Design researcher & educator

literacy

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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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   Tongos (2010)

   Tongos is a series of educational robot toys meant to support basic literacy created by Cassiano Azevedo during his studies at Faber-Ludens Interaction Design Institute. The toy stimulates children to associate letters and their combinations with sounds. Each robot can read a combination of images and letters: The toy is activated when children put letters […] - Dec 5, 2010

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