My friend Peter Sayers, who has died aged 78 from undiagnosed lung cancer, was a polymath. Trained in both science and art, over the course of his life he was a graphic designer, a teacher, an art school director, a dean of faculty and a website company creator.
While lecturing part-time at Farnham School of Art in the early 1980s, he pioneered the use of computers in art education. His subsequent rise was meteoric. Within two years he became head of department. He was then headhunted for the role of dean of faculty of arts and education at the University of Gloucester (1992-94), before becoming dean of faculty and head of Newport School of Art and Design (1994-97). After major policy differences, he changed course, setting up IDM, a company designing and maintaining company websites.
