Twenty years, Europe and Asia.

Mike Oustamanolakis 歐龍藝

I give shape to complicated problems. For seven years as managing director of a design consultancy in Hong Kong, and since 2020 in UK higher education. Greek, based in the United Kingdom, moving between Athens, Hong Kong and London.

Practice

2020 – present Digital transformation and systems strategy · Manchester Metropolitan University
2022 – present Distributed research systems · San José State University, California (remote)
2013 – 2020 Managing Director · Giraffe Limited, Hong Kong: a design consultancy
2004 – 2013 Independent design practice · Amsterdam, Athens, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Shanghai

Education

Four degrees, six cities, two continents.

Where	Degree	Year
Athens, Helsinki & Amsterdam	BA, Graphic DesignWest Attica University · exchanges in Helsinki and Amsterdam (Gerrit Rietveld Academie)	2007
Amsterdam	MA, DesignGraphic Design programme · Sandberg Instituut	2010
Gothenburg & Shanghai	MFA, DesignBusiness & Design programme · University of Gothenburg · exchange at Tongji University, Shanghai	2013
Hong Kong	PhD, DesignThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University	2022

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