Derek Jones
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Derek Jones
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Senior Lecturer in Design at The Open University. EdSIG Convenor for the Design Research Society. Co-Author of Studio Properties (pub Bloomsbury, Autumn 2025).

Also: recovering architect; nihilist (pragmatic); and defender of the Nation of Hilltown.
In particular, it got me really wondering about how far studio could (or already does?) go as a cultural praxis in existing spaces that might not even think of studio as a thing.

Studio Thinking as the new Design Thinking! ... (/sorry)

on Spotify -> open.spotify.com/episode/7l26...
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Also, there’s a definite wathammer 40k vibe there too :)
September 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Very interesting. We’ve been relying on this by instinct in design subjects but this might be an interesting way to expand ideas and definitions of design and spatial literacies…
September 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM