Lefteris Heretakis
@heretakis.bsky.social
Designer/Educator/Podcaster https://linktr.ee/thenewartschool
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How to Become a Designer (The Version No One Wants You to Read)
Design has been domesticated into a polite, portfolio-friendly profession, sanitised, aestheticised, stripped of its teeth.
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"Teaching is not as the transmission of answers but as the creation of conditions for discovery. Problems are carefully designed so that students must struggle productively. Confusion is treated as a necessary phase of learning rather than a failure.
February 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
"Teaching is not as the transmission of answers but as the creation of conditions for discovery. Problems are carefully designed so that students must struggle productively. Confusion is treated as a necessary phase of learning rather than a failure.
From overlooked ideas to powerful connections. A thoughtful conversation with Haluk Sicimoğlu on branding, insight, and human-centred innovation.
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Design Education Talks Haluk Sicimoğlu: Blending Empathy with Advertising Expertise - Design Education Talks
We’re thrilled to welcome Haluk Sicimoğlu, a dynamic strategist, storyteller, and entrepreneur hailing from İzmir. As the founder of THAAT’S IT!, Haluk brings a sharp focus on innovation powered by in...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:32 PM
From overlooked ideas to powerful connections. A thoughtful conversation with Haluk Sicimoğlu on branding, insight, and human-centred innovation.
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New episode of Design Education Talks
Gwen van den Eijnde, Head Apparel Design @risd1877.bsky.social on tradition, craft, storytelling & why art schools must remain spaces of freedom, not industry pipelines.
Fashion beyond trends. Education beyond employability.
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Gwen van den Eijnde, Head Apparel Design @risd1877.bsky.social on tradition, craft, storytelling & why art schools must remain spaces of freedom, not industry pipelines.
Fashion beyond trends. Education beyond employability.
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Costume as Sculpture: The Worlds of Gwen van den Eijnde - Design Education Talks
Gwen van den Eijnde is a French–Dutch artist and costume designer based in the United States. For the past decade, he has been teaching apparel design at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Pr...
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February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
New episode of Design Education Talks
Gwen van den Eijnde, Head Apparel Design @risd1877.bsky.social on tradition, craft, storytelling & why art schools must remain spaces of freedom, not industry pipelines.
Fashion beyond trends. Education beyond employability.
www.buzzsprout.com/1969986/epis...
Gwen van den Eijnde, Head Apparel Design @risd1877.bsky.social on tradition, craft, storytelling & why art schools must remain spaces of freedom, not industry pipelines.
Fashion beyond trends. Education beyond employability.
www.buzzsprout.com/1969986/epis...
Madrid vibes...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Madrid vibes...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Exploring Happenstance, a smart, serendipity-driven space for meeting curious, creative people across disciplines. If you’re into ideas, conversations & unexpected connections, join me here:
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Brian Grimwood on illustration, instinct, and changing creative industries. A must-listen for students, educators, and visual thinkers.
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Design Education Talks: Brian Grimwood - The Illustrator Who Rewrote the Rules - Design Education Talks
As an illustration educator, few figures stand out as boldly, and as impactfully, as Brian Grimwood. His work is not merely a reflection of evolving visual trends; it is a catalyst for change that hel...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Brian Grimwood on illustration, instinct, and changing creative industries. A must-listen for students, educators, and visual thinkers.
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The Drawing Excellence Framework: Redesigning the visual communication curriculum: restoring drawing as a core competency. heretakis.medium.com/the-drawing-...
The Drawing Excellence Framework: Redesigning the visual communication curriculum: restoring…
Craft skills in the UK are in the same position historic buildings were a hundred years ago. The Guardian, 4/8/2017
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February 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
The Drawing Excellence Framework: Redesigning the visual communication curriculum: restoring drawing as a core competency. heretakis.medium.com/the-drawing-...
Mike Dempsey offers a rare, honest perspective on what it really means to live a life in design. This is a conversation for anyone questioning formal education, worried about AI, frustrated by surface-level work, or searching for ideas with integrity. www.buzzsprout.com/1969986/epis...
Design Education Talks Ep. 98 - Mike Dempsey RDI - Design Education Talks
After a decade in publishing, Mike formed the highly successful design consultancy Carroll, Dempsey & Thirkell (CDT) in 1979, which he ran for 27 years. In 2007, he left to set up Studio Dempsey. ...
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February 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Mike Dempsey offers a rare, honest perspective on what it really means to live a life in design. This is a conversation for anyone questioning formal education, worried about AI, frustrated by surface-level work, or searching for ideas with integrity. www.buzzsprout.com/1969986/epis...
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James Grady: "Software is never the point. Tools change. Platforms rise and fall. What matters instead is curiosity, problem framing, and the ability to move laterally across domains..." listen more here: www.buzzsprout.com/1969986/epis...
January 30, 2026 at 11:15 AM
James Grady: "Software is never the point. Tools change. Platforms rise and fall. What matters instead is curiosity, problem framing, and the ability to move laterally across domains..." listen more here: www.buzzsprout.com/1969986/epis...
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To take pur podcast to the next level, we need 1000 listens per month, we are quite close and we would really appreciate the support from our friends. Share far and wide. designeducationtalks.buzzsprout.com
Design Education Talks
After the very first Design Education Forum by the New Art School in 2019, Design Education Talks podcast was created as a dynamic platform for the exchange of insights and ideas within the realm of a...
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January 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
To take pur podcast to the next level, we need 1000 listens per month, we are quite close and we would really appreciate the support from our friends. Share far and wide. designeducationtalks.buzzsprout.com
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“Art does not originate in description but in material engagement with the world. Education does not originate in texts but in transformation through practice. To treat these domains as fundamentally linguistic is to confuse representation…” heretakis.medium.com/the-machine-...
The Machine Did Not Arrive Too Early. Culture Arrived Too Late
A New Art School Critique of Harari on AI, Language, and Authority
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January 29, 2026 at 11:33 AM
“Art does not originate in description but in material engagement with the world. Education does not originate in texts but in transformation through practice. To treat these domains as fundamentally linguistic is to confuse representation…” heretakis.medium.com/the-machine-...
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Attide / Nora Orlandi - Ponente [Italy - Library, Ambient, Minimalism] (19??)
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Attide / Nora Orlandi - Ponente [Italy - Library, Ambient, Minimalism] (19??)
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January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Attide / Nora Orlandi - Ponente [Italy - Library, Ambient, Minimalism] (19??)
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Current and future episodes of Design Education Talks podcast. Subscribe for early access. designeducationtalks.buzzsprout.com/1969986/supp...
January 25, 2026 at 5:37 AM
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When you #design, you engage in dialogue: with history, with #culture, with material, with audience. When you make art, you engage in monologue: with the self, with truth, with the unknown. Both require #freedom. medium.com/p/363c4094e20a
From Rockefeller’s Workers to Creative Thinkers: Why Art and Design Education Must Rebel Against…
Introduction: The Lie at the Foundation
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January 22, 2026 at 2:15 PM
When you #design, you engage in dialogue: with history, with #culture, with material, with audience. When you make art, you engage in monologue: with the self, with truth, with the unknown. Both require #freedom. medium.com/p/363c4094e20a
We often confuse novelty with progress. Failure is reframed as a badge of honour, instead of being read as feedback that we may have stepped outside the conditions where value can endure. www.linkedin.com/pulse/intell...
Intellectual Property, Influence, and the End of the Comfortable Illusion.
What I Learned from Daniel Priestley Encountering Daniel Priestley is not an inspiring experience. It is confrontational in the precise sense that it confronts our habits, our excuses, and, perhaps mo...
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January 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM
We often confuse novelty with progress. Failure is reframed as a badge of honour, instead of being read as feedback that we may have stepped outside the conditions where value can endure. www.linkedin.com/pulse/intell...
We are more connected than ever, yet lonelier than ever. Large platforms optimise for attention, not wellbeing. Small, interest led communities optimise for meaning and belonging. @thomaspower.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/small-...
Small Communities, Human Needs, and the Future of Creative Education
A deep dive into a conversation with Thomas Power Some conversations do more than inform. They inspire in the deepest way possible.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM
We are more connected than ever, yet lonelier than ever. Large platforms optimise for attention, not wellbeing. Small, interest led communities optimise for meaning and belonging. @thomaspower.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/small-...
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January 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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If #design shapes the world, then #designeducation shapes the #designers who shape the world. linktr.ee/thenewartsch...
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A revolution in teaching and learning Art and Design.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:51 AM
If #design shapes the world, then #designeducation shapes the #designers who shape the world. linktr.ee/thenewartsch...
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January 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
“Create like a child, think like an adult, question like a rebel” isn’t theory, it’s a lived map for navigating uncertainty. heretakis.medium.com/create-like-...
Create Like a Child, Think Like an Adult, Question Like a Rebel: A Manifesto for Reimagining Art…
By Lefteris Heretakis, Founder of the New Art School
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January 14, 2026 at 9:22 AM
“Create like a child, think like an adult, question like a rebel” isn’t theory, it’s a lived map for navigating uncertainty. heretakis.medium.com/create-like-...
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A designer who cannot draw, cannot think. @minimastersart.bsky.social
Once you activate the #designer’s eye, the world becomes unbearable: you see inefficiencies everywhere, missed opportunities, thoughtless details, systems built without dignity, interfaces built without humanity. To become a #designer is to refuse to look away. heretakis.medium.com/how-to-becom...
How to Become a Designer:
Once you activate the designer’s eye, the world becomes unbearable: you see inefficiencies everywhere, missed opportunities…
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December 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A designer who cannot draw, cannot think. @minimastersart.bsky.social
The future of design education will not be built by adding more tools, more software, or more metrics.
It will be built by telling a different story.
One where education is not a service. But a journey that changes the person who undertakes it.
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It will be built by telling a different story.
One where education is not a service. But a journey that changes the person who undertakes it.
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Design Education Is a Story We Are Telling Wrong
Propp, structure, and The New Art School The crisis of design education is not technological. It is not generational.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The future of design education will not be built by adding more tools, more software, or more metrics.
It will be built by telling a different story.
One where education is not a service. But a journey that changes the person who undertakes it.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/design...
It will be built by telling a different story.
One where education is not a service. But a journey that changes the person who undertakes it.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/design...
The old pyramid of hierarchy is reaching its limits. Built for control and repetition, it no longer fits a world of complexity and change. The circle is not a metaphor. It is a structural shift. This is where results now emerge.
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From the Pyramid to the Circle
Authority, education, and the unfinished project of modernity
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January 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The old pyramid of hierarchy is reaching its limits. Built for control and repetition, it no longer fits a world of complexity and change. The circle is not a metaphor. It is a structural shift. This is where results now emerge.
heretakis.medium.com/from-the-pyr...
heretakis.medium.com/from-the-pyr...
If you want comfort, skip it. If you want #clarity, challenge, and a dangerous spark of optimism read it. This book is the companion today’s #designer actually needs. wdo.org/event/launch...
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Launch of the “Symbiotic Design Framework” Book
Launch of the “Symbiotic Design Framework” Book – WDO
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December 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If you want comfort, skip it. If you want #clarity, challenge, and a dangerous spark of optimism read it. This book is the companion today’s #designer actually needs. wdo.org/event/launch...