Jeremy Myerson is a writer, editor and academic specialising in the study
of the work of designers in relation to social and technological change. A
graduate of Hull University and the Royal College of Art, he began his
working life on The Stage newspaper before forging a career in design
journalism during the 1980. From 1986-89, he was Founding Editor of Design
Week, the world's first weekly newsmagazine for designers and their
clients.
For much of the 1990s, he worked as an independent author, researcher and
curator in design, often with the aim of linking design industry
developments to those in higher education. He achieved this initially
through a series of design education research reports for professional
bodies (CNAA, Design Council, RSA, RIBA etc) and then as Professor of
Contemporary Design at De Montfort University 1995-98.
In 1999, he was invited to return to the Royal College of Art as
Co-Director of the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre - its focus as a catalyst
for socially inclusive design reflecting much of his own writing, research
and exhibition curation. His many books include The Creative Office, New
Public Architecture, Making The Lowry, a study of a major Millennium design
project in response to social change, and Design Renaissance, an edited
collection of essays setting out humanist and inclusive agenda for design.