Qualifications
PhD, University of Huddersfield
MA History of Design, Middlesex University
BA (Hons) Industrial Design (Eng), Teesside Polytechnic
Teaching Experience
2008 – to date
Sheffield Hallam University:
Professor of Design & Design History (2012)
Reader in Design (2008)
1994 – 2008
University of Huddersfield:
Senior Staff, School Management (2005)
Principal Lecturer, Design Department (1999)
Senior Lecturer, Design Department (1994)
Industrial Experience
1993 – 1994
Paul Atkinson Industrial Design: Design Consultancy
1992 – 1993
Peter Cox Products: Research and Development Manager
1990 – 1992
Creative Analysis Ltd.: Design Director
1989 – 1990
Paul Atkinson Industrial Design: Design Consultancy
1987 – 1989
Buxton, Wall, McPeake Ltd.: Designer
1986 – 1987
Sunbeam International Ltd.: Designer
1985 – 1985
Philips Corporate Industrial Design, Eindhoven: Designer
1979 – 1983
Charles S. Madan & Co. Ltd.: Engineering Apprentice
Part Time Lecturing
1988 – 1994
At various times over this six year period, I worked as a part-time lecturer on design courses at University College Salford, the University of Teesside, Manchester Metropolitan University, and the University of Huddersfield
External Work
The Design Journal published by Berg
Associate Editor: 2009 to date
Editorial Advisory Board: 2000 to 2009
Interiors: Design, Architecture and Culture published by Berg
Editorial Advisory Board: 2009 to date
Journal of Design History published by Oxford University Press
Editorial Board: 2002 to 2010
Point Art & Design Research Journal published by CHEAD
Editorial Board: 2001
Design History Society Newsletter published by the DHS
Editor: 1999 to 2002
AHRC Peer Review Panel 2: Visual Arts and Media
Member 2008
AHRC Peer Review College
Member 2006 to date
Design History Society
Executive Committee Member 1998 to 2002
European Academy of Design
Deputy Chair 2009 to date
Executive Committee Member 2005 to date
International Committee of Design Histories and Design Studies
Executive Committee Member 2008 to date
Higher Education Academy (formerly Institute of Learning &Teaching)
Member (ILTM) 2001
Fellow (FHEA) 2007
Chartered Society of Designers
Committee Member 1987 to 1991
Keynote Lectures
Amateur Interactions: The Impact of Post Industrial Manufacturing,
International Symposium on Interactive Design 2010, CAFA, Beijing, China, 2010
(Un)Limited Words: Back to the Future,
PICNIC’10 Festival, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2010
The Changing Role of Design in a Post-Professional Era,
(Un)Limited Design Forum, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2010
Post-Professional Design,
General Assembly of Danish Designers, Copenhagen, Denmark 2009
Post-Professional Design,
‘Flirting with the Future’, 5th SIDeR Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands 2009
Man in a briefcase: the social construction of the laptop computer,
‘Digital Design Products’ Conference, Design School Kolding, Denmark, 2004
Post-Industrial Manufacturing Systems,
‘Challenging Craft’ Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland 2004
Gifs, Tiffs and Jpegs: Materiality and Museology in a Digital Age,
Symposium on Design, Technology and Cultural History, Turku, Finland, 2002
External PhD Research Workshops & Lectures
Linking design theory, practice and history, University of Central England, 2006
Materiality and emotion in digital design, Falmouth College of Arts, 2003
The design history of computing technology, University of Turku, Finland, 2002
The material culture of the office computer, Manchester Metropolitan University 2000
External Examining: Historical and Theoretical Studies:
Kingston University, 2008 to 2012
Falmouth College of Arts, 2005 to 2009
University of Westminster, 2000 to 2003
External Examining:Design Practice
Kingston University, 2009 to 2012
University College for the Creative Arts, 2004 to 2008
Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts, 2001 to 2002
