Lefteris Heretakis
@heretakis.bsky.social
Designer/Educator/Podcaster https://linktr.ee/thenewartschool Connect with me https://about.me/heretakis
Policies supporting responsible and systematic GenAI adoption in higher education: via @oecdinnovation.bsky.social www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Policies supporting responsible and systematic GenAI adoption in higher education
The increasing capabilities and rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are reshaping higher education, affecting how students learn and are supported, how teaching and assess...
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The question is not whether technology belongs in the art school. The question is whether the school can embrace technology without allowing its funders and corporate partners to determine what education is for. medium.com/@heretakis/w...
When the Patron Becomes the Curriculum
Corporatism, Technology and the Future Art School
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The question is not whether machines will become more creative. The question is whether we will. www.linkedin.com/posts/hereta...
Design education must help students become more human, not more machine-like. This is the heart of my work. The future will bring more automation, more AI, more speed, more platforms, more images… |...
Design education must help students become more human, not more machine-like. This is the heart of my work. The future will bring more automation, more AI, more speed, more platforms, more images, m...
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#Education, Prevention and the Future of #Health The Global Social Prescribing Summit, 17th of July, 2026 @garethpresch.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/JRDpvGm...
📢 Global Social Prescribing Summit 2026 🌍 15:45 – 16:30pm
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Autodesk 2026 AI Jobs Report: AI hiring in Design and Make more than doubles as students face a new skills gap adsknews.autodesk.com/en/news/2026...
Autodesk 2026 AI Jobs Report: AI hiring in Design and Make more than doubles as students face a new skills gap
Autodesk's 2026 AI Jobs Report finds AI hiring rising while students and professionals report an AI confidence gap.
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Creative education is not a luxury. It builds discipline, resilience and the ability to turn ideas into impact. Undermining that talent is a short-sighted choice. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Florence Welch’s mother says cuts to arts and humanities ‘absolutely tragic’
Exclusive: Prof Evelyn Welch, vice-chancellor of Bristol University, believes her daughter’s success shows value of arts education
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A student can produce an impressive AI-assisted outcome without necessarily learning anything. The danger is not only cheating. It is the appearance of understanding without the experience of learning. heretakis.medium.com/ai-will-be-e...
AI Will Be Ethical, or It Will Not Be a School, by Dr. Neus Lorenzo
The source for this article is the presentation “La IA en la escuela: del desafío a la oportunidad” AI in School: From Challenge to…
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The modern university has become the final classroom of obedience: expensive, monitored, ranked, audited and terrified of real freedom. www.linkedin.com/posts/hereta...
Universities Do Not Die When They Close. They Die When They Forget Why They Exist. | Lefteris Heretakis RCA
The lights may be on. The website may be beautiful. The metrics may be improving. The strategic plan may be full of confidence. But if the studio is silent, if the teachers are afraid, if the students...
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A friend of mine, Hans, is in Athens for three weeks asking a beautifully simple question: what actually makes life good? Not GDP or job titles, but the everyday texture of how we live, work, rest and feel in our cities. More here: businesshippie.club
Business Hippie Club
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The UK does not need fewer universities. It needs a richer ecology of learning: universities, technical colleges, apprenticeships, studios, workshops, businesses and communities. A future economy cannot be built by one model of education alone. lbbonline.com/news/sir-mar...
“We Want Innovation, Not Regulation!” Sir Martin Sorrell on AI, the UK Economy and Andy Burnham’s Road to Growth | LBBOnline
Little Black Book, S4 Capital’s Sir Martin Sorrell discusses how AI can be a leveller in a ‘K-shaped economy’, the UK’s social media ban and five key challenges for the incoming prime minister, with L...
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In an age of artificial intelligence, robotics and automation, the real question is no longer what technology can do, but what kind of humanity it helps us become. #AI www.linkedin.com/posts/hereta...
Mario Porcini: The Human Side of Technology: and why the Future Needs People in Love with People. | Lefteris Heretakis RCA
In an age of artificial intelligence, robotics and automation, the real question is no longer what technology can do, but what kind of humanity it helps us become. Inspired by Mauro Porcini’s vision o...
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What should design schools actually teach? Former Parsons Dean Simon Collins argues the answer isn't software, it's learning how to learn. A fascinating conversation on creativity, innovation and the future of design education. 🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/1969986/epis...
Illustration is not only the art of making images. It is the art of paying attention to what might otherwise disappear. My conversation with Sharpay Chenyue Yuan on archives, drawing, memory and illustration education. heretakis.medium.com/drawing-as-e...
Drawing as Evidence, Illustration as Listening: Sharpay Chenyue Yuan and the Future of Illustration…
Sharpay Chenyue Yuan’s work begins where many illustration practices stop: not with style, not with decoration, not even with storytelling…
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Great #design is not only visual. It serves people, strengthens society, protects culture and responds to the ecological realities of our time. This is why the IAI 20th anniversary matters. medium.com/p/98f6432e8b...
IAI GLOBAL DESIGN AWARD: Twenty Years of Design, Humanistic Spirit, and the Future of Creative…
20th Anniversary Official White Paper
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Applications are now open for Freelands Foundation’s Learning Through Making fund 🎨 Grants of up to £25,000 are available for UK visual arts organisations exploring making, experimentation and materials. Apply by 12pm, Fri 11 Sept 2026: freelandsfoundation.co.uk/engage/apply...
Learning Through Making Fund | Apply | Freelands Foundation
A new fund for UK-based visual arts organisations wanting to test, trial or explore material exploration and making. Applications close 11 September 2026.
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The future of health is not only in hospitals—it is in communities. 🌍 At the Global Social Prescribing Alliance Summit 2026, I spoke about creativity, prevention, and person-centered wellbeing as vital health investments. Community is medicine! @garethpresch.bsky.social whis.world/gspa
In an age obsessed with speed, screens and automation, Quentin Blake’s mural is a reminder of the power of the drawn line. Illustration remains one of the most direct ways we understand the world. qbcentre.org.uk/journal/quen...
Quentin Blake unveils new mural ahead of opening of world’s largest space for illustration | Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
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Design is no longer static. It is dynamic, interdisciplinary, human, ethical and alive. In this episode of Design Education Talks, I speak with @danvlahos.bsky.social Vlahos about complexity, creative learning, AI and the future of design education. www.buzzsprout.com/1969986/epis...
What if the biggest threat to creativity is not AI, but our obsession with speed? New podcast with Graham Fink on ideas, education, curiosity, and why thinking takes time. 🎧 designeducationtalks.buzzsprout.com/1969986/epis... #GrahamFink #Creativity #DesignEducation
David Hockney has left the studio, but not the world. He remains in the blue of water, the arrival of spring, the courage of colour, and the simple act of looking again. Today we mourn one of the great teachers of seeing. www.linkedin.com/pulse/david-...
David Hockney Has Left the Studio, But Not the World
David Hockney has died, and with him goes one of the great witnesses of modern visual life. Yet it feels almost wrong to say that Hockney has gone, because his whole work was an argument against disap...
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New to international design protection? This online session explains the main registration routes and how SMEs can manage protection efficiently across countries. @wipo.int ipsupportbusiness.eu/events/helpi... #Designs #SME
Helping SMEs protect designs
This webinar is offered by the European IP Helpdesk and WIPO.
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The greatest threat of AI is not that machines become human. It is that humans become more machine-like. When efficiency replaces wisdom and optimisation replaces imagination, something essential is lost. heretakis.medium.com/the-quiet-el... #AI #Education #Design
The Quiet Elimination of Art and Design Education: Why Creativity Stands Between Humanity and the…
Every few months another story appears. An art school closes. A design department is merged. A creative programme loses funding. Studio…
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What does Jony Ive’s latest Ferrari design reveal about the culture we are living in? Not merely a question of cars, luxury, taste or technology, but something much deeper: the infantilisation of society itself. www.linkedin.com/posts/hereta...
The Infantilised Teenager’s Dream: Jony Ive, Ferrari, and the Luxury of Arrested Adolescence | Lefteris Heretakis RCA | 13 comments
What does Jony Ive’s latest Ferrari design reveal about the culture we are living in? Not merely a question of cars, luxury, taste or technology, but something much deeper: the infantilisation of soci...
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Students need professional skills, discipline and communication. Of course they do. But they also need imagination, courage and judgement. Otherwise we train them to fit into the present, not transform the future. www.linkedin.com/posts/hereta...
Preparing Students for Creative Leadership and Innovation | Lefteris Heretakis RCA posted on the topic | LinkedIn
In art and design education, being industry ready is important, but it is not enough. Students must learn how to work professionally, communicate clearly and understand the realities of creative pract...
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PontusWarnestål: AI is not a tool, its a commercial service. A tool is something you develop a relationship with. A service is something you place orders with. When we blur that line, we misunderstand what kind of control/responsibility we actually have. www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...
Beyond Speed: A Conversation with Pontus Wärnestål on AI, Design, and Leadership
The Design Leadership Community & Service Design Network in conversation with Pontus Wärnestål Jenny Fossum, Design Leadership Community Haz Roth, Service Design Network, Swedish chapter Throughout th...
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There are conversations that skim the surface of creativity and then there are those that force you to slow down and confront what creativity actually demands of you. Speaking with Graham Fink belongs firmly in the second category. heretakis.medium.com/graham-fink-...
Graham Fink and the Discipline of Thinking Differently
A deep dive into creativity, education, and resisting mediocrity.
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“Ideas are not yours. You find them.” One of the most fascinating moments from our conversation with Graham Fink. A discussion on ego, creativity, and why some of the best ideas arrive when we stop forcing them. Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1969986/epis...
Graham Fink - Why Process Matters More Than Finish in Creative Work - Design Education Talks
Graham Fink is one of those rare creative figures whose career refuses to fit neatly into a single title. Creative director, art director, writer, artist, technologist, musician, filmmaker and educato...
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The electric Ferrari is the infantilised teenager’s dream: power without consequence, speed without danger, rebellion without sacrifice, and luxury without responsibility. Read more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/infant...
The Infantilised Teenager’s Dream: Jony Ive, Ferrari, and the Luxury of Arrested Adolescence
There are objects that reveal more than they intend to reveal. Jony Ive’s latest Ferrari design is one of them.
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Are you doing interesting work in design education? Are you questioning how we teach, learn, make, critique or prepare students for the future? Design Education Talks is now recording a new season. linktr.ee/thenewartsch...
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A revolution in teaching and learning Art and Design.
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AI is changing design, but it cannot replace your judgement, taste, intuition or cultural awareness. This summer in Milano, learn how to activate your real design superpower: your process. istitutoveloramilano.com/programmi/uyds
Unlock Your Design Superpower | Workshop Milano | Istituto Velora Milano
A 6-day intensive workshop in Milan. Discover how to thrive in the age of AI by mastering your unique design process.
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