Ari Chand: The Future of Design Education: Challenges, AI, and the Role of Practice

Dr Ari Chand, Lecturer in Illustration and Animation, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia.Ari is a Designer/Illustrator and practice-based design researcher, Lecturer in Illustration and Animation at UniSA Creative at the University of South Australia, Australia, and soon to be Adelaide University launching in 2026. He teaches into the only combined Illustration and Animation Degree in Australia. Primarily teaching Illustration and Animation theory and practice, with a focus on how visual communication and illustration can help transform and communicate across biodiversity and science, education, histories and heritage, social work and health. His illustration work is mainly comprised of traditional and digital drawing, watercolour, ink, acrylic or hybridised digital illustration. Ari is on the Board for the International Illustration Research Network and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Illustration, a national committee member and Educational Liaison for Illustrators Australia, and Member of the Creative People, Products and Places Research Centre (CP3).Degree: https://adelaideuni.edu.au/study/degrees/bachelor-of-illustration-and-animation/int/Google: https://g.co/kgs/12u15h2University Profile: https://people.unisa.edu.au/Ari.ChandLinktree:https://linktr.ee/arichandWEB: www.arichand.comTwitter: @byarichandLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arichandScholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OL73sq0AAAAJResearchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ari-ChandRecent Project: https://www.illustrationacademics.com/2024Support the showSince 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.See all of our work on on https://linktr.ee/thenewartschoolFollow us on twitter at @newartschoolRead our latest articles at https://newartschool.education/and https://heretakis.medium.com/Equipment used to produce the podcast:Rodcaster pro IIRode NT1 5th generationElgato Low profile Microphone ArmMonster Prolink Studio Pro microphone cableThe rest of the equipment is here 👉https://kit.co/heretakis/podcasting