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Claire Mander

Claire Mander is Deputy Director and Curator at Royal British Society of Sculptors. Claire has a broad range of experience across the visual arts, most recently, as Head of Contemporary of a commercial gallery in London showing the work of emerging artists from around the world in all media. Prior to obtaining her MA (Distinction)…

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Charles Hadcock DL FRBS

Charles Hadcock FRBS studied fine art at the Royal College of Art, London specialising in sculpture and in 2008 was made a fellow of the RBS. Hadcock’s monumental sculpture reflect his interest in geology, engineering and mathematics and are enriched by references to music and poetry. Because of his abiding interest in engineering and industrial…

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Simon Bolton

An internationally-acclaimed designer and innovation specialist working with the world’s top brands, Simon recently joined Edge Hill University as a Professor of Innovation and Associate Dean of Enterprise and Employability. He has exhibited at galleries including London’s Design Museum and the Pompidou Centre in Paris. He has over twenty years’ experience of helping worldwide organisations…

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Jonathan Ball

Jonathan Ball built his career on using the practice of human-centred design to help organisations achieve new levels of innovation. He began his career in product design, where he designed a diverse range of consumer products, from toys to toilet seats. All of Jonathan’s designs were manufactured and sold – success that he attributes to…

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Lesley Gulliver

Lesley leads on strategy at The Engine Room and is highly experienced in the delivery of workshops and stakeholder engagement exercises. She is consultative and facilitative in style, yet has a strong focus on strategic objectives. She is interested in measurable returns and understands ‘brand’ in terms of impact, growth, service development and culture change….

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Hannah Stewart

Hannah Stewart does curiosity driven research and making to explore what futures are possible or probable; using artefacts, speculative design and action research projects. Hannah is currently a Researcher at the Royal College of Art. Managing and producing research for the EPSRC funded Future Makespaces in Redistributed Manufacturing Network and also the AHRC funded ‘Ethics…

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Hannah Fox

Hannah Fox led a ground-breaking project with Derby Museums to develop a new way forwards for Derby Silk Mill – the site of the world’s first factory. Citizen curators and makers are at the heart of the vision for the new Museum of Making – getting hands on, learning new skills and sharing skills with…

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