Design Without Discipline

Craig Bremner is Professor of Design at Charles Sturt University. Prior to this, he held the positions of Professor in Design Pedagogy at Northumbria University and Professor of Design at the University of Canberra, where he had also been Dean of the Faculty of Design & Architecture. His research deals with developing methods to discover how and why we don't know much about the experience of design, as well as finding ways to clarify the reason why not knowing is an essential and valuable beginning point of our practice. Some applications of his research methods traced the experience of living in Glasgow, using banks, and driving motorcars, and he has curated design exhibitions that have toured Australia, USA, and Japan.

Paul Rodgers is Professor of Design Issues at Northumbria University, UK. He has had a distinguished and extensive career in design research. Prior to joining Northumbria University in 2009, he was Reader in Design at Edinburgh Napier University (1999–2009) and a post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Engineering Design Centre (1996–1999). He holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Design from Middlesex University and a PhD in Product Design from the University of Westminster. He has over 20 years of experience in product design research and has led several research projects for Research Councils in the UK and design projects funded by the Scottish Government and The Lighthouse (Scotland's National Centre for Architecture, Design, and the City). He has published more than 130 papers in book chapters, journals, and conferences. Rodgers sits on the Editorial Board of Design Studies and Design Creativity and Innovation.