Design staff

Richard Brett BA MA
Sustainable design theory and practice; sustainable materials and processes; production, consumption and choice; furniture/product design; human powered urban mobility.

Duncan Fairfax
Design theory and philosophy, sociological theories of practice, neurophenomenological theories of mind, object-orientated ontology, speculative realism, management theory, innovation, skill acquisition and expertise.

Jennifer Gabrys BA MLA PhD
Environments and design; spatial practice; urban political ecologies; digital media; citizen sensing; waste and materialities; environmental change and climate change.

Sean Hall BA MSt MA
The material culture of the pre-jazz/jazz age, contemporary discourses of advertising, 'brief' graphical forms, diagrammatic thought.

Hannah Jones BA MA
Metadesign, awkward space in cities, participatory design research, collaborative creative practice, design and ethics, urban discourses, design pedagogy, design writing. 

Jimmy Loizeau
Communication and dissemination of cultural implications of new and emerging technologies; belief systems emerging from technological application; process and experimental design practice as a tool to generate inclusive dialogues regarding culture and technology.

Dr Mathilda Tham BA MA PhD
Metadesign, design and sustainability, design and activism, systems thinking, futures studies, fashion, design pedagogy, design-led research methods.

Andrew Weatherhead
Rapid prototyping; digital making; computer aided manufacture; ceramics; human engagement and interaction with digital manufacturing processes.

Dr Alex Wilkie BA MA PhD
Design as a prospective practice, the politics of technology, object-centred practices, the role of user entities, participatory and user-centred design, design and social science, poststructuralist theory.

Emeritus Professor John Wood DipAD DA ADF FRSA
Co-sustainment; innovation; metadesigners; paradigm change; philosophies of design; synergy; tacit knowledge.