The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design

Human first | Designer second

Jeremy is an academic, author and activist in design for nearly 40 years who began his working life as a journalist and was founder-editor of Design Week in 1986.

Jo-Anne is a design anthropologist whose research involves multi / inter-disciplinary collaboration and participatory engagement in the inclusive design process.

Colum is a senior design leader with a significant track record of developing inclusive products and services in the private, public and charitable sectors.

Chris is an award-winning people-centred designer, researcher and writer with over fifteen years of experience on a broad range of projects in inclusive design, which have been successfully commercialised, exhibited and disseminated internationally.

Jonathan has spent sixteen years working in design in healthcare and leads the Healthcare Research Space at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art.

Ninela is an interdisciplinary designer and researcher who is passionate about working co-creatively with people to educate and inspire audiences towards innovation and collaboration on a global scale.

Katie is a designer whose work celebrates neuro-diversity and whose research explores how design can improve living environments for autistic adults.

Gianpaolo is an Industrial Designer with over eight years experience in product design and development in healthcare.

Gail's work focuses on people-centred design and co-design approaches, whether in the context of employee wellbeing, community engagement or public attitudes to new technology.

Stephen is an award-winning designer with a broad professional experience working across a range of sectors including; consumer goods, transportation, mobile communications and FMCG.

Indira is a creative technologist and developer with a background in 2D and 3D animation, XR, emerging technologies and data visualisation.

Juliette is a designer and researcher with a long-standing interest in the relationship between technology and people’s identity.

Rosie is a designer, illustrator and researcher who is passionate about the affordances of user-led design and considerate information design.