Chris Jackson
Qualifications:
MA Furniture Design and Technology, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
BA Hons Furniture and Product Design, Notingham Trent University
Teaching and research interests:
Chris Jackson is a lecturer in the Industrial Design Programme within the College of Creative Arts. Chris is interested in the relationship between design and manufacture, resulting in practical, intelligent objects. He has a keen interest in sustainable initiatives, and organised and curated the double award winning exhibition, 'Ten' at 100% Design in the UK, which is an ongoing project.
Chris' working practice has seen him collaborate with leading and up-and-coming companies and designers, including Habitat, Marset (Spain), Dark (Belguim), Norman Foster Associates, 100% Design and The Guardian. He has won numerous competitions and awards for his work, much of which has been published extensively worldwide.
Research expertise:
Furniture Design
Lighting Design
Product Design
Product Development and Manufacture
Sustainability Issues within Design
Product Visualisation
Research highlights (presentations):
'10 x Materiality' at 'Living in a Material World' Textile Symposium, Massey University, 2008.
Design lecture at Raffles Design Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2007.
Design seminar, Kingston University; Invited to speak as part of a seminar series by designers including: Hector Serrano, Michael Marriot and Matthew Hilton, 2006.
Design debate at Haworth, part of the London Design Festival, chaired by Phillip Ross, 2005.
Design seminar, Ravensbourne College; Invited to speak as part of a seminar series by designers including: The Azumi's, Sam Hecht, Barber Osgerby and Ben Wilson, 2005.
Hidden Art Forum: Seminar with Gitta Gschwendtner about presenting work to clients and communicating ideas, 2004.
Time:Frame: Seminar about project work and relationship with Stallion products, 2004.
Research highlights (selected awards and competitions):
Runner up, Vibe Furniture 'Store It' Furniture Design Competition, 2008.
Blueprint/100% Design Award for 'Best Contribution' for Ten at 100% Design, 2006.
Sunday Times/Inside Out Award for Excellence in Design and Sustainability, for Ten at 100% Design, 2006.
Short listed for the DesignBoom 'Re-use Re-cycle' Competition (with Sam Johnson), 2005.
Category Winner, Formica/Blueprint "Design a Laminate" Competition (with Nicola Jane Smith), 2004.
Winner, Promosedia Caiazza Memorial Challenge International Design Competition (with Peter Mac Cann), 2003.
Finalist, International Composites Design Competition, Brussels, 2002.
Research highlights (selected exhibitions and tradeshows):
WOOD, 100% Design, London, 2008.
'Ten Again', at 100% Design London, 2007.
Ten Exhibition at 100% Design, 2006.
'Experimental Office', at Haworth, UK, 2005.
'Reflections on Travel' installation in The Great Eastern Hotel, with Peter Mac Cann, 2005.
Northwards at Salone Satellite in the Salone Del Mobile, Milan, 2005.
10x10 at 100% Design at the invitation of Simon Pengelly, 2004.
Max Fraser's Design UK Selection, London, 2004.
10 years of Hidden Art at the Geffrye Museum, London, 2004.
Time:Frame, Furniture Works, London, 2003.
Promosedia International Chair Exhibition 2003, Udine, Italy, 2003.
International Composites Design Competition, Vizo Gallery Brussels, 2002.
Research highlights (selected articles):
'DIY Skateboarding' article, Manual Magazine (author and contributing photographer), 2008.
DIY Neue, Introduction to 'Ten' Exhibition Catalogue, 2006.
Contact details:
Phone: +64 4 801 5799 ext 6155
Fax: +64 4 801 2799
Email: C.Jackson@massey.ac.nz
http://www.northwards-design.co.uk/projects.htm
