Editor-in-Chief
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Dr. Ginn Bonsu Assibey
│ GS │Website
Department of Communication Design, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Research Areas: Brand Communications, Sustainable Design Policies and Design Thinking Methods
Email: ginnbonsu@gmail.com /gbassibey@knust.edu.gh
Dr. Ginn Bonsu Assibey is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication Design at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He holds a Doctorate in Technology in Design from Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa; a Master of Arts in African Art & Culture and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from KNUST. His research spans sustainable design, brand communication, design for social innovation, up-cycling and emerging advertising strategies, particularly in the context of climate change. He supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research, serves as an External Examiner and Visiting Lecturer in South Africa and the UK.
Associate Editors
The Associate Editors for the Journal of Design and Craft Studies (JDCS) are made up of the following persons:
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Dr. Kyungeun Sung
│ GS │Website
The Vijay Patel Building, De Montfort University, UK.
Research Areas: Upcycling and circular economy, Sustainable art, design and craft, Sustainable production, businesses and supply chains, Sustainable behaviour, consumption and lifestyle, Design for green transitions, Net Zero, Post-anthropocentrism, Design education.
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Dr. Nike Irene Romano
│ GS │Website
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa.
Research Areas: Feminist New Materialism, critical posthumanism, fashion theory, decolonising design, research-creation.
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Dr. Dennis Atsu Dake
│ GS
Tamale Technical University, Tamale, Ghana.
Research Areas: Graphic Communication Design, Art and Design Education, Inclusive Education, Universal Design for Learning in Art and Design Contexts, Educational Measurement and Evaluation, Teacher Education, Educational Technology, TVET, Visual Culture and Semiotics.
Editorial Board
The Editorial Board for the Journal of Design and Craft Studies (JDCS) are:
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Prof. Richie Moalosi
│ GS │Website │ Professor of Industrial Design & Director of the University Innovation Pod, University of Botswana.
Research Areas: Industrial design, Design education, Sustainable design, Culture and design, social innovation, Upcycling.
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Dr. Katarzyna (Kate) Chmela-Jones
│ GS │Website │ Vaal University of Technology, Andries Potgieter Blvd, Vanderbijlpark, 1900, South Africa.
Research Areas: graphic design, human-centred design, posthumanism.
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Dr. Hassan Sadeghi Naeini
│ GS │ School of Architecture. Industrial Design Department, Iran University of Science & Technology (IUST), Farjam, Tehran, Iran
Research Areas: Ergonomic Design, Sustainability.
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Prof. Mugendi M’ Rithaa
│ GS │ Machakos University, Machakos, Kenya
Research Areas: Design, Sustainability, Innovation, Technology.









