Teaching StaffWho is Teaching You
Daniel PhilpottLecturer of Interaction Design and Course Director
Daniel is Course Director of BDes Hons Digital Design course.
Daniel has been lecturing at Ulster University since 2015, teaching on Foundation Art & Design and Graphic Design and Illustration before joining the Interaction Design course. He has a First-Class Honours degree in Design for Visual Communication and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy as well as a member of the Institute of Designers in Ireland.
He specialises in branding and typography and is an Assessor for the International Society of Typographic Designers and is currently working towards a PhD that explores the relationship between typography and cultural identity.
He has extensive experience in the commercial application of branding and design, having worked for some of the leading design companies in Belfast and for clients further afield. Through his own consultancy he has created brands and websites for customers in the private, public and voluntary sectors..
Paul McCormackLecturer of Interaction Design and Course Director
Paul is Course Director of the MA UX and Service Design Course.
With three decades of graphic design experience, Paul’s professional activities continually inform teaching practices and course content. This ensures students are kept abreast of the latest technologies and are taught best practices for research, concept development and realisation.
Paul’s research interests lie in the digital/analogue interface of interaction design. He is currently working with a set of simple algorithms in the creation of a series of complex, printed generative outputs.
Dr. Kyle BoydLecturer of Interaction Design
Kyle is both a Lecturer and Researcher.
Kyle received a Bachelor of Science in Interactive Multimedia Design, a Master of Arts in Multidisciplinary Design and a PhD in Computer Science all from Ulster University. In 2015 Kyle joined Ulster as a Lecturer in Interaction Design.
Kyle has research interests which range from Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience Design, User Interface Design, User Experience Research, Usability Engineering, Social Media and Digital Health which is the application of digital technology in healthcare. He has published in these areas with papers spanning usability, Interface design and measuring user experience.
Kyle has been involved on research projects funded by InvestNI, InterTrade Ireland and the EU.
David McClellandLecturer of Digital Design
David is a Lecturer of Digital Design.
Apply for Digital Design Belfast in 2025
Want to begin your Digital Design journey at the Belfast School of Art? We are currenly seeking applicants for our 2025 intake.
Put together a portfolio of your best work, this could be design, photography or anything then apply.
Apply Now