Design School

Our manifesto

We believe in design as site of action and agency to radically transform our world.
We believe in the power of design to critique, confront and challenge inequalities.
We believe in questioning geopolitical, socio-cultural, and disciplinary boundaries.
We believe that design operates in an ecology beyond the human centric.
We believe that learning is continuous, collaborative and creative.
We believe in the power of making as critical practice and tangible intervention.
We believe in embracing uncertainty through experimentation and risk-taking.
We believe in the value of interrogating the past to shape our futures.

Supra Systems Studio

A new Design School Research Platform launched during London Design Festival 2018.

The Responsible Design Framework PDF

Provides guidance for embedding environmental and social design approaches and principles within the curriculum.

Dr. Nicky Ryan
Dean of Design

As Dean of Design at LCC, Nicky leads undergraduate and postgraduate courses in graphic design communication; interaction design and visual communication; and branding and design innovation. "As a student in the Design School you will engage with the latest developments in professional practice, theory and research and develop transferable skills for employability and lifelong learning."

Design School: Courses

Our School ethos builds on the aesthetic traditions of design practice and encourages experimentation, critique and innovation within the context of a post-digital culture. We believe in the power of design practice, design thinking and design research to effect strategic change, shape positive futures and produce cultural value.

Branding and Design Innovation

Branding and Design Innovation celebrates the diversity of contemporary creative communication tools, visual practices and related outputs.

The programme explores and critiques design at its intersection with society, industry, enterprise and culture. Design is positioned as a collaborative and strategic practice that can inform, intervene and drive positive change.

Graphic Design Communication

Graphic Design Communication addresses a need for designers to operate within an increasingly dynamic range of visual communication environments.

The programme celebrates its ability to engage diverse audiences, tell compelling stories and expose unexpected connections through the utilisation of multiple forms and methods of communication.

Interaction Design and Visual Communication

Interaction Design and Visual Communication deploys experimental methods and expanded practices to interrogate and critique contemporary material culture.

The programme’s courses explore radical ways of working through, about and with design and technology in order to create previously inconceivable new realities for future creative practices, ecologies and societies.

Design School – teaching staff

Mo-Ling Chui
Course Leader, BA (Hons) Design Management
Alison Barnes
Course Leader, BA (Hons) Graphic Branding & Identity
Joel Karamath
Course Leader, BA (Hons) Interaction Design Arts
Henrietta Ross
Course Leader, MA Data Visualisation
David Sims
Programme Director, Graphic Design Communication
Valerie Mace
Course Leader, BA (Hons) Design for Branded Spaces
Maureen Salmon
Senior Lecturer, Design School
John-Patrick Hartnett
Lecturer, Contextual and Theoretical Studies
Craig Burston
Course Leader, BA (Hons) Graphic and Media Design
Charley Peters
Course Leader, MA (Hons) Illustration and Visual Media
Sarah Temple
Course Leader, Diploma in Professional Studies
Tobias Revell
Acting Programme Director, Interaction Design and Visual Communication
Tony Braithwaite
Specialist Tutor in screen printing and surface design on the BA (Hons) Illustration and Visual Media
Ben Branagan
Associate Lecturer, MA Graphic Media Design