James Auger was born in 1970 in Derby, England. He has a BA in Product Design from Glasgow School of Art and an MA in Design Products from the Royal College of Art in London. Post-RCA he worked as a Research Associate for Media Lab Europe (The European Partner of the MIT Media Lab), where the main focus of his research was a design-based investigation into technology-mediated human experience.
Following his appointment as tutor at the Royal College of Art, James moved back to London where he has been teaching and continuing his research in the Design Interactions department.
He is a partner in the speculative design practice Auger-Loizeau (www.auger-loizeau.com), whose projects have been published and exhibited internationally, including MoMA, New York, 21_21, Tokyo, The Science Museum, London and the Ars Electronica festival, Linz and are in the permanent collection at MoMA.
James regularly presents at conferences internationally and is a regular member of the IF design award jury. Prior to becoming a designer, James completed an engineering apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce (aero engines) and worked as a special effects technician for TV and film.