People

Ian Ritchie is Chairman of Interactive Design Institute, iomart plc., Computer Application Services Ltd. And Caspian Learning Ltd. He is Co-Chair of the Scottish Science Advisory Council and Chairman of Our Dynamic Earth, the Edinburgh Science Centre.

He is a board member of the Edinburgh International Science Festival. He was a founding director, and Chairman (1988-1990), Of the Scottish Software Federation (now ScotlandIS). He is a board member of the GO Group, a trustee of the David Hume Institute, a trustee of the Saltire Foundation, a trustee of the Nominet Trust, and a member of the Council of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Ritchie has also been active in venture capital as a director of Northern Venture Trust plc from 1997-2001 and as a member of the advisory board of Pentech Ventures from 2001. He is a member of the ‘Access to Finance’ expert group at the UK`s Department for Business Innovation and Skills.

Ritchie was awarded a CBE in the 2003 New Year Honours list for services to enterprise and education; he is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; and a Fellow and a past-President of the British Computer Society (1998-1999). He was a member of Scotland`s Cultural Commission in 2005/2006.

He has a BSc Hons in Computer Science from Heriot-Watt University (1973), and was awarded Honorary Doctorates by Heriot-Watt University in July 2000, the Robert Gordon University in July 2001, the University of Abertay Dundee in June 2002, and the University of Edinburgh in December 2003.

At IDI we only employ tutors who have consistently demonstrated a level of experience and commitment that is in keeping with our educational ethos. Our current group of tutors is representative of the sound educational and professional practice that provides students of Design in the UK with a first class educational experience. Consequently, IDI students are assured a consistently high standard of tuition, guidance and support across all our courses.

Tim Bones
BA (Hons), MA
Graphic Design

Tim is Programme Leader and lecturer at K College in Kent, responsible for delivering a range of courses, including the BA (Hons) Graphic Design for the University of Kent. He is also a freelance graphic designer; his clients include Montrose Filmworks, and Tick-Tock Media, with whom he has produced numerous children’s books. He was previously a graphic designer for Castelli (UK) where he worked for clients such as Mercedes, Air Canada, Tate Restaurants, Saudi Airlines, Continental Airlines, Eagle Star, IBM and Shell Oil. He has also worked in advertising, and was a lecturer in Design and Illustration at Hastings College of Arts & Technology. He is a member of the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) and the Institute for Learning (MIFL).

Joanna Kane
BA (Hons), MA, MSc
Graphic Design, Illustration

Joanna is a tutor in Digital Media and Video for Edinburgh University Art and Design Studies programme, she has worked as a Lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art and Napier University, and as Visiting Lecturer at Grays School of Art, the University of Gloucestershire, and Norwich University of the Arts. She has experience of a wide range of Visual Communication disciplines, as a lecturer, practitioner and researcher, including Graphic Design, Typography, Digital Imaging, Photography and Web Design. Joanna’s work has been featured in Creative Review and Eye Magazine.

Victoria Redman
BA (Hons),
Graphic Design, Illustration

Victoria has a wide range of experience both as a designer and a lecturer. She is currently Associate Lecturer in Design at the University of Derby and Loughborough University, teaching on their BA (Hons) Visual Communication programmes. She was previously Design Manager at Egg Banking plc and Senior Web Designer at Thomson Financial Ltd.

Sheila Kendrick
BA (Hons), MA
Graphic Design, Illustration

Sheila is a lecturer at the University of Derby, teaching on the BA (Hons) Computer Games Modelling and Animation programme. She was Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Design and Digital Media and FdA New Media Design & Production programmes. Sheila is currently undertaking research towards her PhD at the University of York.

Jim Gallacher
BA (Hons)
Graphic Design, Illustration and Level 3 Foundation Studies

Jim is a Senior Graphic Designer with over ten years’ experience in the public and private sectors. He has been involved in all aspects of design and management for publishing, corporate branding, point of sale, advertising and display for major organisations including The Scotsman Publications and National Museums of Scotland. He is currently a freelance designer for Creative Link Design Consultants.

Oliver Hass
Dip Des, PhD
Graphic Design

Oliver established Haas Design in 2003, delivering design consultancy to a range of clients including UNICEF UK, Microsoft, National Museums of Scotland, Stirling Council and Mogwaii Design. He is also a photographer and illustrator. He was previously a lecturer at Napier University and a Senior Partner with Shaw Marketing and Design. Oliver is a published author, and has undertaken research in the area of Advertising. He is the recipient of many awards, including the Gold Award by Graphis, New York in 2011.

Peter Iain Campbell
BA (Hons),
Photography

Iain is an experienced professional photographer whose work has been published in the UK, USA, Germany, Japan, Italy and Australia. He has undertaken commissions for design and advertising agencies, charities and community-based organisations and independent arts organisations, and he has had a number of solo exhibitions across Scotland. He has been a visiting lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art and at Napier University, Edinburgh.

Iain Stewart
BA (Hons), MA
Photography

Iain gained his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Edinburgh College of Art, and lectured at the College until 2008. He is an experienced fine art and commercial photographer, and has exhibited widely in the UK, Europe and the USA. His work is held in many public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Lannan Foundation, New Mexico; Birmingham City Museum and Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, and in private and corporate collections in the UK and overseas, including those of Sir Elton John and Goldman Sachs. He is represented by the Photographers Gallery, London; Julie Saul Gallery, New York and Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle.

David Eaton
BA (Hons), Msc.
Interactive Media

David is Senior Lecture in Art, Design and Digital Technology at the Central College of Commerce, Glasgow. He is a member of the College’s Board of Management, and chairs the Design Team at the Scottish Qualifications Authority. He has been a visiting lecturer at the School of Architecture, Strathclyde University, and is a freelance Multimedia and Web designer. He has been involved in research projects in the UK and Europe and has collaborated on a number of Multimedia performances with visual artists and musicians in Scotland.

Kevin Hallsworth
MA
Product Design and Furniture

Kevin is Tutor and specialist technical advisor at the University of Lincoln for the award winning BA Furniture Design programme. He is a practicing furniture designer / maker with fourteen years’ experience and is a member of a number of design groups and organisations.

Alessandra Campoli
MA
Critical and Cultural Studies

Alessandra is currently based at the University of the West of Scotland, conducting practice-based research in Media Arts. She was previously a researcher in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, and a director of a three year research project for the Italian National council of Scientific Research (CNR). She was Visiting Lecturer in Performance Art at Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and has been a part time Lecturer and Tutor at both the University of the West of Scotland and the University of Rome.

Dr Caroline Archer
BA (Hons), PhD
Critical and Cultural Studies, Graphic Design

Caroline is a typographic consultant and Partner in UKType. She was previously Research Fellow in the Department of Typography at the University of Reading, and has been a lecturer and visiting lecturer at universities throughout the UK, including Birmingham City University, Coventry University, Bedfordshire University, Nottingham Trent University, Anglia Ruskin University, Northampton University, Matthew Boulton College and Chelsea College of Art & Design. Caroline is the author of a number of books and has written extensively for magazines and journals in the UK and USA, and for broadcast in the UK, Canada and Korea. She is Honorary Research Fellow at Birmingham City University and International Advisory Board Member of The Arts in Society, University of Illinois, USA.

Heidi Saarinen
BA (Hons), PGCE
Interior and Spatial Design

Heidi is Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, and Tutor on the BA (Hons) Interior Architecture & Design programme. She previously lectured at the College of NW London and London Metropolitan University. Heidi has been involved in a number of design based and visual arts practice projects.

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