Professor Daniel Charny

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Daniel Charny
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About

'The role of designing and making in our future lives' with a focus on social sustainability is at heart of my practice. My research as Professor of Design at Kingston School of Art is practice centred. I have a keen interest in new formats and programmes  that enable creativity, design innovation (especially if it's for social and environmental benefit) and learning. As curator my major works include Power of Making (2011), Future of Fixing (2014) and Design Maker User (2016). Notable projects as founding creative director include The Maker Library Network (2014-2017) Central Research Laboratory (2015) and the ongoing Fixperts  learning programme (since 2012).

Design education is a constant strand of my work including a significant period as full time Senior Tutor at the RCA. Since 2012 I've been interested in open source design teaching and learning formats, and developed the Fixperts framework which has been taught in over 40 higher education institutes across 20 countries. In 2020 it was acknowldged with the Sir Misha Black Award for Innovation in design Education. In 2022 I was awarded an MBE for services to design and creativity.

I've devised and delivered courses, workshops, think-tanks, seminars and talks internationally including in China, Denmark, Spain, Turkey and Mexico. As expert advisor I contribute to EU research projects including the Horizon2020 CAPS MAKE-IT, Creative Europe Fund DDMP and the Fabcity Global initiative. I'm a member of The Design Museum Curatorial Committee and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the V&A Museum. 

Currently I continue the development of new formats alongside Fixperts for schools. These programmes are developed and run by Forth, a community interest company who believe in the power of creativity as a tool for social change. We are also a partner on Make It Open an EU Comission research project for open schooling through science learning and maker education. 

Academic responsibilities

Professor of Design

Qualifications

  • MARCA (Industrial Design)
  • FHEA
  • BA (Industrial Design)

Teaching and learning

Undergraduate courses taught

Research

I have a keen interest in formats that enable creativity, design innovation (especially when didicated to social sustainability) and learning. As curator my major works include Power of Making (2011), Future of Fixing (2014) and Design Maker User (2016). Notable projects as founding creative director include The Maker Library Network (2014-2017) Central Research Laboratory (2015) and the ongoing Fixperts (since 2012) and FixCamp programmes (since 2017). 

Qualifications and expertise

  • Design
  • Design education
  • Curating

Areas of specialism

  • Design education
  • Maker education
  • Maker culture
  • Design for social sustainability

Publications

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Number of items: 31.

Artefact/Device

[Curator] and Garcia, C茅sar [Collaborator] (2021) (Face-shield headband). Headbands 240x 240 mm wide and 20 - 50mm high - Screen 300-350 mm high.

Article

[Interviewee] and SySTEM 2020 [Interviewer] (2020) SySTEM 2020 : Science Learning Outside the Classroom,

Book

Charny, Daniel, ed. (2011) London, U.K. : V & A Publishing. 79p. ISBN 9781851776535

Book Section

(2021) In: 脟ifter, Abd眉sselam Selami , Dong, Hua , Cook, Sharon and Olgun, Inci, (eds.) Inclusive design and social innovation : a methodology and case studies. Istanbul, Turkey : Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Publications. pp. 9-21. ISBN 9786257758031

and Halligan, Dee (2019) In: Armstrong, Kate , Diez, Tomas , Goldapple, Lisa , Schmidt, Alessandra and Villum, Christian, (eds.) Design remix shape repeat : how distributed design is changing the way makers and designers approach collaboration, tools and the market. Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia. pp. 50-53. ISBN 9788494814235

(2011) In: Charney, Daniel, (ed.) Power of making: the importance of being skilled. London, U.K. : V & A Publishing. pp. 7-10. ISBN 9781851776535

(2009) In: Sudjic, Deyan, (ed.) Design in Britain: big ideas (small island). London, U.K. : Conran Octopus. pp. 8-39. ISBN 9781840915426

Conference or Workshop Item

(2021) In: Craft & Cultural Conversations 2021; 23 Sep - 28 Oct 2021, Held online. (Unpublished)

(2021) In: Earth Action Hub; 21 - 23 May 2021, Held online.

, Halligan, Dee and Hagger, Victor [Illustrator] (2020) In: Sustaining Inclusive Design : Virtual Symposium; 25 - 26 Sep 2020, Held online. (Unpublished)

, , , Cassim, Julia, Dong, Yumei and de Vere, Ian (2020) In: DRS2020 (Design Research Society conference); 11-14 Aug 2020, Brisbane, Australia (held online).

[Artist] (2017) In: Craft Makerspaces; 16-18 November 2017, Asheville, U.S.. (Unpublished)

de Vere, Ian and (2017) In: ICED17 21st International Conference on Engineering Design; 21 - 25 Aug 2017, Vancouver, Canada. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2017) In: Making Matters; 04 Jul 2017, London, U.K..

(2017) In: Maker Library Network : Think-ahead-tank; 02-04 Mar 2017, Edinburgh, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Sudjic, Deyan, Pawson, John, and Black, Alice (2016) In: The Design Museum Opening Public Programme; 25 Nov 2016, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

[Teacher] (2015) In: One, Two, Many; 09 - 12 Feb 2015, Kyoto, Japan.

[Speaker] (2014) In: 2014 Peter Dormer Lecture; 27 Nov 2014, London, U.K..

[Speaker] (2013) In: Design Indaba Conference 2013; 27 Feb - 1 Mar 2013, Cape Town, South Africa.

Exhibition

[Curator], Alex, Newson [Curator] and Morag, Myerscough [Designer] (2016) .

[Curator] (2015) .

[Curator] (2014) Lodz Design Festival 2014. .

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[Curator] (2009) .

Moving Image/Broadcast

[Contributor] (2021) (Webinar). (Design Ventura 2021-22)

[Creator] (2017) (Moving image media on multiple website platforms).

Sound Recording

Treggiden, Katie [Interviewer] and [Interviewee] (2021) (Podcast). (58 min.) (Series 2, no. 4)

[Interviewee] and Gibson, Grant [Interviewer] (2020) (Interview). Daniel Charny on fixing and repair. (56:51) (Material Matters)

Other

[Creator] (2015)

Database or Web Resource

[Co-creator] and Halligan, Dee [Co-creator] (2020) online platform.

[Curator] (2015)

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