The School of Systems
In 2021, the book Flexible Visual Systems was published. On the back cover of the first version, we displayed a nondescript diagram of a curriculum, the curriculum for a school of systems. In 2026, five years and six editions later, we are making it a reality. The School of Systems will start small, but it has big ambitions.
Starting with offering you exciting courses with the best design educators worldwide, we will go beyond traditional design education, opening up professional pathways in all areas of system design.
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Teachers:
Donald Roos
Benoît Bodhuin
Rejane Dal Bello
Matt Lamont
TwoPoints.Net
We are currently working with these four designers on system-related courses. The syllabus and registration deadline will be released soon. If you do not want to miss any updates, please sign up for our newsletter.
Coordination
The School of Systems is a (very) small group of people who deeply care about education as a result of social interaction. We are not a big corporation with no face, and we do not offer pre-recorded material to make you study in isolation. We are building learning communities around system design. If you have any questions that our FAQ does not answer, do not hesitate to contact our lovely Franziska: franziska(at)schoolofsystems.org
Franziska’s deep curiosity for how people connect and create meaning together led her to bring people together. With stations at Fontshop, Monotype, and Adobe, she worked at the intersection of visual design, community, and creative technology.
Academic Direction
Martin is the grandson, son, and nephew of teachers. His escape plan from this family tradition was to become a graphic designer. He was only partly successful. While founding the design Studio TwoPoints.Net with Lupi Asensio and raising two boys, he wrote a doctoral dissertation on systems in design, which led to the longseller Flexible Visual Systems, translated into English, Spanish, and Japanese. Martin became a teacher in 2003. He has taught at dozens of European Universities since then. You can contact Martin at: martin(at)schoolofsystems.org
Founding the School of Systems is a dream coming true. Martin already fantasised about the curriculum of a design school based on a systemic perspective on the world, using design as a conversational tool with societal purpose, when working on his doctoral thesis. This may sound very ambitious and it is, but it is early days and the School of Systems will have enough time to emerge.