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Dr Jon Rogers

Programme Director Innovative Product Design

 
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BIOGRAPHY

Jon Rogers is a product designer working on the Innovative Product Design programme at the University of Dundee. Originally trained as an electronic engineer (PhD Imperial), Jon has been working between the fields of Interaction and Product Design for a decade, working closely with students, practitioners and academics. His particular specialism is the integration of electronics within products/services. Jon is a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art, where he regularly provides workshops on a “hands-in” approach to making with electronics. Alongside this electronics-in-design approach, Jon is researching and developing the field of art/design and visual perception – taking theories/process from visual perception sciences and applying them to art/design practice. Most notable outputs from this area are the TV swansong commissioned 'Generic Sci-Fi quarry', along with Arts Centre Nabi’s 'Like Silk' and 'M Gallery'. Recent projects include the Design for the 21st Century’s 'Spatial Imagination' and Culture and Creativity’s 'Art and Science in Visual Motion Perception'. Presently, Jon is involved with setting up a network of Scottish product designers taking an audit of current best-practice and exploring the role of product design in the future.