Staff in the Department of Design

John Backwell

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

Jenny’s research interests are located in the field of pedagogy, particularly assessment, equity and student voice.

Tuur van Balen

Tuur’s practice explores processes of production as cultural, social and political practices.

Stuart Bannocks

Tuur’s practice explores processes of production as cultural, social and political practices.

David Benque

Andy Boucher

Andy is a designer and maker, developing practice-based approaches centred on the production of interactive devices.

Alan Bright

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

Dean designs and makes objects and installations, with a dedication to context, materials and process.

Martin Conreen

Martin’s research interest has been in the field of new and emerging materials, extending to traditional materials.

Duncan Fairfax

Duncan’s areas of research are the discourses of contemporary ecology, sustainability and environmental ethics.

Roberto Feo

Roberto Feo is a partner in the multidisciplinary design studio EL ULTIMO GRITO, winners of the 2012 London Design Medal.

Sandra Fruebing

Sandra is a social designer whose work is informed by cultural observation and carried out through direct collaborations with the general public.

Sam Gathercole

Sam’s research centres on modernist art and architecture, ranging from modern and contemporary art to design subjects.

Professor William Gaver

Bill’s research concerns design-led methodologies and innovative technologies for everyday life.

Sean Hall

Sean researches the ways designed objects have normalising conditions of production and categories of consumption.

Liam Healy

Liam is an associate lecturer and tutor in studio practice on the BA Design.

Liam Hinshelwood

Liam’s research interests focus on the role that design plays in the processes of innovation within organisations.

Ruby Hoette

Ruby is a designer/researcher exploring fashion in context, seeking to expand what constitutes fashion practice.

Hefin Jones

Steve Keirl

Steve explores the relationships amongst ethics, curriculum, pedagogy, democracy, design, and technology.

Tobie Kerridge

Tobie is committed to taking a collaborative and speculative approach to design.

Richard Kimbell

Richard specialises in areas of design concerned with curriculum and assessments in schools.

Juliette Kristensen

Juliette is a design researcher, theorist and historian with a background in cultural studies and critical theory.

Patrick Lacey

Working as part of a collective, Patrick concentrates on the collaborative and social aspects of design.

Julia Lockheart

Jimmy Loizeau

Dash MacDonald

Dash creates participatory projects centred on popular education and critical and creative citizenship participation.

Naho Matsuda

Naho has interests in social engagement and interactive experiences, using performance, objects and installation.

Katherine May

Katherine works as a designer/researcher, examining the life of textile materials through research and making.

Nicholas Mortimer

Nicholas is a designer who explores the construction of narratives that surround technological progress.

Liliana Ovalle

Liliana is a Research Fellow at the Interaction Research Studio.

Sarah Pennington

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

Laura’s specialist background is in craft, particularly concerning the theory and practice of contemporary jewellery.

Corinne Quin

Corinne's work explores how narrative, images and materiality are involved in the production of space.

Dom Robson

Pete Rogers

Pete’s interests are in physical computing, mapping-geolocation, crowd theory and participative sensing.

Terry Rosenberg

Terry’s research takes into focus design thinking in practice, critical design and representation in design.

Andy Sheen

Andy has extensive knowledge of designing and building systems for commercial release.

Rose Sinclair

Rose is interested in the use of CAD/CAM for creative development and the textile history of Caribbean women in the UK.

Juliet Sprake

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

Mathilda’s work sits in a positive, creative and activist space between design, futures studies and sustainability.

Mike Vanis

Mike has a background in interaction design, electronic engineering and computer science.

Mike Waller

Mike's research continues to develop design innovation research through Goldsmiths Prospecting and Innovation Studio (Pi Studio).

Matt Ward

Matt’s research spans a wide range of interests from speculative design to radical pedagogy

Joanne Wardrop

Dr Alex Wilkie

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

John devised electronic toys and interactive installations, before adapting his approach to inventing and performing.