Andrew Slatter is a Senior Lecturer in Contextual and Theoretical Studies (CTS) within the Design School at London College of Communication. He is a Graphic Designer with over 15 years experience of teaching in Higher Education.
Andrew's focus has been on developing inclusive curricula that addresses decolonisation and intersectionality through active-learning and writing as practice methods. His career as a graphic designer began at CDT Design in 1995 working on projects for Benenden School, Design Council, Earth Centre, Our Price, Royal National Theatre, South Bank Centre and Volkswagen UK.
At Lloyd Northover, he worked on projects for BNFL, The Millennium Commission, UBS and SITA. As a founding partner of Unleaded Design Andrew worked for art galleries, local councils and publishers and the Royal Society of Arts. He works independently on graphic design projects alongside my teaching.
As a graphic designer, Andrew is concerned with the visual organisation and presentation of information using a systematic methodology informed by the teachings of Armin Hofmann, Emil Ruder and Wolfgang Weingart (Basel), Geoff White (Ravensbourne) and subscribes to the values of Radical Modernism (Dan Friedman, 1994).Andrew holds an MA with Distinction in Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication (UAL, 2025) an MA with Distinction in Design Writing Criticism (UAL, 2010) and a First Class BA (Hons) in Visual Communication Design (Ravensbourne, 1995).
Andrew is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE, 2020) and holds a PGCE with Distinction (University of Essex, 2013). He is currently an External Examiner for MA Graphic Design at the Open College of the Arts and was the External Examiner for theory units on BA (Hons) Graphic Design at University for the Creative Arts (2019–2024) and the University of Westminster (2015–2019).
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