The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design

Human first | Designer second

Melanie is a psychologist and neuroscientist whose research enquiry is at the intersection of design, systems thinking and cognitive neuroscience.

Jeremy has been academic, author and activist in design for more than 40 years. He co-founded the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design in 1999.

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 specialises in working with new and emerging technologies to develop practical applications for design, enterprise, innovation and education.

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 10 years experience in design innovation in healthcare.

Gail is a design researcher. Her research addresses social challenges through participatory and co-design methods with citizens and communities.

Gerard is a design researcher in Technology Futures, focusing on interdisciplinary design-computing research in designing digital cultures for preferable futures.

Sidse is a Research Fellow with years of experience in ageing research with a particular focus on participatory research and co-design with older people.

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 multidisciplinary designer and researcher with a broad professional experience.

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