As Professor of Craft, Digital Creativity and Wellbeing in the School of Design my work explores the potential of design and digital technologies, jewellery and the act of making to support sense of self across a range of human contexts.
I’m co-founder and co-editor of the with Dr Roberta Bernabei and co-founder of the conference series with Prof Joyce Yee.
I lead 51's School of Design research community - a brilliant group of over 50 academics, post-doctoral and doctoral researchers all exploring the intersection of design, technology and participation in a range of human contexts. I’m currently principal investigator on the research project funded by the EPSRC, Co-Investigator on the AHRC funded project, Co-Investigator on the EPSRC , Co-Investigator on the REAPPEAR project funded by PETRAS via the EPSRC and Co-Investigator on the EU Marie Curie funded project. You can find out more about my work from my .
Design Studies PhD June 30 2007
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