Lisa Winstanley is an Assistant Professor in the School of Art, Design & Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. With over 20 years of commercial design experience and a decade of work as a design educator and researcher, she has made significant contributions to the fields of visual literacy and visual communication. Her creative work is internationally recognised, earning over 80 awards, including a Red Dot Design Award, four Gold Graphis Awards, five A’Design Awards, two iF Awards, and a Platinum Spark Award. Lisa’s designs have been showcased at over 60 exhibitions across 30 countries, featuring venues like the Oculus in New York, the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the National Museum of Art in Bolivia, and the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in South Korea.

Lisa is the founder of the Design Ethics and Visual Integrity Research Lab, where her scholarly research focuses on the intersections of ethical design practices and pedagogies, emphasising the development of visual literacy for interdisciplinary stakeholders. This research trajectory spans two main pillars: addressing visual plagiarism in art and design, for which she has been awarded an MOE AcRF Tier 2 grant and investigating interdisciplinary social responsibility through practice-led design. This dyad is united by a focus on fostering ethical practices in design, ensuring that visual integrity, ethical collaboration, and social responsibility are central to her approach to visual communication. She aims to develop the tools, systems, and resources to foster ethical, interdisciplinary partnerships.

In addition to her academic and research pursuits, Lisa serves as an advisory and Editorial Board Member of the On the Image Research Network and is the current chair of the Global Undergraduate Awards Jury for the Visual Arts Category.

Lisa's creative work and research projects can be viewed here: www.lisawinstanley.com