School of Design - Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
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Professor Mike Press is Chair of Design Policy within Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. Prior to this he was Head of Gray’s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. He has written and researched widely on design, innovation, contemporary craft and the management of creativity, speaking at conferences worldwide. An extensive publishing record includes authorship of three books, including “The Design Agenda: a guide to successful design management” and “The Design Experience”. He is also a contributor to BBC television and radio programmes on design. He was joint director of the Home Office funded Design Against Crime research project from 1999. In January 2005 he was the subject of a profile in The Guardian regarding his views on how design can contribute to crime prevention, and in 2007 authored a major comment piece on CCTV for The Times Higher. He was a member of the selection panel for the Design Council’s Millennium Products, and has been shortlisted for the Sir Misha Black Medal for Innovation in Design Education. He is a former Chair of the European Academy of Design, and a member of the editorial board of The Design Journal. Most recently he was been the initiator and Creative Director for Look 2005 – Aberdeen’s first visual arts festival.
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- Email: m.press@dundee.ac.uk
- Tel: 01382 388819
