Design Education Talks

Gonzalo Raineri, Designer, Architect, Magister in Environmental Studies and Bioclimatic Architect, candidate for a doctorate in Design. University professor for over 20 years. Final project advisor, product and spatial design studios coordinator and member of the curriculum committee at the Design School at Finis Terrae University. Design researcher, project evaluator, jury in design competitions, as well as senior lecturer and consultant on topics related to sustainable design and disciplinary development associated with autopoiesis. Worked in Amsterdam, Dublin, Madrid and Santiago. Creator of the YouTube channel BigBangThinking.https://www.bigbangthinking.com/ Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Haluk Mesci has been in advertising his whole life, writing copy, building and selling agencies, teaching in many universities, translating some 14 books on advertising, creativity, and branding into Turkish. He is also the creator of a unique ‘advertising practicum’ that overcomes the weaknesses of three other ‘student-run agency’ models known in the world. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Haluk_Mesci Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Patrick Morgan, trained at the Royal College of Art and Kingston University, Patrick has worked as a commercial artist for over 20 years receiving commissions from famous designers and exclusive patrons; Yves Saint Laurent, Tom Ford, Dior, Fendi, The Royal Academy of Arts, The London Olympics, and was commissioned to do a portrait of US Vogue Creative Director Grace Coddington.Major works created in collaboration with Tom Ford for the English National Ballet, Ballet Russe’s 'The Firebird', which was then reused to represent Art and Culture at The Mayor of London's Office for the Olympics during 2012. Patrick also designed with Tom Ford the Justin Timber lake world tour and most recently designed a scarf collection for Christian Dior and James Bond's film 'Spectre'.www.patrickmorgan.co.uktwitter: @pmorganart Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Oded Ezer, B.Des, Senior Lecturer, Graphic Design Department, Holon Institute of Technology Typography is a central part of graphic design: creating and organising letters, words, sentences and simple and complicated texts in a given format. My professional work has many facets, and all of them, one way or another, are connected with words. Consulting on Complex Typographic Design Visual editorial planning and art direction for magazines, newspapers and books. These products tend to include various content and wording which require large scale thinking and meticulous typographic planning. Among the studio’s clients: Little Brown and Co., Globes financial newspaper, Maariv newspaper, Makor Rishon newspaper and Open TBE. Font Design for Designers Since 2000 I have been involved in the field of typeface (fonts) design and distribute my fonts independently.Among my best known Hebrew fonts are: Doo, Rutz, Alchemist, Meoded, Sussita, Na, Ezer Block, Frankrühliah, and many more. Among the clients who use my fonts are leading advertisement and online design companies, daily newspapers and magazines, book publishers, TV channels and many independent designers. Some of my fonts have won excellence awards from the New York Type Directors Club, the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), as well as the Israeli Ministry of Education Award. Corporate Fonts for Companies Custom made, unique fonts that reflect the company’s values are an essential tool of its entire branding, and upon which all the company’s visual and advertising material is based.Thus, I have created an automatic visual connection between the product, its commercial message and the company. A perfect match between the font and company’s values is a cornerstonein the process of building a visual concept that will be created according to specific criteria for each company, such as the nature of its products, its potential customers, the purpose of advertising, etc. Among the studio’s exclusive font clients: mSystems, Migdal insurance company, YES, Globes financial newspaper. Logo and Trademarks Design Since 2000, I have been involved in the field of Branding in general, with special focus on Logo Design for small and large- sized companies. Among the logos I have designed throughout the years are logos for Bank Hapoalim, Open TBE, YES, Channel 10, Channel 2, Netex, Promotheous, Magnolia, Globes financial newspaper and many more. The studio works are published in books, catalogues and design magazines all over the world. Poster Design and Printed Matter This comprises poster design for cultural events, companies and mainly as part of my experimental activities. Some of the posters are kept in private collections of the largest and most eminent museums in the world such as MoMA, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich and Israel Museum. Teaching Typography in Israel and Abroad In 2001 I began teaching typography and magazine design to 3rd-4th year students at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, at the newly established Graphic Design Department, as part of the founding team. Later on, I taught magazine design and experimental typography to 3rd-4th year students at the WIZO Academic Center in Haifa, and for a short term, Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Dan Wong is Professor of Web Design in the Communication Design Department at New York City College of Technology, CUNY since 2008. Professor Wong holds a Masters of Fine Art degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art, a four-year AOCA degree from the Ontario College of Art and Design and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto, with focused studies on behavioural cognitive and physiological psychology.Prof. Wong is co-founder and executive director of Design Incubation since 2014, a venue for design academics and researcher to discuss and collaborate on scholarly activities, publication, and review.Prior to entering the academy, Dan Wong had been working in the field of Medical Communications. He has worked as creative director of design and marketing in educational publishing, pharmaceutical marketing, and continuing medical education (CME). He has launched corporate products, produced journals and textbooks, directed design services, and created technology solutions for both established global companies and start-ups.Professor Wong has combined his interests in science, education, communications, business, technology and the arts to bring an understanding to students whose interests span a variety of topics.Attached is an article I wrote a while back about the course I teach: Web Traffic and Analytics. It is only slightly outdated and I've changed things to the course slightly as things have changed with industry and social media.Where you can find me:designincubation.comdan-wong.comtwitter:@designincubation@danwongnycInstagram:@designincubation@danwongnycLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-wong-33934111/Facebook:www.facebook.com/dan.wong1 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

I am a creative, an artist, a designer, and a design educator. Currently I am an Assistant Professor of Art and Graphic Design at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA), creator and host of the DESIGN DEDUX™ Podcast, and founder of Twist Creative Studio ™ and creative director with Dave Creek Media. I have earned my MFA in Design from Savannah College of Art and Design , an MS in Marketing, Communication, and Information Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology, and I have taught a variety of design curriculum ranging from branding and advertising to typography as well as packaging to graphic design history. My work advocates the application of humanistic experience and typographic form and visual communication with an ideology that design can exist and communicate in multi-dimensionalities signifying a ‘user-experience’ that is articulated, understood, sensed, and embodied. Beyond my academic career I have accrued more than twenty-five years as a professional designer with design experience encompassing freelance design, public relations, advertising, marketing, publications design, video production, and more.http://petebella.com/ Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Life and times - John SpencerAward-winning creative director and graphic designerWaving the flag for instinct and imaginationAuthor of Time Flies When You're Having Fun, an A to Z of idiosyncratic letters Coming soon, my new book There’s no bullsh*t like design bullsh*t. Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Member of the International Society of Typographic DesignersWe’re creatively led but all our work is underpinned by a sound understanding of business strategy. We work in a more flexible, responsive way than conventional, studio-based agencies. Offthetopofmyhead is a collaboration between the most talented and experienced people around and brings together the best team of specialists for each job. We work together remotely using the latest technology so we don’t have high overheads and offer better value. Importantly, our virtual agency model is allowing our clients to work safely with us during the Coronavirus pandemic.Offthetopofmyhead - http://offthetopofmyhead.co.uk/ Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Rama Gheerawo is an international and inspirational figure within design. He is a serial innovator in the fields of Inclusive Design, Design Thinking and Creative Leadership having personally led over 100 projects working internationally with governments, business, academia and the third sector. He won a ‘Hall of Fame’ award for his work at the Design Week Awards in 2019 and was named a 2018 Creative Leaders by Creative Review alongside Paul Smith and Björk, Empathy is at the heart of his practice. As Director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, he uses design to address society’s toughest issues from ageing and healthcare, to ability and diversity. He looks at how to instigate positive change in individuals and organisations through personal research in Creative Leadership, with workshops delivered globally to thousands of people including 700 civil servants. He is in high demand as a keynote speaker, and writes, curates exhibitions and runs workshops for audiences that range from students to business executives. Rama sits on a number of advisory boards and committees for awards, universities and organisations such as the UK Design Council, The International Association for Universal Design, UX India, the Design Management Institute and the Design Intelligence Awards. He has worked as a Visiting Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Katowice Academy of Fine Art. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Louise O’Boyle is Acting Head of Belfast School of Art, Ulster University and Secretary of GLADHE, the UK-based Group for Learning in Art & Design in Higher Education. Supporting the learning of students both inside and outside of the studio has been a key driver in the evolution of her research, leadership and teaching practices over the past two decades. Her pedagogical research focuses on the construction of value-based praxis in Art and Design Higher Education learning and teaching.Louise’s arts practice focuses on the interdependent relationship between emotional and physical wellbeing. Current work includes challenging attitudes towards mental ill health and the promotion of emotional wellbeing through socially engaged research and an eclectic practice of animations, performance and sculpture. In tandem, she is passionate about creating visual narratives informed by bioethical discourses on end of life care in the articulation of patient narratives as they live through the process of dying.Website: http://www.louiseoboyle.comInsta: louoboyleTwitter: @louoboyleOther: https://gladhe.comhttps://damnumvquaestus.wordpress.com Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Frank Peters FCSD CDir FIoD Chief Executive of the Chartered Society of Designers and The Register of Chartered Designers Honorary Secretary Prince Philip Designers PrizeAs Chief Executive of the Chartered Society of Designers (CSD) since 2001, Frank has applied his vast experience of design and commerce to running CSD, developing its strategy and designing and developing international initiatives in support of its members and the profession.Frank trained as an exhibition designer at a polytechnic and on leaving in 1976 got a job in a display company later moving to a large international exhibition contractor. Within two years of study he had set up his own consultancy encompassing exhibition, interior, graphic, advertising and branding design working extensively for UK and international motor companies designing stands at European Motor Shows. The development of a language consultancy increased international work and the company was appointed to provide all translation and interpretation for the duration of the channel tunnel project working with the designers and engineers.However, he is most proud of his work at the Society which includes; supporting graduates ‘From Learning to Earning’™ with the design and development of an international accreditation programme for design courses with some 70 courses from 6 countries participating, the design and development of a framework for professional design practice across all disciplines known as CPSK™, working with the Society’s Patron HRH The Duke of Edinburgh to take over the management of the Prince Philip Design Prize and to set up an award for students in his name, and most importantly the work to design and develop a chartership for designers and gaining Royal powers to set up a unique register and award the title of Chartered Designer. As Frank says, ‘At last there is recognition of the profession of design with a universally accepted status of chartership aligned to the other professions such as architecture, accountancy and law’.Frank has been a regular visitor to China since 2003 giving talks and representing the UK design profession which led to curating the London Design Pavilion at Shenzhen Design Week in 2019.If you enjoyed this podcast/vlog consider subscribing and becoming a patron and receiving the content earlier than anyone else on https://www.patreon.com/join/1349538#education #design #art #designthinking #designer #designeducation #artist Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Design Education talks ep.14 - Tea UglowTea Uglow has worked at Google for over 12 years, starting Google’s Creative Lab in Europe and, since 2012, building a Creative Lab for the Asia Pacific region in Sydney, Australia. She works with cultural organisations and practitioners to enable artists, writers and performers to look at new ways in which we can use digital technology to augment traditional art, theatre and music.Uglow believes that by experimenting with digital tools at the creative core of culture we can transform existing cultural practice without losing the tradition, values and intangible qualities that make the arts so valuable. Previous projects include Editions at Play, which won a 2018 Peabody award for digital storytelling, Belongings with SBS, Oracles with Punchdrunk, Amaravati with the British Museum, Hangouts in History (education), Dream40 with the RSC, buildwithchrome.com (LEGO), Web Lab with London's Science Museum, Life in a Day a YT film with Ridley Scott and the YouTube Symphony Orchestra (with the LSO), she is proud of her early involvement in the Art Project (now Google's Cultural Institute) . Tea speaks on innovation and digital futures around the world. (Her 2015 talk for TEDx Sydney has had over 1.5 million views). In 2018 she was D&AD’s Digital Jury President, and sat on the Cannes Glass Lion jury. She is a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique International), the ABC Arts Advisory Panel, and the Science Gallery Leonardo Group. She has sat on the board of directors for the Biennale of Sydney; D&AD; and AWARD.Tea studied Fine Art at the Ruskin in Oxford, before completing two further degrees in Book Arts and Design Management at UAL. She spent 6 years in arts publishing and design management for charities as well as in various digital start-ups joining Google in 2006. Prior to Google, Tea worked for the Royal Academy of Arts, the Wellcome Trust, Random House and Christian Aid. Tea is also a very active and proud parent of two small boys. She lives in Sydney, Australia.If you enjoyed this podcast/vlog consider subscribing and becoming a patron and receiving the content earlier than anyone else on https://www.patreon.com/join/1349538#education #design #art #designthinking #designer #designeducation #artist Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Murat Germen is an artist, academic and archivist using photography as an expression / research tool. Born 1965, he currently lives / works in Istanbul and London. Has an MArch degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he went as a Fulbright scholar and received AIA Henry Adams Gold Medal for academic excellence. Works as a professor of art, photography and new media at Sabanci University in Istanbul. Having many papers, photo series published on architecture / photography / art / new media in various publications; he has lectured at tens of conferences internationally.His oeuvre focuses on impacts of over-urbanization and gentrification, dis/possession, new forms / tools / methods of imperialism, civic rights, participatory citizenship, sustainability of local cultures, human devastation of nature, climate change, global warming, water rights. Has two monographies, one published by Skira (Italy) and the other by MASA (Turkey). Has opened/joined over eighty inter/national (Turkey, USA, Italy, Germany, UK, Mexico, Portugal, Uzbekistan, Greece, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland, Iran, India, Australia, France, Canada, Bahrain, South Korea, Dubai, China, Sweden, Switzerland, Egypt) solo+group exhibitions. More than 300 editions of the artist’s several artworks are in personal collections of eminent art collectors inter/nationally, in addition to several that are in Istanbul Modern, Proje4L Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art (Istanbul), Centre of Contemporary Art in Toruń (Poland), Benetton Foundation’s Imago Mundi – Istanbul Codex, Yapi Kredi Bank Culture and Arts Center (Istanbul), Odunpazari Modern Museum (Eskisehir, Turkey), Evliyagil Museum (Turkey) collections.http://muratgermen.com/http://www.facebook.com/MuratGermenArtistPhotographerhttp://artsy.net/artist/murat-germen - http://www.artnet.com/artists/murat-germen/Skira Monograph (2016):http://www.amazon.com/Murat-Germen-Stephan-Berg/dp/885722869X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463830475&sr=1-1http://www.pandora.com.tr/urun/murat-germen/485198New Turkey monograph from MASA (2013):http://www.pandora.com.tr/urun/yeni-turkiye-new-turkey/498067If you enjoyed this podcast/vlog consider subscribing and becoming a patron and receiving the content earlier than anyone else on https://www.patreon.com/join/1349538#education #design #art #designthinking #designer #designeducation #artist Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Timothy Samara is a New York–based graphic designer and educator whose thirty-year career has focused on visual identity and branding, communication design, and typography. Since 2000, he has split his time between professional practice and academia, defining a highly-respected reputation as an instructor at the School of Visual Arts, Parsons/The New School for Design, Purchase College SUNY, New York University, The University of the Arts, and Fashion Institute of Technology. Mr. Samara is a frequent lecturer and contributor to design publications both in the U.S. and abroad. He has written ten books on design to date (all from Rockport Publishers), which have been translated into ten languages and are used by students and practitioners around the world.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Dr Penny Hay (FRSA, FHEA) is an artist and educator. Penny is a part-time Reader in Creative Teaching and Learning and Senior Lecturer in Arts Education, School of Education and also Research Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries.Previously Penny was a teacher with responsibility for the arts, advisory teacher for art and lecturer in arts education at Goldsmiths College, the Institute of Education, University of London, Roehampton Institute and the University of the West of England.Penny has worked extensively in arts education across the UK and co-ordinated the professional development programme for the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD). She was instrumental in setting up the National Artist Teacher Scheme with Arts Council England and NSEAD that offers teachers the opportunity to develop their own creative practice, culminating in the first summer school at Tate Modern.Penny coordinated CEDES (Creative Education: Disaffection, Exclusion and Society): a two-year action research project, in collaboration with the Centre for Research in Education and Democracy at the University of the West of England. She was also a Creative Agent for Creativity Culture and Education (CCE) and co-convened the SW Hub for the Cambridge Primary Review Trust, researching the Power of the Arts in Primary Schools.Penny is a member of the Crafts Council Learning and Development Advisory Group, HundrED Advisory Group, Cultural Learning Alliance Advisory Group, RSA Innovative Education Network, BERA Creativity in Education Special Interest Group and Chair of the Creative Practice Research Group in Bath Spa University's Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries. Penny is the Strand lead for Creative Pedagogy in Centre for Policy, Pedagogy and Practice and Associate Director of the Centre in Transnational Creativity and Education TRACE. She works internationally with University Autonoma Barcelona and University of Agder, Norway.Penny is an artist researcher on the Global Challenges Research (AHRC) project in Dharavi Mumbai: ‘Rethinking waste and the logics of disposability’, Compound 13 Lab is an experimental learning space, built on methodological and pedagogical innovation, where issues of work, waste, education and sustainability are explored to develop a 'living curriculum' for young people.Penny integrates her experience in arts and education with participative action research, engaging individuals, institutions and communities. Her doctoral research focused on how as adults we support children's identity as artists. Penny is a school governor and active in children's rights. She is an elected Fellow of the RSA and has an award from Action for Children’s Arts for her contribution to arts education.https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/...​http://houseofimagination.org/​http://www.forestofimagination.org.uk/​http://www.schoolwithoutwalls.org.uk/​https://www.compound13.org/​Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

It is our pleasure to share with you a podcast that was created and recorded by Peter Bella, designer, lecturer and host of the Design Dedux podcast, partner of Design Education Talks podcast.Alma Hoffmann is an editor at Smashing Magazine, design educator, and a freelance designer. You can find her on Twitter @almahoffmann and on her blog almahoffmann.com. She also wrote the articles “Finding Alternative Sources Of Typographic Layout In Our Surroundings” and “I Draw Pictures All Day”. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Marcello Magalhães is founder and chief design officer at Speakeasy – Knowledge Brokers, a brand innovation freelancer global network in 2018. Marcello started his career with a ten-year stint as a marketing and innovation manager for Abbott Laboratories and Unilever in Brazil and Argentina. Then, he moved agency-side into strategy with planning leading roles at networks including Y&R, Lowe, BBH, FCB, Ogilvy and Leo Burnett, before becoming Chief Strategy Officer at Leo Burnett Chicago in 2016. He also made time for his own ventures, being a partner to London-based innovation brand strategy boutique BrandThinkTank, co-founder of Tailor Made ad agency - internationally-awarded and later acquired by PublicisGroupe – and earlier this year co-founded sonic branding strategic/production house, Hole in the Wall Gang. He holds 3 Masters in Communication and Strategic Design, teaches at the Miami Ad School for 15 years, and lives with his family in Chicago.https://www.speakeasykb.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcellomagalhaes/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

How can artists contribute to our perceptions of social, political, issues, war and conflict when we receive so much of our information via the media and internet?  Gary Embury is an illustrator and senior lecturer at the University of the West of England. He is editor in chief of the online journal www.reportager.org He has made work for many clients including The Saturday Times, Telegraph, The Guardian, New Scientist, Radio Times, Aardman Animation, Penguin books, British Telecom, Barclays bank amongst many other editorial, publishing and advertising clients.He is also involved in reportage drawing and promotes the discipline through the online journal reportager.org. He is currently working on an on-going drawing project at the Bristol bike project and co-delivers a drawing residency with the Topolski Studio in London (http://www.topolskicentury.org.uk/about-us/artist/studio/ ).Drawing has always underpinned his practice especially primary on the spot drawing. He is also currently developing work using mixed media, appropriated imagery, collage, montage, painting drawing and digital media.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

“Design has become a strategic discipline for all the companies which thinks about their future. Innovation is at the heart of all the industrial and commercial problematics and design is the tool for the representation of this innovation. The designers do have nowadays the opportunity to occupy the top strategic positions. The careers of the designers has become a predominant questions for all companies.”Christian Guellerin is the Executive Director of L’École de design Nantes Atlantique, the President of the French association France Design Education and honorary president of Cumulus, the international association of universities and schools of design, art and media. Christian Guellerin has been the director of L’École de design Nantes Atlantique since 1997. The school’s goal is to produce professionals in creation and innovation dedicated to promoting socio-economic development. The school regards design as an opportunity to generate added value and facilitate progress. Christian Guellerin is the author of many articles on design and teaching in France and abroad and teaches in several schools and universities. He has provided his expertise for the creation of design schools or design centers in France and abroad on behalf of the European Union. Appointed Knight of the National Order of Merit in November 2016.L'Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique: https://www.lecolededesign.comChristian Guellerin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianguellerin/Christian Guellerin website: work in progressSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Eduardo Martres is Associate Professor of Practice in Industrial Design at Xi’an JiaotongLiverpool University, a joint venture between the University of Liverpool from the UK and the Xi’an Jiaotong University of China, located in the city of Suzhou (China).From 2012 to 2017, he has been the Chief Industrial Designer for Changhong Electric, based in Chengdu (China). In 2015 Eduardo was awarded the The People’s Republic of China Friendship Award, the highest recognition given by the Chinese government to foreign experts who have made major contributions to the economic and social development of China.Prior to joining Changhong, Martres held positions as Senior Design Manager at the Panasonic Design Center of America in New York City, Industrial Design Team Leader at Hewlett-Packard’s Digital Camera Group in Colorado (USA), and Product Designer and Senior Product Designer at Philips Design in the Netherlands, France and Hong Kong, designing a wide range of domestic appliances and consumer electronics products.Eduardo holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design from the Industrial Design Center of Montevideo (Uruguay), a Master’s in Industrial Design from the University of Essen (Germany), and an MBA from the University of Chicago (USA).www.linkedin.com/in/eduardomartres www.ad-p.org/member.php?id=182 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)

Tommaso Maggio is a researcher and practitioner of art and design for education. My academic experience goes from early years to adults education. A PhD researcher on alternative Art and Design Education with Plymouth University, and Lecturer in Visual Communications for the dual degree program at Birmingham City University, BIFCA-Wuhan Textile University. Since landed in Thailand, he taught at Chulalongkorn University, BA in Communication Design - print and new media), Assumption University of Thailand, BA, in Product Design. Course coordinator for a Master in Business Innovation and Design Thinking Workshops at Bangkok University.In 2020, the University of New South Wales, Sydney, (UNSW) invited him as Guest Critic for the IA Graduation Project, Interior Architecture (Hons) Program. He taught first in Italy at Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) and Nuova Accademia Belle Arti (NABA) then visiting lecturer in Mexico, Monterrey, at Centro de Estudios Superiores de Diseño de Monterrey, CEDIM, and Guest-Critic for thesis projects at IES Moda Casa de Francia, Mexico City. As guest lecturer for Professor Roy Ascott studio at DeTao Master-SIVA, Shanghai, China.Resident Artist at the Thai-Italian Chamber of Commerce. He is currently developing an art and design approach for PK-12 and adult education, and with his two-year-old daughter, he is co-author of illustrated books for children’s. Graduated from Politecnico di Milano with a Master of Science, Industrial Design, he spent eleven months as Erasmus at Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany.He has published articles and presented papers and workshops at interdisciplinary conferences as ASCIM, with NASA and Cirque du Soleil, CUMULUS, ACM SIGGRAPH, Balance-Unbalance, ISEA. Hong Kong,  Thailand, China, UK, the US, Greece, and Italy are some of the countries visited for the above scope. Articles have been published on Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research. His work has been exhibited from Triennale di Milano, Italy, to Istanbul Design Week to Duke Contemporary Art Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand.https://linktr.ee/tommasomaggioSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/thenewartschool?fan_landing=true)