What does the future hold for humanity as the hi-tech world of AI and Robotics marches forward to conquer the world of tasks? A few days after Russia invaded Ukraine, I found myself staring down the barrel of a Kalashnikov (AK-47) at the possibility of a nuclear Armageddon. With Putin...Read More
Here’s an interesting thought. What if we really had two minds? Would we be led in two directions when thinking? But, why limit to two when we can have a multitude of ideas and choices that our vastly Creative Mind can conjure up? The human brain is by far the...Read More
Students feel inspired by motivating stories and case studies. These case studies should be of designs that are the result of collaboration among various stakeholders rather than the effort of a single “talented” designer. As the definition of creativity evolves in the twenty-first century, collaborative case studies are required. So,...Read More
“We are silenced in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a belly-full of words and do not know a thing. The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education.” An excellent observation was...Read More
I had a very enlightening conversation with a newfound colleague this week, in fact, more of a ‘brother in arms’ than simply a colleague. The conversation centred on Creativity, hence my immediate enthusiasm. Sorry I ‘bang on’ about Creativity, like a broken record player, but when I studied public speaking...Read More
Things are changing and they are changing fast! Old shibboleths are being uprooted and waves of New Norms are being embedded in their place. A classic – “There is nothing certain, but the uncertain” is having to move on. Yes, under fallible human involvement nothing could be certain because human...Read More
Career growth has been a common quest for every generation. There are new sectors such as start-ups, design, digital transformations in finance, health, education, manufacturing, and so on. With increasing options, access to information, and technological changes, the current generation of students faces this more frequently than ever. Here are...Read More
I’m sitting in my London garden. It’s mid-spring and the garden is in full bloom. The daffodils and tulips have strutted their stuff beautifully over the past weeks and have now started to retreat, as the cycle of life dictates they must. The birds are singing their hearts out, probably...Read More
Dramatic words for an article encouraging you to seek a career in design, but there is a deeper meaning behind the obvious which is beginning to be realised in very many quarters. The truth is that Design Education, or much more preferably Creativity, has taken on a far more important...Read More
The School of Creativity is now a distinguished member of the World Design Organisation (WDO). Together with its over 170 member institutions from over 40 nations, WDO promotes the profession of industrial design for a better environment and society. We are proud to announce our association with the global design...Read More
