Carlos Sapochnik
Programme Leader: MA Design Research
Department: School of Arts and Education
Contact
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 8411 5064
- E-mail: C.Sapochnik@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
MA(RCA), MA
Research Interests
- Drawing
- Creativity
- Design methods
- Group dynamics
- Professional practice
Teaching Interests
- Design Research
- Professional Practice
- Graphic Design
- Editorial Design
- Typography
- Drawing
Biography
Curriculum/Subject Area
Interior Architecture and Design/ Communication Arts.
Current Work
MA Design Research Programme Leader, MA Professional Practice Academic Adviser, Graphic Design Tutor.
Publications
- (2000): 'Why Argument : reflections on the value of improving the quality of argument in Design' in Improving the Quality of Argument in Higher Education, final report of a project funded by The Leverhulme Trust by Sally Mitchell and Mike Riddle, Middlesex University, 2000: pp. 56:58
- (2003): 'Corruption: Oedipal configuration as social mechanism', Organizational and Social Dynamics, Vol. 3 (2), pp. 177:190. ISSN 1474 2780
- (2004): 'Thoughts on 'The Empire of Fear'', Psychodynamic Practice Journal, Vol. 10 (1), pp. 118:121, ISSN 1475-3634
- (2005): 'Martial Arts : enactment of aggression or integrative space?', Psychodynamic Practice Journal, Vol. 11 (4): pp. 451:458, ISSN 1475-3634
Presentations:
- 2004: Obedience, survival and the vicissitudes of creativity (with Shankarnarayan Srinath), refereed paper 'Culture and the Unconscious 2: Psychoanalysts, artists and academics in dialogue', two-day conference, Tavistock Clinic / British Psychoanalytical Society / University of East London, London
- 2004: Obedience and the agitations of followership (with Shankarnarayan Srinath), refereed paper, International Conference on Organizational and Social Dynamics, OPUS, London
- 2005: Thinking inside the Box, invited paper, BB Zeitlyn Psychotherapy Trust & The Young People's Service, Psychological Treatment Services, Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Trust, Cambridge.
- 2005: Are we talking the same language? Exploring the impact of difference on the therapeutic dialogue (with Viqui Rosenberg), invited paper, British Association of Psychotherapists, London
- 2007: Whose creativity? Leadership and followership in the culture of the ideal, refereed paper, International Conference on Organizational and Social Dynamics, OPUS, London
Professional Memberships
- FCSD (Fellow Chartered Society of Designers)
- FISTD (Fellow International Society of Typographic Designers)
- FHEA (Fellow Higher Education Academy)
- Member Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists and Allied Professionals
- Member International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations



