Appoint­ment to the tempo­rary profes­sor­ship in ​‘AI + Design’

Mark Meyer has been appointed Acting Professor of ​‘AI + Design’, thereby helping to raise the profile of the HfG in its enga­ge­ment with key contem­po­rary issues of social rele­vance. In this role, he focuses in parti­cular on how design shapes the rela­ti­onship between humans and AI systems, and what design respon­si­bi­li­ties can be derived from this.

The thematic focus on ​“human-centred AI” has been a constant in Mark Meyer’s work since his own studies at the HfG, where he studied Inter­ac­tion Design and Stra­tegic Design. In 2019, he successfully completed his Master’s degree with a thesis on the role of design in AI systems.

Follo­wing his studies, he worked as an Asso­ciate Design Director at McKinsey & Company, where he colla­bo­rated closely with Quan­tumB­lack. His focus was on AI-powered products and ventures in regu­lated sectors such as life sciences and medtech – with a parti­cular emphasis on bridging the gap between data science, engi­nee­ring and end-users amidst complex regu­la­tory requirements

As an expert in human-centred AI, he has been part of the AI+D Lab since the start of this year; the lab takes a critical and expe­ri­mental approach to the use of AI in design prac­tice.

Mark Meyer used his inau­gural lecture as an oppor­tu­nity to outline his personal under­stan­ding of design as a medium that not only demands respon­si­bi­lity, trans­pa­rency and human control in algo­rithmic systems, but also makes these tangible.