In 1996, with Peter Rea, I designed an interdisciplinary course at the University of the Arts Bremen merging design, fine art, and music—later absorbed into the Integrated Design programme.
In 2008 I designed a new Visual Communication Design programme at Ravensbourne University in London, built around typography, interaction, and design thinking.
I joined CoCA in 2009, teaching across the Graphic Design and Spatial Design programmes. As Subject Leader for Graphic Design I united fragmented teams and consolidated four subjects into Visual Communication, later serving as Acting Programme Leader for Visual Communication and then Undergraduate Programme Leader for Design. I advocated for the inclusion of Environmental Graphic Design, Service Design, Experience Design, and Interaction Design, and founded the studio Open Lab to give students and graduates real-world design experience.
In 2010 I joined the team reshaping CoCA’s flagship Bachelor of Design (Honours)—a new vision that was globally focused and culturally grounded, addressing the increasingly permeable creative industries of the 21st century and meaningfully integrating Māori perspectives into the learning, reflecting the culture and location of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
In 2013 I became Academic Experience Designer, shaping the student experience—launching the Space Programme to develop teaching techniques for the new Creative Arts Building, which went on to influence teaching methods across the institution, and driving collaboration between CoCA schools through synchronised timetables, shared terminology, and the toolbox system.
2009–2017
Senior Lecturer Design.
Massey University, School of Design, Wellington
2007–2012
Guest lecturer Cross-Disciplinary Art and Design.
University of New South Wales, Sydney (UNSW)
2008–2009
Senior Lecturer Graphic Design.
Ravensbourne University, London
2007
Guest specialist Exhibition design and scenography.
University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland (FHNW) Institute of Interior Design and Scenography (IN3)
1996–2004
Guest Professor Intermedia Studies.
University of the Arts Bremen, Germany