Goldsmiths - University of London

Hannah Jones BA (Hons), MA

Teaching

MA Design Futures

Research interests

I am a researcher on the Department’s 2005-2009 AHRC-funded ‘Benchmarking Synergy Levels within Metadesign’ project that is looking for a more comprehensive mode of design that would operate at the highest level of governance and planning. My individual doctoral research mainly focuses on the use of space within cities, although these principles may inform other systems, as described above.  I am especially interested in micro-regions that have become dislocated, neglected and under-used, in comparison to areas of a corresponding size or location. My notion of ‘awkward space’ helps to account for the way that many factors, e.g. ownership, urban flow, and social behaviour, correlate to form zones that resist the predominate flows in ordered places. My research is, therefore, partly an aesthetic inquiry into the uneven quality of ‘flow’ that visitors experience when travelling through the built environment. Where most orthodox descriptions imply that pedestrian turbulence is disagreeable or undesirable, I am developing ways to renegotiate and ‘harness’ what would otherwise be seen as ‘untidy’, unplanned spaces.

Selected publications

Articles and papers
Jones, H., (2007). “Exploring the Creative Possibilities of Awkward Space in the City”, Landscape and Urban Planning An International Journal of Landscape Ecology, Planning and Design Editor-in-Chief: J.E. Rodiek. 12th November, 2007. Volume 83, Issue 1. ISSN: 0169-2046. Pages 70-76

Jones, H., and Jones, P., (2007). Editorial “Cities and Sustainability”, Landscape and Urban Planning An International Journal of Landscape Ecology, Planning and Design Editor-in-Chief: J.E. Rodiek . 12th November, 2007. Volume 83, Issue 1. ISSN: 0169-2046. Page 1

Jones, H., (2007). “Bisociation within Keyword-Mapping; An Aid to Writing Purposefully in Design”, Journal of Writing in Creative practice, Intellect Books.

Books
Jones, H., (2005), (Editor), “Agents of Change; A Decade of MA Design Futures”, ISBN 1-904158-61-7. London, Goldsmiths, University of London.

Jones, H., (2005), “Where can you find Space to Dream?” in “Agents of Change; A Decade of MA Design Futures”, pages 92-97, ISBN 1-904158-61-7. London, Goldsmiths, University of London.

Conferences and seminars
Jones, H., (2007). ‘Experiencing Awkward Space in the City’. Postgraduate speaker at the ESRC Research Seminar Series, Rethinking the urban experience: the sensory production of place. Salford University, Manchester, 31st January 2007.http://www.sensescapes.co.uk/

Jones, H., (2006). Conference paper ‘How can the “Bisociation” of Keywords and Images contribute to Writing Purposefully in Design?’ at the Writing-PAD conference, “Where do we go from here? A platform for past and future initiatives”, Goldsmiths, University of London, 21st September, 2006.

Consultancy and design work
Jones, H., (2007). Co-facilitator and research consultant. “Simultaneous Parallel Inquiry”. A Metadesign for the 21st Century workshop with Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London, 16th November, 2007.

Jones, H., and Tanizawa, Y., (2007). “Walking Karahori: A Seven Day Diary”. An audio-walk critiquing design and change in the local area for the Karahori Machi Arts Project, Osaka, Japan, 27th and 28th October, 2007.

Jones, H., (2007). Co-facilitator and research consultant. Public consultation process with United Arts Village. 14th April, 2007.http://www.unitedartsvillage.co.uk/consultation/index.htm

Jones, H., (2006). Co-designer and co-facilitator with Attainable Utopias. “A Dream Exchange Workshop”. Deptford Design Festival, London Design Festival, 17th September, 2006.
www.attainable-utopias.com

Invited lectures and workshops
Jones, H., (2007). “The Designer as Activist”. A three-day seminar and workshop with students from the BA (Hons) Post-Industrial Design, Hyperwerk, Basel, Switzerland, 1st and 2nd April, 2007.

Jones, H., and Wood, J., (2006). “Writing, Relevance & Fun”. Two-day seminar and workshops with students from the MA Design, KHiO, Oslo, Norway, 14th and 15th November, 2006.

Jones, H., (2006). “Experiencing the Uncanny: Designers Mining Spaces Impossible to Articulate”. BA (Hons) Graphic and Media Design, London College of Communications, University of the Arts, 19th October, 2006.