Ingrid was a co-founded of Greenside Design Center with Professor Laubscher in 1987and was instrumental in gaining Greenside Design Center membership of Cumulus,IFI and ICOGRADA, all international organisations. Shecurrently lectures in the interior design department but has run programmes for the graphic and multimedia departments as well. Prior to founding Greenside Design Center she lectured in the interior design department at the Technikon Witwatersrand, which is now a part of the University of Johannesburg. Along with lecturing she has practiced as a fine artist, graphic and interior designer but her passion is education. After completing a BA Honours degree in Fine Arts she completed aPost Graduate diploma in Higher Education and is currently completing a Masters degree in Visual Arts at the University of Pretoria. Ingrid was awarded winner of the International Award for Excellence in the inclusive museum field in Istanbul in June 2010. for Her paper was titled ‘New Media Interactivity in the Museum: Democratisation or Dumbing Down?’ Apart from education, her other interests include psychology and phenomenology.