Hala A Malak

Design critic, curator, educator, researcher and strategist with her own particular view of the world. Born in Beirut during the civil war, she grew up, worked and studied all over the world – Lebanon, USA, Canada, UAE, Holland, Morocco, England and France - enforcing her versatility and multicultural approach. Art and music lover with a passion for positive social change, cultural identity exploration and the power of ideas through design. Holds graduate degrees from HEC Paris and SVA NY. President of Design and Flow, a strategic design collective that facilitates actionable change. She is also the founder of Kaflab Foundation, part-time faculty at Parsons School of Design and consultant at The Design Critic. Currently lives and works out of Brooklyn, NY.

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