In addition to her research and teaching, Dr Sarah Teasley has consulted for design firms, media organisations, industry associations and publications including nendo, Sato Taku, Sato Masahiko, Philips de Pury, Sotheby’s, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, NHK, Designers Workshop, IDEA: International Graphic Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum. She coordinated a three-month collaboration between the Royal College of Art, the V&A and architect Fujimori Terunobu to help build and furnish the Beetle House, a project by Fujimori for the V&A’s 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces exhibition (2010).

As part of an ongoing inquiry into history’s applications for design, manufacturing and public policy, she is an active member of the Materials and Design Exchange and member of the History and Policy initiative. She was a contributor to the 2010 British Academy Summer School on design and ageing, hosted jointly by the Royal College of Art and Tsinghua University, and she speaks on design-led innovation for economic development and social change.