Design for Good

Clyde Doyle is  Co-Chair of the MA Design for Change a programme run in collaboration with the Institute without Boundaries (IwB) at George Brown College in Toronto, and the Post Graduate Certificate in Critical Design Philosophies, and lectures on the BA in Design for Film

His professional career since 1995 has spanned a variety of creative industries; industrial design, model making/rapid prototyping, fine art fabrication and production design for film, TV and theatre. 

Currently engaged in his PhD in Design at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) he is developing non-anthropocentric design methodologies with the aim of facilitating ecological design practice he is also a Principal Investigator at IADT’s new Public Design Lab which is focuses on design for social and public good.

Dr Hilary Kenna is a lecturer in graphic and user experience (UX) design. She has taught interaction and graphic design, and typography in the BA(hons) in Visual Communication for over a decade and currently teaches on the Masters in UX Design and postgraduate Certificate in Design Thinking. Hilary has a PhD in Design Principles for Screen Typography from the University of Arts London. 

Over her career Hilary has worked as a designer, strategic design leader, entrepreneur and researcher. She has designed enterprise software products, iPad and mobile apps, web platforms and books. Previously founder of a tech start-up, Hilary has led numerous research projects and lectured and published her work internationally.

Shirley Casey is a lecturer on the Visual Communication Design programme, recognised by Domus magazine as one of the top 25 Graphic Design programmes in Europe, and co-chair of the MA in Design for Change at IADT, a programme run in collaboration with the Institute without Boundaries (IwB) at George Brown College in Toronto. She has taught spatial design for over a decade with a focus on experiential graphic design facilitating several industry projects with a variety of government, cultural, educational and sporting organisations. She previously specialised in packaging design and retail branding for a broad range of Irish and international clients.

Peter Evers is a professional photographer of 25yrs. He holds a Masters in Fine Art from Ulster University. His Fine Art work has been exhibited internationally and the practice is related primarily to technological determinism. He is a lecturer and researcher on the Graphic Design Programme at IADT since 2015. His research is currently focused on human decision making using interdisciplinary and intentional design that acknowledges the inherent ignorance and irrationality of humans and responds with compassionate, inclusive and sustainable solutions.

A Lecturer in Critical and Contextual Studies, Jessica is a writer, teacher, and scholar specialising in art and communication. With a diverse practice that includes poetry, art writing, essays, academic prose, and fiction, Jessica has exhibited, performed, and curated both nationally (IMMA, NCAD Gallery, Highlanes Gallery, West Cork Arts Centre) and internationally (HDLU Zagreb, PS1 New York, Tate Modern) since 2007. Her work has been published in The Stinging Fly and Bath Magg.

Jessica earned her Doctorate from CTVR/CONNECT at Trinity College Dublin (2011-2015), receiving her degree in 2016. She continued as a postdoctoral researcher with the Orthogonal Methods Group at CONNECT until 2018, when she was awarded an Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship, with Prof. Rob Kitchin and the Building City Dashboards team at MUSSI (2018-2021), focused on exploring how poetic fiction can be used to engage with the academic worlds of networked digital technologies, such as the Internet of Things and smart cities.

As a co-founder, Jessica has been involved in several collaborative initiatives, including The Writing Workshop with Jessamyn Fiore, Difference Engine with Mark Cullen, Gillian Lawler, and Wendy Judge, and the Orthogonal Methods Group with Prof. Linda Doyle at CONNECT, Trinity College Dublin.

A graduate of the MA in Design for Change Justyna is an interdisciplinary artist and designer whoe research focuses on futures thinking, ecology, the relationship between the past and the future, and intergenerational trauma.

Through her work, Justyna demonstrates a commitment to long-term thinking, aiming to protect against environmental devastation and ensure the self-determination of future generations.

Her work seeks to capture and enable a narrative of hope for the future, with a focus on looking ahead. Justyna’s approach is to not only acknowledge the harm caused in the past but also embrace the possibility of a future informed by an understanding of trauma and its lasting effects.