Neil Pinder: Teaching design thinking

In Episode 23 of A is for Architecture, I got to speak with Neil Pinder, Head of Product Design and Architecture at Graveney School, Tooting, London. Elected Honorary Fellow of the RIBA this year, Honorary Professor at the Bartlett, UCL, and (STOP PRESS!), Fellow of the RSA, Neil has spent the last 25 plus years developing programmes for advancing design thinking for secondary school education, expanding the discipline’s reach into underrepresented communities and groups, supporting young learners to develop confidence in design and design thinking, and challenging the profession to promote diverse perspectives and values in its practices, education, communication and ethics.

Neil is wonderfully inspiring, and very funny. His initiative Home Grown Plus+ is worth exploring, and he can be found here on Twitter and LinkedIn, and via the links below, too.

• London's Hidden Hero: Neil Pinder from New London Architecture
• Neil Pinder: Graveney School from Citizen Mag
• Day 37 – Neil Pinder from London Festival of Architecture
• Celebrated teacher Neil Pinder will talk about how to make design education more inclusive at Dezeen Day

Enjoy!

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Music credits: Bruno Gillick.

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