Christian Schneider
Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Design
Email
schneic1@newschool.edu
Office Location
Parsons Faculty Hotseat
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Christian is a Leadership Coach and Associate Professor for Strategic Management. He has been working in strategic design throughout his career, from evolving industrial design to product-service-system design working for the Studio de Lucchi in Milan, guiding interaction design projects and consulting programs for user centered innovation strategies working for IDEO in London, as well as assisting executive leadership in placing innovation competencies and communication models across organizations within his own professional practice. As an academician Christian has worked with the Polytechnic University in Milan (MFA Strategic Design), Carleton University in Ottawa (BFA Industrial Design), Zeppelin University (MBA) and HFG Pforzheim (MFA Creative Direction). He joined Parsons School of Design Strategies in July 2011 and has taught in all programs of the School. His interests, besides online teaching and online collaboration, is to evolve the process of strategy development, such as the design of non numeric assessment methods and decision making processes based on scope, purpose and value systems - to systematically use design to empower uncertainty and to embrace complexity.
Recent Publications
https://co-design.medium.com
2021-04-29, EDUCAUSE Feature:
"Reimagining Online Culture: Project-Based Learning, Inclusion, and Reach in Online Education"
2020-06-19, Salone del Mobile, Life talk:
"Design, society and distance learning: what will survive to what?"
Research Interests
access to education, online teaching and mentoring, collaboration design, system design
Awards And Honors
2014 Compasso d’oro ADI menzione d’onore for “youcrux”, 2006 JPMA Student Award, 1999 Red dot award for best user interface (T-concept product line)