Design Education

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On this site, you will find the different subjects where we devote our time to teaching. From technical design skills at the Undergraduate level, the advanced topics we cover at the Master’s and Ph.D. level, and finally the different lectures and workshops we are often invited to impart throughout the globe, it is possible to get a glimpse of our way to teach. Design education is the place where we give all our know-how, research interests, and passion to those who are ready to advance in the design field towards a better future. Our methods and academic contributions seek to raise the tide of this wonderful discipline we call Design.

Explore the overview we present here and feel free to contact us for any details regarding any subject of your interest.

Undergraduate Teaching

We cover a broad spectrum of topics related to design. From basic skills to advanced materials knowledge, furniture design, vehicle design, and product design. We put all our knowledge acquired through years of professional and academic life to forge future designers. Although design as a discipline relatively new compared with other fields of knowledge, it constantly evolves. Many theories in design become obsolete, as soon as a society and its behaviors change. We try to maintain the state of the art when it comes to design knowledge.

Undergraduate teaching at The Design Department, Los Andes University.Bogotá – Colombia.

Master Studies

Master’s Level teaching at:

The Design Department, Los Andes University. Bogotá – Colombia.

Design Department, Politecnico di Milano. Milan, Italy.

Master in Product Design, Domus Academy. Milan, Italy.

The master’s studies are at the core of our teaching experience, we began tutoring at the master`s level more than 15 years ago, bringing our knowledge in research-based projects. Through the years we have taught design professionals how to achieve projects with a remarkable level of quality, lower impact on the environment, and amazing product experience. Our constant research on materials for design also provides tools to future designers on how to gain technology independence, meaningful applications, and circularity.

Ph.D. Teaching

At the Ph.D. level, we have been recently supporting candidates with the relevant research studies in design that are important for the field. Researching design is not something common, as the discipline is more engaged with the project-based approach in the market. Still, for the ones who embark on the more advanced academic skills, is important to provoke critical approaches to the research topics as well to improve dissemination of findings.

Workshops

Workshops are places where state-of-the-art projects can quickly emerge. We offer a broad portfolio of topics to improve design skills. We are often invited by other Universities and Design schools also to give a glimpse of our research topics on materials for design and materials experience. The core of the workshops we provide aims to promote alternatives to the current social standards. We believe it is always a better way to do things, and designers possess the tools to look where other disciplines will never see.

Conferences and lectures

As researchers in the field of design, it is important to keep updated and also to update on what we produce outcomes. Since we collaborate with other disciplines in a multi-disciplinary project setup, is always good to share our results and construct with other researchers of the world. We also give lectures related to our research to our community and colleagues as an exchange of knowledge in design.

Educational Counseling

Design Education Counseling

Addressed to people who wants to follow a design pathway, but are not entirely sure of the advantages and opportunities the creative field can offer in different levels.

NSB Education is a Swiss-based company internationally recognized in the field of education consultancy awarded for the successful enrolment by Sommet-Education and Galileo-Education among others. With a significant trajectory in Hospitality Management, Art & Design and Boarding Schools educational consultancy, we open opportunities for prospective students around the globe to fulfill their goals in a successful career. We have collaborated throughout the years to advise students in the different prospectives design offers as a professional path.

Universities and schools where we have been teaching

Friends who invited us to give lectures and do workshops

Courses, Workshops and Lectures

Undergraduate courses

-2013 – on going: Assistant Professor of Product Design – UG 3rd Year, Study 6th on Industrial Products, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2013 – on going: Assistant Professor of Design, Materials and Processes – UG 3rd Year, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2013 – 2019: Assistant Professor of Product 1/Experiences – UG 2nd Year, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2019 – 2020: Assistant Professor of Product 2/Development – UG 3rd Year, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2020- on going: Assistant Professor of Basic project Development – UG 2nd Year, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2014: Assistant Professor of Design Fundamentals – Master of Arts in Design 1st Year, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2012 – 2013: Instructor Professor of Product Design – UG 1st Year, Study 1st on Design Thinking, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2012 Instructor Professor of Product Design – UG 1st Year, Study 2nd on Communicating Products through Design Tools, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2010 – 2011: Instructor Professor of Furniture Design – UG 2nd Year, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2010 – 2011: Instructor Professor of Vehicle Design – UG 2nd Year, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2010 – 2011: Instructor Professor of Sports Design – UG 2nd Year, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2010 – 2011: Instructor Professor of Materials: Wood – UG 1st Year, Design Department. Los Andes University.

-2010 – 2011: Instructor Professor of Materials: Ceramics – UG 1st Year, Design Department. Los Andes University.

Master Courses

-2017 – 2018: Tutor – Final Synthesis Design Studio – Smart Design Lab, Profs. Dr. Valentina Rognoli, Venanzio Arquilla, Emanuele Magini, Inocenzo Rifini. Master of Science studio 2nd Year, Design Department. Politecnico di Milano.

-2017 – 2018: Tutor – Materials Experience Lab. Prof. Dr. Valentina Rognoli. Master of Science elective course 2nd Year, Design Department. Politecnico di Milano. 

-2016 – 2017: Tutor – Industrial Design Studio – Light Design UG 2nd. Year. Politecnico di Milano.

-2016 – 2017: Tutor – Materials Experience Lab. Prof. Dr. Valentina Rognoli. Master of Science elective course 2nd Year, Design Department. Politecnico di Milano. 

-2016 – 2017: Tutor – Design for the Tactual Experience. Prof. Dr. Marina Henrieke Sonneveld (TU Delft). Master of Science elective course 1st Year, Design Department. Politecnico di Milano.

-2009 : Senior Tutor of the Master in Product Design. Domus Academy.

-2009 : Tutor of Homosynthesis, New Scenarios of Life With Human Friendly Solar Cells course-In collaboration with Imra/Aisin. Domus Academy.

-2009 : Tutor of Gyeonggi Small and Medium Business Center-Korea, Italian design immersion course, 2nd Edition. Domus Academy.

-2009 : Tutor of Contamination and Accesories in Car Design course. Master in Car and Transportation Design. Domus Academy.

-2008 : Senior Tutor of the Master in Product Design. Domus Academy.

-2008 : Tutor of Personal Kitchen course in collaboration with Veneta Cucine. Domus Academy.

-2008 : Tutor of Gyeonggi Small and Medium Business Center-Korea, Italian design immersion course, 1st edition. Domus Academy.

-2008 : New Perspectives and Applications for Detergents in Balance with the Environment. P&G, short course, Domus Academy DARC. Domus Academy.

Ph.D. Courses

-2021: Professor – Project III – Ph.D. in Technology Innovation Management. Profs. Dr. Camilo Ayala Garcia, Dr. Juan Carlos Cruz Jimenez, Santiago Acosa Amaya. Los Andes University.

-2020: Professor- New Materialities Module. Ph.D. in Design, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.

 

Lectures

-DIY-Materials. At: Hochschule Für Gestaltung Offenbach, Offenbach-Germany. 24 June 2021.

DIY-Materials Research. At: Prototyping Circulair. Universiteit Gent+Switchrs+Glimps, Gent-Belgium. 14 April 2021.

The Materials Experience Lab. At: Edna Lawrence Nature Lab. Rhode Island School of Design. Proividence-United States. 29 September 2020.

The Materials Experience. At: Material Transforma, Camara de Comercio de Bogotá-Colombia. 22-23 October 2019.

DIY-Materials Research presentation. At: The Materials Farm Inspirational Talks. Materfad+Elisava Fad Fest‘17, Barcelona-Spain. 29 June 2017.

The Materials Generation. At: Pensiero e Progetto, I grandi contemporanei e le cose del design. Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna-Italy. 16 May 2017.

2017 : ‘Eksig 17: Alive. Active. Adaptive. International Conference on Experiential Knowledge and Emerging Materials’, Rotterdam-The Netherlands, 19-20 June 2017.

2017 : EAD: Design for the Next 12th European Academy of Design Conference”, Rome-Italy, 12-14 April 2017.

2017 : “9th International Materials Education Symposium-University of Cambridge” , Cambridge-United Kingdom, 6-7 April 2017.

2016 : ‘Celebration & Contemplation: The 10th International Conference on Design & Emotion” , Amsterdam-The Netherlands, 27-30 Septemberber 2016.

2015 : ‘Cumuls Milano 2015: the Virtuous Circle Conference. Track Experimentation’, Milan-Italy, 3-6 June 2015.

2014 : Conference ‘The Colors of Care: The 9th International Conference on Design & Emotion” , Bogotá-Colombia, 8-10 October 2014. Awarded with the Best Presentation Award.

2013 : “5th International Materials Education Symposium-University of Cambridge” , Cambridge-United Kingdom, 4-5 April 2013.

2012 : Conference ‘Diseñando Diseño” , Bogotá-Colombia, 19-23 November 2012.

2012 : “Primer Congreso Internacional de tecnologías avanzadas de mecatronica, diseño y manufactura ADMDM 2012 ” , Pereira-Colombia, 5-7 September 2012.

Workshops

Material Tinkering. At: Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá. 2020.

MaDe, Material Designers. At: Politecnico di Milano. 2019.

Urban Mining. At: ZHdK. Zürcher Hochschule der Kunst, Zürich. 2018.

Made @ Elisava. At: Elisava, Barcelona. 2018.

DIY Materials. At: TU-Delft, Delft. 2018.

Material Tinkering. At: Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milano. 2017.