 2018 berät sie Unternehmen als Studio Homburger in Berlin und verknüpft in ihrem Ansatz strategisches Denken mit unkonventionellen Designlösungen.

Robin is interested in how good design creates positive connections, new possibilities and ways of thinking. Originally from Cork, Ireland. As a child Robin was always drawing and dreaming up stories so it seemed right that she then on to study Animation in Dublin. Constantly curious and willing to try new things, Robin worked in the animation industry for a few years before turning to another passion: local food. At the time, despite the variety of high quality local produce available, she found there was still little appreciation for this in Dublin and so she started pop-up food events with local food advocate, the Mr. Kevin Powell. Using only local ing redients they collaborated with other local businesses including art galleries, breweries and cafes.

It was around this time Robin became interested in the concepts of permaculture design and how these principles can be applied to wider contexts. It was also the start of her thinking about design outside the graphic mediums. In 2015 Robin moved to Kyoto Japan in order to study Aikido as a trainee teacher for three years before working for a local graphic design studio where she was involved in branding projects for rural towns in Japan. She now works freelance as an illustrator, teacher and translator.

Minoru Ikeda was born in Kyoto city, japan, in 1962. He graduated from Kyoto Institute of Technology‘s design department in 1987. After that, Ikeda worked as a designer at Hitachi Ltd. in Tokyo. From 1987 to 1991, he designed information equipment, large scale computer systems, automated teller machines awarded Good Design.

In 1991, he left japan for Italy. In Milan, he worked at design group of Hitachi Europe Ltd. as trainee of designer. In 1993, he started to work as representative of this office. He collaborated with European designers, Clino Castelli for CMF project of computer system and Alexander Neumeister for High speed train. In 1996, after 5-year experience of Italy, he returned to Design center of Hitachi Ltd. From 1996 to 2000, he designed personal computers, handheld digital devices.

From 2000 to 2009, he designed mobile phones for KDDI, video camcorders and TV sets for global markets, including European countries and United States. At the same period, he conducted several advanced design projects, information devices of future, design language development for all Hitachi products. From 2009 to 2012, he worked as department manager of customer relation center of Information system division. He worked for management of advertisement and public relations of information system. From 2012 to 2015, he worked as manager of Product design department at design center. From 2015 to now, he is worked as chief designer of same department. He conducted advanced design projects for home appliances and rolling stocks with external design studios.

From 2005 to 2019, Minoru Ikeda is a part-time lecturer in the product design department Chiba university. Minoru Ikeda‘s designs have won around 40 design awards in Japan and Europe. His work was published at AXIS Japan 1993 at cover page, at DOMUS Italy 1997 in article of Clino Castelli, at Design News Japan 2000 as his own article.

• 1948 Born in Osaka Japan
• 1974 BA / Osaka University Japan / Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture Engineering
• After working as a City & Physical Planner for Urban Design,
• 1976-1981 Working as Architect at Tadao Ando Architect & Associates.
• 1977 got First Class architect in Japan
• 1981 Established Toshiroh Ikegami Architecture Company as First Class architect office
• 1986 Established URBANGAUSS as First Class architect office
• 1993-2014 Kyoto City University of Arts (KCUA), Faculty of Fine Arts / Department of Design / Environmental Design, as a Professor Architect & Space Designer
• 1993 Associate Professor
• 2000 Professor Doctor Course
• 2014 Professor Emeritus
• 2015-16 Kwansei Gakuin University, Department of Urban Studies / The School of Policy Studies as a Professor Architect
• 1992-2002 G-MARK Jury Member of Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP)
• 2001 Established NPO ECODESIGN NET WORK 2007- Chairman
• 2011 Established & Chairman Osaka Green Purchasing Network