María Ruiz de Olano

I am a young professional, looking forward to developing my career in Design for Services and/or Cultural Heritage field. With a degree in History and a Master in Interactive Museums and Education studied at the University of Barcelona (Spain), I also completed a masters in Design for Services at Dundee University (UK) I decided to study this course because I strongly believe that Design for Services can help Cultural Institutions to become driving forces for a social change, placing them at the heart of the community. Although I would love working in spreading the idea of co-design and co-creation in the field of museums and galleries, in the last months I discovered other areas of my interest, and I think I can say that I am interested in working in almost any project that allows me to use my design thinking skills. In the past I worked as an interpretive planner and as a curator. I also have experience in devising educational activities and in customer care.