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Dr Danah Abdulla

Profession
Graphic Design Programme Director
Person Type
Staff
Danah  Abdulla

Biography

Danah Abdulla is a designer, educator and researcher interested in new narratives and practices in design that push the disciplinary boundaries and definitions of the discipline.

She is Programme Director of Graphic Design at Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts, UAL. Prior to this role, she was Senior Lecturer in Communication Design at Brunel University London, and was a Lecturer in the design school at London College of Communication.

Danah is a founding member of the Decolonising Design research group, and the Creative Director and Editor of Kalimat Magazine, a non-profit publication about Arab thought and culture.

She holds a PhD from the design department at Goldsmiths, University of London. Danah's research is particularly focused on decolonising design, possibilities of design education, design culture(s) with a focus on the Arab region, the politics of design, publishing, and critical views of social design.

Links

Dr Danah Abdulla's research profile

dabdulla.com

Camberwell

Chelsea