Dr Dora Souza Dias

Biography

I am Lecturer in Graphic Design Theory and Practice on the BA Graphic Design Communication and the Graduate Diploma Graphic Design courses at Chelsea College of Arts. I am a design historian and graphic designer who is interested in expanding the field of graphic design practice and history as well as graduate graphic designers cultural literacy, so the design community becomes more inclusive to of all kinds of narratives and histories.

My research focuses on transnational design networks, particularly professional ones, as well as on the challenges of social, cultural and linguistic interactions within graphic design practice. I am interested on narratives of how professional design practice has been shaped in the past and how it might be be shaped in the future.

I have been awarded a PhD in Design History by the University of Brighton, for my research on the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda), but before becoming an academic, have worked professionally as a graphic designer and visual communicator in a small studio in Brazil, designing books, magazines and exhibitions.