The recent Covid-19 crisis has hit educational practice like a ton o’ bricks—an unimaginable disruption. Most art and design schools have taken to ZOOM, Canvas and other learning online learning programs to continue some semblance of normalcy. One of the articulate voices on how the current situation will impact the future is Brooklyn-based Douglas Davis, an expert in the concept, marketing plans and digital strategies of education. As author of Creative Strategy and the Business of Design, Davis regularly contributes to the design discourse. Currently, he is Chair of the BFA in Communication Design (COMD) program at New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn, and serves on the advisory boards of the University of Oregon’s Masters in Advertising and Brand Responsibility and City College’s Masters in Branding and Integrated Communications. Here are his pre-COVID-19 thoughts on TBWA/CHIAT/DAY NY's podcast The Disrupter Series. I asked him to chime in, offer some crystal ball predictions, and otherwise foretell the problems facing design education once Covid19 subsides and a new normal begins. Read the full Interview >