Communication, Branding and Purpose
Syllabus⇝
Designers are only as radical as they are accessible. This course will help students explore the most effective and efficient methods to meaningfully represent themselves and their ideas on and offline. Students will begin developing a brand for their project. Focusing on storytelling and representation we will explore a purposeful approach to the world of branding and how this can help position your ideas in the world.
Faculty⇝
A Master Arts and Society (University Utrecht) and Bachelor of Design (UNSW), Kate has vast experience in cultural programming, design and open tech fields in Australia and Europe. She has been the communication and dissemination manager for various European research projects at Fab Lab Barcelona concerned with circular economy, open design innovation ecosystems and future cultural heritage. She managed the Distributed Design Platform, a Creative Europe Platform co-funded by the European Commission and currently serves as its strategic advisor. Kate sits on the Executive Board of the Fab City Foundation, as the global initiative’s Strategic Director. She is Faculty of the Master in Design for Emergent Futures at IAAC/ELISAVA, Faculty of the Master in Distributed Design and Innovation and Head of Programming for Interspecies Internet - a global think tank to accelerate interspecies communications.