Vicente Esteban is the Program Director and Associate Professor in the Industrial Design Department at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China. Originally from Cádiz, Spain, Vicente has a foundational background in mechanics and applied arts. His formal studies include a Master’s in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art, funded by the BURBERRY scholarship, and a Bachelor’s degree in Multidisciplinary Design from Goldsmiths, University of London.

With extensive experience across industry and academia, Vicente has collaborated with major companies such as Worldpay, Burberry, Statoil, AGA, and Linde Engineering. He has contributed to prominent art and design institutions, including the Barbican, Sustrans, Furtherfield Gallery, and Zadok Studio. In London, he taught in the Design Department at Goldsmiths and at the London College of Fashion (UAL), covering a broad range of design and innovation topics.

As a Practice-Based Designer, Vicente emphasizes making and materiality, integrating hand-crafted prototypes with machine manufacturing. His recent work focuses on Sustainable Design Practice and Social Innovation Design, tackling issues like sanitation and deforestation. His teaching areas include Visual Communication, Design Experience, and Futurism / Speculative Design, fostering hands-on learning to inspire innovative approaches in design.

https://rca.academia.edu/VicenteEsteban

www.refugeoly.org.

Transition Design, Social Innovation, Design Affordances, Speculative design, Fashion Design.

Industrial Design Department Sustainability Officer.

I have worked on and developed projects for:

- Worldpay (London, UK)

- Burberry (London, UK)

- Zadok Studio (London, UK)

- Barbican (London, UK)

- Tabakalera Art Center (San Sebastian, Spain)

- La Casa Encendida Madrid, Spain)

- Furtherfield Gallery London, UK)

- Sustrans (London, UK)

- Goldsmiths University (London, UK)

- UAL London College of Fashion (London, UK)

- Accion Against Hunger (NGO. Madrid, Spain)

- Diputacion de Cadiz (Cadiz, Spain)

IND307 Final Year Project

IND405 Transdisciplinary Design

IND402 Design Research Project (Module Leader)

IND403 Design for Social Innovation

IND408 Design Beyond Carbon (Module Leader)

1st Prize Design School Excellence Teaching Award (2024)