Terry Irwin

Terry Irwin is a designer and design educator. Trained as a graphic designer, Terry received her MFA from the Basel School of Design, Switzerland and worked for many years as a senior designer and brand consultant for large corporations. She was a partner/creative director in the San Francisco office of MetaDesign, an international design firm with offices in London, Berlin and Zurich. Since 1986 Terry has taught design at the University level at Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles and from 1989 – 2003 at California College of Arts and Crafts. She has lectured and guest-taught at a variety of schools and Universities in North America and Europe, including Rhode Island School of Design, Virginia Commonwealth University, Art Center School of Design, ICIS, Denmark and Bolzen-Bolzano, Italy. In 2003 Terry moved to the UK to do a masters degree in Holistic Science at Schumacher College as the basis for transforming both her design and teaching practices to be more sustainable. She is currently a lecturer in the graduate programme for design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design at the University of Dundee and is a PhD researcher in their Centre for the Study of Natural Design. Her work focuses on how to develop more responsible and appropriate design processes and methodologies for traditionally trained designers and investigates the components of a holistic worldview and its implications for design.

Schumacher College is part of the Dartington Hall Trust, a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and as a charity (company no. 1485560, charity no. 279756). Registered office: The Elmhirst Centre, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EL, UK.