Cordula Friedlander graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Industrial Design. Having initially trained in Product Design at the Academy of Fine Art in Stuttgart. Cordula worked as a trainee for Daimler Benz and subsequently on product developments for the automotive industry and Frankfurt Airport Authority. She spent time at AID and IDEO London before joining forces with the architectural practice Foster Associates, planning and designing building layouts, retail systems, museum display installations and bespoke furniture. Cordula is now a partner at Uno Product Development, a consultancy for the design, development and manufacture of products and components for the medical industries. Throughout her professional career Cordula has been engaged with the academic environment. She joined the product design department at UEL from the start (1993) having initially taught in industrial design at Central Saint Martins. At UEL she is now predominantly responsible for the final year design projects, including the RSA competition and the annual exhibition at the graduate show ‘New Designers’. She is also visiting lecturer at London College of Communication teaching on the MDes programme ‘Service Design Innovation’.

Product design lecturer, 3^rd year students, New Designer co-ordinator, Erasmus exchange co-ordinator, course strategy & promotion, post graduate programme development

Product - and  service design innovation, new materials, processes and prototyping, sustainable resources

• product design
• product design futures

• ME3603
• ME3606
• ME3607
• ME3609

'service design innovation' research / workshops. Co- facilitator on 'changing travel practice in the town of Bicester' workshop July 2011 (see link below).

http://designingbetterfutures.wordpress.com/by-year/2011-2/