As part of the course, you will be assigned a mentor from your own discipline or profession; someone who is knowledgeable about current industry practice. The rest is up to you. You arrange to meet your mentor at mutually acceptable times to show work and discuss progress.
The mentor’s role is to:
- Act as a guide to, and a general point of contact with, the wider creative industries
- Promote awareness of the importance of teamwork
- Provide a quality control or ‘reality check’ on your work
- Suggest ways in which you can improve your performance from an industrial or commercial perspective
Mentors 2019-2020
- Camille Walala Walala Studio
- Kenjiro Kirton Hato Studio
- Adam Scott Freestate
- Gemma Lord IDEO
- Simon Leach Simon Leach Design
- Sophie Mitchell Nissen Richards Studio
- Jonas Lindstroem Jonas Lindstroem
- Emily Ditton Formroom
- Amarasri Songcharoen SEAM Design
- Martyn Gooding Martyn Gooding
- Andy Stevens Graphic Thought Facility
- James Bradburne James Bradburne
- Fiona Cole-Hamilton Barker Langham
- Adam Nathaniel Furman Adam Nathaniel Furman
- Tess Acheson Studio TAC
- Jan Rose Studio Toogood
- Yvonne Pinniger HETA Architects
- Julie Howell Julie Howell Design
- Jonathan Munro Media Arts Club
- Philip Cooper i love sheds
- Luca Ponticelli IDEO
- Tino Seubert Tino Seubert
- Sachiko Osawa Freestate
- Martyn Gooding Martyn Gooding
- Julia Pitts Victoria & Albert Museum
- Charlotte Boyen Freestate
- Arantxa Garcia Exhibeo VM
- Xavier Llarch-Font The Decorators
Mentors 2018-2019
- Christopher Pearson, TEM Design Studio
- Isabel Gibson, Isabel + Helen
- Laida Juanikorena and Mark Flynn WE MADE THAT
- Nassia Inglessis Studio INI
- Matteo Fogale Matteo Fogale
- Eszter Steirhoffer Design Museum
- Yvonne Pinniger
- Sadie Morgan dRMM
- Xavi Llarch Font The Decorators
- Ellie Miles The London Transport Museum
- Elise Edge Darling & Edge
- Maximo Recio, Lead designer United Visual Artists
- Philip Cooper I love Sheds
- Lois O’hara Lois O’Hara
- Yuechen Hu Gustafson Porter + Bowman
- Dijana Rakovic Counterpoints Arts
- Andy Bass, Creative Director ABCreative
- Haley Hothi Selfridges
- Arthur de Borman Storey Studio
- Felicitas zu Dohna Arup Foresight
- Noriko Kajitani Harlequin
- Jan Rose Studio Toogood
- Tess Acheson Studio Tac
- Kristin Hibbs, Head of Design Science Museum
- Rory Hyde V&A Museum
- Adam Scott Freestate
- Lucy Sanderson Studio Lucy Sanderson
- David Chambers Abberant Architecture
- Simon Leach Simon Leach Design
- Simon Kaempfer Simon Kaempfer Studio
Over the years, other mentors have included:
- Es Devlin, Es Devlin
- Joe Wilkins, Random International
- Jason Bruges, Jason Bruges Studio
- Simon Costin, Art Director, Set Designer
- Lucy Musgrave, Publica
- Peter Mayhew, AHMM Architects
- Craig Riley, Casson Mann
- Tine Beck, artist and researcher
- Leo Warner, 59 Productions
- Thomas Sevcik, Arthesia
- Gary Porter, Elemental Design
- Brian Studak, Plaid London