We talked to Charlie Aufmann, Design Manager at Airbnb Design, about how a proper feedback culture can stimulate purpose-driven and immersive work. — • What have been your experiences with the educational system? Charlie Aufmann I thought about this a lot. A lot of people aren’t born with all of the privileges, that I had. I was born into a upper middle class family. My parents supported me to go to college and paid…

Verspieltes Potenzial Universitäten und Hochschulen hielten lange Zeit das Monopol auf die Definition und Vermitt­­lung von Wissen. Spätestens seit der flächendeckenden Einführung des Internets werden auch in der Bildung die Karten neu gemischt. Selbst wenn der Zugang zu Informationen nicht mit Wissen gleichzusetzen ist, entwickeln sich immer mehr – größtenteils…

We talked to Matthias Høst Normark, Co-Founder of the Designstudio Norgram, about the value of making your work process transparent. — • What have been your experiences with the educational system in Denmark – especially the creative industries educational system? Mathias Høst Normark I would say, it’s also everyone does their own thing. You have the architecture school in Denmark, which resides right next to the design school. That happened two or…

We talked to the founders of OpenLAB at the Designacademy in Eindhoven — Alvin Arthur and Jim Brady — about how design-students can built a creative environment and empower change by learning from each other. — • You are graduating as well right now. What are you working on at the moment? What is your graduation work? Jim Brady I am working on an interactive installation that focuses on creating an archive through 3D scanning. We have to do two projects for our graduation. My second project…