MEDEA - Middle East Design Educators Association
In the spirit of collaboration, during the conference on Monday afternoon from
1330 to 1530, VCUQatar would like to spearhead the launching of MEDEA Middle East Design Educators Association. We are working to be an association under IEN, International Education Network under Icograda IDA International Design Association.

We have slated 3 speakers who will focus on Designers of the future and integration of Design opportunities into business, civil society, design entrepreneurship, design leadership etc. We see this as an opportunity to meet and discuss issues facing design educators in the region.

We have also planned a facilitator, Professor Peter Martin, to work with us to generate a mission/vision statement and an agenda for future meetings. We also hope to create a database of people/institutions who are interested in this action.

We would like to invite participation from universities in the Middle East by offering one complimentary conference fee for a member of a university who would be participating in the MEDEA meeting

To make the appropriate arrangements please fax a copy of the PDF registration form to +974 7058, attention Donna Duffett, with the name of the representative attending MEDEA. Please make sure that you indicate on the form that it is for MEDEA.

We hope that you will be able to join us. Please do not hesitate to inquire for further information please contact Muneera Spence at [email protected]

MEDEA Facilitator Peter Martin

Peter Martin has been teaching graphic design at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar since September 1999. His experience of working in design education within a multi-cultural context has inspired his particular interest in design problem definition methodology, contextual design, design performance evaluation, design education, and cross-cultural information design. These interests are actively being pursued in his scholarly research.

Peter Martin’s background includes a B.S. in Environmental Design and Analysis from Cornell University and an M.F.A. in Communication Arts and Design from Virginia Commonwealth University, as well as five years of professional design experience. Also, his travels and photography in nearly 50 countries has exposed him to the tremendous diversity of form, meaning, and context that is critical to the performance of design.