Faculty
Instructors
Academy instructors are practitioners first. Each teaches a small number of courses, answers their own discussion threads and marks every submission personally.
12 of 12 instructors
Ilse Varga
Head of Design Studies
Rotterdam · 2 courses
Tomas Ekelund
Principal Engineer in Residence
Gothenburg · 2 courses
Nadia Rahman
Professor of Product Strategy
Singapore · 2 courses
Colm Bradaigh
Reader in Prose Composition
Galway · 2 courses
Yuki Mori
Senior Lecturer in Interaction
Kyoto · 1 courses
Farid Haddad
Director of Research Methods
Beirut · 1 courses
Margit Sole
Professor of Creative Direction
Barcelona · 1 courses
Peter Ashworth
Lecturer in Leadership Practice
Manchester · 1 courses
Amara Diallo
Lecturer in Data Practice
Dakar · 1 courses
Beatrix Lund
Reader in Communication
Copenhagen · 0 courses
Rafael Otero
Senior Lecturer in Product Design
Lisbon · 3 courses
Hanne Vos
Professor of Applied Research
Utrecht · 1 courses
Ilse Varga
Head of Design Studies — Design
Ilse spent fourteen years designing reference books and wayfinding systems before turning to teaching. She is interested in the moment a layout stops being decoration and starts being an argument, and she expects students to be able to explain every measurement on the page.
Teaching style
Close reading of student work, line by line, with unhurried critique.
Expertise
Courses
- Based in
- Rotterdam
- Teaching since
- 2015