Matthias Hillner

Matthias Hillner holds three postgraduate degrees from the Royal College of Art, London, UK: a Master of Arts and an MPhil in 2001 and 2007, respectively, and a PhD in Design IP and Innovation Management in 2019. In 2015 he was commissioned by the UK IPO to investigate the infringement of design rights in the UK before he moved to Singapore to become Head of School, Design Communication at LASALLE College of the Arts. He is an avid conference speaker and currently serves as Director of...See more

Matthias Hillner holds three postgraduate degrees from the Royal College of Art, London, UK: a Master of Arts and an MPhil in 2001 and 2007, respectively, and a PhD in Design IP and Innovation Management in 2019. In 2015 he was commissioned by the UK IPO to investigate the infringement of design rights in the UK before he moved to Singapore to become Head of School, Design Communication at LASALLE College of the Arts. He is an avid conference speaker and currently serves as Director of Programmes at the Glasgow School of Art in Singapore. He is also the Founder of the Studio for Virtual Typography, a design consultancy which was funded through a start-up award obtained from the National Endowment of Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA). See less