Coltrane McDowell graduated Cum Laude from the Social Design course at the Design Academy Eindhoven 2020. McDowell was featured in the Design Indaba Antenna Best Design Graduates of 2020 and a nominee of the STARTS prize in the same year. He has since worked for the architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, and the design studio Atelier Luma. He is based as a freelance designer across France, Mexico & Kenya, working with designers and artists to communicate new ideas.