Staff in the Department of Design
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Staff list
Yemi Awosile
y.awosile (@gold.ac.uk)
Yemi’s work is informed by cultural insights expressed primarily through textiles and printed matter. The broader scope of her practice bridges design and visual arts through social interventions.
John Backwell
j.backwell (@gold.ac.uk)
John specialises in learning environments, cognitive development and ICT as both a learning and a teaching tool.
Edward Bagenal
Edward's research is broadly focused on investigating the nature of the curation of authority through its manifestations in material culture and the democratisation of access to governance and agency in civic systems.
Jenny Bain
j.bain (@gold.ac.uk)
Jenny’s research interests are located in the field of pedagogy, particularly assessment, equity and student voice.
Tuur van Balen
tuur.vanbalen (@gold.ac.uk)
Tuur’s practice explores processes of production as cultural, social and political practices.
Stuart Bannocks
s.bannocks (@gold.ac.uk)
Tuur’s practice explores processes of production as cultural, social and political practices.
David Benque
d.benque (@gold.ac.uk)
Andy Boucher
a.boucher (@gold.ac.uk)
Andy is a designer and maker, developing practice-based approaches centred on the production of interactive devices.
Alan Bright
a.bright (@gold.ac.uk)
Alan's interests include the use of digital portfolios to support assessment, the promotion of creativity in the classroom and effective the development of mentoring skills and the role of school mentors in the training of outstanding teachers.
Dean Brown
D.Brown (@gold.ac.uk)
Dean designs and makes objects and installations, with a dedication to context, materials and process.
Martin Conreen
m.conreen (@gold.ac.uk)
Martin’s research interest has been in the field of new and emerging materials, extending to traditional materials.
Duncan Fairfax
d.fairfax (@gold.ac.uk)
Duncan’s areas of research are the discourses of contemporary ecology, sustainability and environmental ethics.
Roberto Feo
R.Feo (@gold.ac.uk)
Roberto Feo is a partner in the multidisciplinary design studio EL ULTIMO GRITO, winners of the 2012 London Design Medal.
Sandra Fruebing
s.fruebing (@gold.ac.uk)
Sandra is a social designer whose work is informed by cultural observation and carried out through direct collaborations with the general public.
Sam Gathercole
s.gathercole (@gold.ac.uk)
Sam’s research centres on modernist art and architecture, ranging from modern and contemporary art to design subjects.
Professor William Gaver
w.gaver (@gold.ac.uk)
Bill’s research concerns design-led methodologies and innovative technologies for everyday life.
Rebecca Glyn-Blanco
r.glyn-blanco (@gold.ac.uk)
Rebecca's work is concerned with migration and its systems, displacement of people and their representation in material and visual culture.
Arjun Harrison Mann
a.harrison-mann (@gold.ac.uk)
Arjun is a London-based designer, activist and advocate for dialogue, whose practice proposes the role of dialogical design in Post-Visual Communication.
Liam Healy
l.healy (@gold.ac.uk)
Liam is an associate lecturer and tutor in studio practice on the BA Design.
Liam Hinshelwood
l.hinshelwood (@gold.ac.uk)
Liam’s research interests focus on the role that design plays in the processes of innovation within organisations.
Ruby Hoette
r.hoette (@gold.ac.uk)
Ruby is a designer/researcher exploring fashion in context, seeking to expand what constitutes fashion practice.
Tobie Kerridge
t.kerridge (@gold.ac.uk)
Tobie is committed to taking a collaborative and speculative approach to design.
Richard Kimbell
r.kimbell (@gold.ac.uk)
Richard specialises in areas of design concerned with curriculum and assessments in schools.
Carolyn Kirschner
C.Kirschner (@gold.ac.uk)
Carolyn is a designer and researcher with a background in architecture. Her work explores entanglements of humans, non-humans, bits, bytes, ecologies and emerging technologies.
Juliette Kristensen
j.kristensen (@gold.ac.uk)
Juliette is a design researcher, theorist and historian with a background in cultural studies and critical theory.
Patrick Lacey
place002 (@gold.ac.uk)
Working as part of a collective, Patrick concentrates on the collaborative and social aspects of design.
Julia Lockheart
j.lockheart (@gold.ac.uk)
Jimmy Loizeau
j.loizeau (@gold.ac.uk)
Dash MacDonald
D.MacDonald (@gold.ac.uk)
Dash creates participatory projects centred on popular education and critical and creative citizenship participation.
Naho Matsuda
M.Matsuda (@gold.ac.uk)
Naho has interests in social engagement and interactive experiences, using performance, objects and installation.
Katherine May
katherine.may (@gold.ac.uk)
Katherine works as a designer/researcher, examining the life of textile materials through research and making.
Nicholas Mortimer
N.Mortimer (@gold.ac.uk)
Nicholas is a designer who explores the construction of narratives that surround technological progress.
Liliana Ovalle
l.ovalle (@gold.ac.uk)
Liliana is a Research Fellow at the Interaction Research Studio.
Soomi Park
s.park (@gold.ac.uk)
Soomi’s work discusses the complex relationship between emerging technologies and human desires.
Sarah Pennington
sarahpennington (@gold.ac.uk)
Sarah has been teaching at Goldsmiths since 2015 as an Associate Lecturer in Design, and tutors on BA Contextual Studies and MA Expanded Practice.
Laura Potter
l.potter (@gold.ac.uk)
Laura’s specialist background is in craft, particularly concerning the theory and practice of contemporary jewellery.
Corinne Quin
c.quin (@gold.ac.uk)
Corinne's work explores how narrative, images and materiality are involved in the production of space.
Dom Robson
d.robson (@gold.ac.uk)
Pete Rogers
p.rogers (@gold.ac.uk)
Pete’s interests are in physical computing, mapping-geolocation, crowd theory and participative sensing.
Naama Schendar
naama.schendar (@gold.ac.uk)
Naama Schendar is a performer, director and filmmaker. Her work explores how narrative, speculation and the body are involved in the construction of socio-political norms.
Andy Sheen
A.Sheen (@gold.ac.uk)
Andy has extensive knowledge of designing and building systems for commercial release.
Rose Sinclair
r.sinclair (@gold.ac.uk)
Rose is interested in the use of CAD/CAM for creative development and the textile history of Caribbean women in the UK.
Juliet Sprake
j.sprake (@gold.ac.uk)
Juliet is interested in mobile learning, participatory sensing and designing methods for navigating the urban landscape.
Professor Kay Stables
Kay’s current research is on alternative approaches to design and technology education in schools.
Mathilda Tham
m.tham (@gold.ac.uk)
Mathilda’s work sits in a positive, creative and activist space between design, futures studies and sustainability.
Mike Vanis
M.Vanis (@gold.ac.uk)
Mike has a background in interaction design, electronic engineering and computer science.
Mike Waller
m.waller (@gold.ac.uk)
Mike's research continues to develop design innovation research through Goldsmiths Prospecting and Innovation Studio (Pi Studio).
Joanne Wardrop
j.wardrop (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr Alex Wilkie
a.wilkie (@gold.ac.uk)
Alex Wilkie is Reader in Design and Social Science and he is Director of the Centre for Invention and Social Process (CISP) hosted by the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths.
Professor John Wood
j.wood (@gold.ac.uk)
John devised electronic toys and interactive installations, before adapting his approach to inventing and performing.