PhD, Design Studies
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,
2015 – 2019
Advisory Committee: Cameron Tonkinwise & Gideon Kossoff (Primary), Molly Steenson (Secondary), Arturo Escobar (External)
Dissertation: Decolonising Design Studies
MDes, Interaction Design
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,
2015 – 2019 (Expected)
Thesis Advisor: Cameron Tonkinwise
Dissertation: The Flat Earth: Object Oriented Ontological Explorations in Design Praxis
Studied on a USAID Fulbright Scholarship
BDes, Communication Design
Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture (IVSAA), Karachi, Pakistan,
2004 – 2008
Thesis Advisor: Amir Mirza
Thesis Project: Black & White: A Web Game To Teach Color Theory to Nondesigners
Recipient of the IVSAA Founder’s Award and Saleem-us-Zaman Siddiqui Award for Best Student Dissertation
Ahmed Ansari 