Kira Salter

Biography

I am Course Leader and Senior Lecturer for the BA Graphic Communication Design course at Central Saint Martins. My teaching practice centres on inclusive pedagogy, delivered through curriculum interventions that build communities of learners and foreground peer learning, co-creation, and participatory approaches to design education. This work has grown out of research undertaken during my PgCert and MA Academic Practice, and underpinned my successful application as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.


My practice focuses on experiential forms of information and interaction design. My research investigates digitally-engaged practices and processes of making within the creative disciplines — in particular, how digital tools and spaces shape collaborative and co-creative approaches in design and design education. This has been explored through two research questions: 'How can participation within digital spaces encourage a collaborative community of participants to counteract the norms of a conventional individualistic learning experience and promote co-creative models of making?' (2020) and 'How can participatory approaches impact, re-imagine, and decolonise the curriculum?' (2019).


My practice as a graphic designer significantly shapes my approach as an educator. My work brings together information and experience design, prioritising clarity of content through structure, organisation, and context to ensure communication and audience understanding. My industry experience spans both print and digital media, gained across several design studios and as a freelance designer working with clients in the charity sector, including organisations in medical, human-rights, and legal aid fields.