Design researcher & educator

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   Designing mutualistic interfaces

   Digital interfaces have replaced so many face-to-face interactions that we almost forget what we are missing. As users, we take action, send orders, and sometimes hurt other people without even knowing whose faces are on the other side of the “inter-face”. This habit is extending to analog interfaces as offline actions increasingly follow online patterns. […] - May 17, 2026
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   The Paulo Freire Method applied to design education

   A talk delivered by Frederick van Amstel and Hien Phan at the Futures of Design Education series promoted by the DRS Education SIG. Abstract: Paulo Freire, the Brazilian educator who defied dictatorships, developed a literacy method that integrated the acquisition of graphic language with political education. With some adjustments, generative themes, images, words, and tools, […] - May 12, 2026

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