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Jan Eckert is a Design Educator and Researcher at HDK–Valand at Gothenburg University where he currently works as Head of the Design Unit. He holds a PhD in Design Sciences obtained from IUAV University of Venice and an international Master’s Degree in Interior Architectural Design from the University of Applied Sciences in Stuttgart, the Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Lugano. Before, he studied Interior Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences in Stuttgart and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

Eckert first worked as Interior Architect in the field of Retail and Exhibition Design. As a Senior Researcher at Lucerne’s Competence Center for Typology & Planning in Architecture, he then started developing human centered methods and projects in the field of Workplace Design. Until February 2021, he was Head of the Master’s Programmes in Design, Service Design and Digital Ideation at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and Senior Strategy Consultant at Mint Architecture in Zürich, Switzerland.

He was a co–lecturer in Interior Architecture at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, a visiting lecturer in Design at IUAV University of Venice, Berne University of the Arts as well as an invited lecturer at Universidad del Este, La Plata, Universidad Blas Pascal, Córdoba, Argentina and Izmir University of Economics, Turkey.

From an academic point of view, Jan is particularly interested in the future of higher education as well as leadership strategies for cross-sectoral collaborations between designers and non-designers.

https://janeckert.ch

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Since its inception in 2019, Design Education Talks podcast has served as a dynamic platform for the exchange of insights and ideas within the realm of art and design education. This initiative sprang from a culmination of nearly a decade of extensive research conducted by Lefteris Heretakis. His rich background, intertwining academia, industry, and student engagement, laid the foundation for a podcast that goes beyond the conventional boundaries of educational discourse.

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