Design Education Talks Ep. 79 - Predrag K. Nikolic

Design Education Talks Ep. 78 - Predrag K. NikolicDr. Predrag K. Nikolic is a Full Professor and Chair of the Graduate User Experience (UX) Design Program at the College For Creative Studies, Detroit, United States. He is an experimental designer, interactive media artist, and digital media expert with a PhD in Digital Media and an MBA. His research focuses on mixed-experiential reality, singularity, human-AI interaction, artificial intelligence emancipation, intelligent interfaces, robot creativity, AI aesthetics, and design for behavioral changes. He mixes immersive virtual worlds, artificial intelligence, and responsive environments to engage audiences in new interactive experiences and media perceptions.Before joining the College For Creative Studies, Dr. Nikolic was a Professor at the University of the Bahamas, ShanghaiTech University, Shantou University, Dean of Faculty of Digital Production at Educons University, Adjunct Professor at Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Chinese Academy of Art and Malaysia Multimedia University. He is a founder of AI.R Lab and served as principal investigator at Shanghai Tech University, a senior research fellow at IDM Lab and a researcher at Aalto University Finland. During his 20-year career in the interactive media creative industry, he was director of digital and digital creative director for creative agencies such as Grey Worldwide, J. Walter Thomson, Ogilvy Mather, and Ogilvy Group. He conceptualised and designed a digital media presence for clients such as Telenor, IBM, Nestle, H&M, Mars, Coca-Cola, Credit Agricole Bank, Yahoo, Czech Airlines and many others.View Dr. Predrag’s Online Portfolio at http://www.predragnikolic.comhttps://www.ccsdetroit.edu/person/predrag-nikolic/Support 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