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About Me

Matt Ward is a Lecturer in Design at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he runs the MA in Design – Critical Theory and Practice. His research focuses on the technological construction and negotiation of social space through design. Before his post at Goldsmiths, he worked for NCR’s Knowledge Lab, researching and designing wireless systems for domestic environments. He holds one international patent and has a further six pending on his work. Matt has acted as research affiliate to The Auto-ID Centre, MIT Media Lab and Interaction Design department at The Royal College of Art. Matt blogs at: Thinking about things

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Design Assumptions

The following is a ‘work-in-progress’, a continually growing list about the assumptions I have about the nature of design. The reason behind making this list is to clarify and highlight my position and feelings about the discipline in which I teach. I feel that it is essential for the critical practitioner to interrogate and question their underlying assumptions.