My research focuses on designing creative experiences (outputs/activities) aimed at making academic knowledge accessible to the wider public. I do this through the lens of technology, asking important questions about how we interact with technology and its impact on our lives. Adopting a speculative, practice-based approach, the technologies I engage with vary greatly, from IoT and Smart Homes to AR and VR. I have exhibited my research at The Tate Modern, The V&A London, FACT Liverpool, The Festival of Social Science, The Cheltenham Festival, The Bluedot Festival, and The Festival of Futures.

I have a wide range of interests and have worked on a variety of projects both in and outside of academia. I welcome PhD proposals that are interested in 1) designing better experiences/solutions, be those digital, physical, or both; 2) the role technology plays in designing experiences/solutions and the friction we get from using technical solutions; and 3) ‘translating’ academic knowledge into public engagement. I am extremely interested in provoking and probing the future, so we can live behind ‘better presents’. I am a maker and I approach my research through the act of making, sometimes engaging with Speculative Design, Design Fiction and/or Critical Design.

Lecturer in Smart Home Futures

Director of Strategy for the Undergraduate Programmes

Director of The LICA Festival

LICA243. Design Studio. Materials.

Designing Interactive Objects and Spaces for the Digital Public Space