JOYCE YEE, PhD is a senior lecturer at UK's Northumbria
University's Design School, teaching interaction, service and
design methodologies across undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Joyce holds a Master of Arts in Visual Communication from Central
Saint Martins College of Art and Design (UK) and was awarded a PhD
in Design from Northumbria University. She has over 10 years
working experience in a wide range of academic and professional
environments as a graphic, interaction and service designer. Joyce
has published regularly since 2003 and her research is bound by a
common theme of exploring and identifying how designers develop and
improve their own practice. Design Transitions enables Joyce to
continue her interest in codifying the value and role of design
beyond its current professional boundaries. More information on her
research and design interests can be found at
www.designdictator.com
EMMA JEFFERIES, PhD is an independent design consultant and a
dyslexic troublemaker. Her natural habitat is out in the wild,
consulting with global innovation and design teams in places like
South America, Asia and Europe to improve the way they innovate.
Working under the name of The Design Doctors, she pulls together
networks of great minds from academia and industry to support the
further development of design's role in the innovation space. She
holds a Multimedia Design degree and an internationally
award-winning Design PhD from Northumbria University, UK on
enhancing visual practices. Emma's dream is to create a new living
global ecosystem, in which innovators and governments come together
to explore, rethink and provide new local solutions to the
challenges faced by people with dyslexia. More information on her
activities can be found at www.emmajefferies.com
LAUREN TAN, PhD has worked as a designer in various capacities in
graphic design, management consulting, service design and social
design. She has more recently been involved in building design
capabilities for innovation in not-for-profit organizations and in
government. Lauren holds a Bachelor of Design Honours degree from
the University of Technology Sydney and a Master of Business degree
from the University of Sydney, Australia. In 2012 Lauren was
awarded a PhD in Design from Northumbria University, UK. Her
research investigated the Design Council's Dott 07 (Designs of the
Time 2007) design programme looking at the changing role of the
designer. Design Transitions continues Lauren's passion for
observing, writing and sharing innovative uses of design in our
complex world.
"This book captures all the exciting changes that are currently
happening in design. It's great to read so many inspiring stories
from around the world. " - Tim Brown, IDEO
" This is a must-read for anyone interested in knowing where design
is
headed. " - Jon Kolko
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