I work as a designer, researcher and educator although this website mostly focusses on my artwork, which I am doing less of these days.

In January 2012 I joined the Young Foundation, London, as head of the new social design practice. My background is a mixture of consulting in design innovation, especially in digital/services, and teaching and research. Since 2005 I have developed and taught an MBA elective on design and design management at Said Business School, University of Oxford, one of few such courses in any management school. In my practice and research I am involved in exploring ways to bring design approaches to organisational problems and community challenges. I have about 15+ years' experience of leading design teams working for the public sector and media as well as for organisations such as Vodafone, Deutsche Bank and Rich Mix.

In addition I am an associate at The Policy Lab (Boston) and have worked for Taylor Haig and Engine in London. I have also worked as a journalist including at BBC World Service.

Recent conference keynotes include the International Association of Societies of Design Research (2011), Service Design Network (2010), Design Management Institute (2010), and Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (2008). I publish in peer-reviewed journals on design thinking and service design, as well as trying to find ways to make academic work more digestible to wider publics. I am also involved in helping develop curricula in design/innovation and as an external for academic reviews and validations such as at Parsons The New School for Design and the Royal College of Art. Recently I've been helping UC Falmouth set up its MBA Creative Leadership.

My work has been shown internationally including at TEDGlobal 2011 and in the interdisciplinary exhibition Making Things Public (2005) curated by Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel. I originally studied engineering design and appropriate technology, then a masters in digital media, and I am completing doctoral work at the University of Lancaster.