Meet Madrid's lineup of dedicated design educators

Luis Almeida (Mexico)
An established designer and educator, Luis Almeida has been a presence in the Mexican design community since the 1970s. His work has has received numerous awards and recognition, including UNESCO and the International Poster Biennial in Mexico, and has been published internationally. He has been honoured by both Universidad Anáhuac and Universidad Metropolitana. A founding member of Quorum, the Mexican Council of Designers, Luis also serves as a design expert for CODIGRAM. Luis is currently an Academic Advisor at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico.




Rachel Cooper (United Kingdom)
Rachel Cooper is a Professor of Design Management at the University of Lancaster, where she is the Director of Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts and of ImaginationLancaster (a centre for research into products, places and systems for the future). Her research interests cover design management; design policy; new product development; design in the built environment; design against crime and socially responsible design.




Prof. Soon In Lee (Korea)
Prof. Soon In Lee has been a Professor of industrial design and art at Hongik University since 2004, and is also currently the President of the Seoul Design Center where he is in charge of numerous World Design Capital Seoul 2010 projects. For the past two years Prof. Lee has been the Chief researcher for the 50 Design Culture Scholars and Historian Group, where his research efforts have gone into identifying and preserving the local culture and design identity of Seoul's design heritage.


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Above banner: Young Package 2010 First place winner in the Package for sweets for High-school students category, Viktorie Prokopová of the Secondary School of Applied Art Uherské Hradiště Czech Republic. Source: www.young-package.com