Lorraine is employed as Professor in Design Studies, in the School of Graphic and Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, London, where she has taught for over 15 years. She is also Director of Design …
Adam Thorpe
Adam is a 0.6 Reader with University of the Arts London. He’s Creative Director of Design Against Crime Research Centre, Director of Bikeoff Research Initiative, and co-founder and designer of Vexed Generation …
Prof. Paul Ekblom Professor of Design Against Crime
Paul read psychology at University College London, where he also gained his PhD. He spent much of his career as a researcher in the UK Home Office, centring on crime prevention. He was involved throughout …
Marcus Willcocks Research Fellow/ Designer
Marcus is a 0.6 Research Fellow and Designer with the Design Against Crime Research Centre, where he has been involved since it was founded in 1999. He holds a BA (Hons) Product Design (2000) …
Dani Davies Research Centre Manager
Dani keeps the Design Against Crime Research Centre’s administrative and office requirements afloat and also project manages many of its research projects (and staff). She is originally from Croatia …
Chloe Griffith Research Centre Administrator
Chloe is the Administrator at Design Against Crime Research Centre and helps ensure the smooth running of the office, working closely with Dani Davies. She studied at Chelsea College of Art and completed a BA …
Matt Malpass Post Doctoral Fellow in Critical Design
Matthew is Post Doctoral Fellow in Critical Design at the Design Against Crime Research Centre. He has a BSc (Hons) degree in Product Design and an MA in Product Design Futures. He also currently teaches on MA …
Alaistair Steele Research Student
Alaistair is the recipient of LINK Doctoral Bursary for a Practice-led Design PhD on Innovation Against ATM Crime. He aims to enhance customer experience and improve customer security…
Mark Simpkins Digital Communication and Engagement Designer
Mark has worked in the internet and digital media industry since 1995 at AKQA, BBC as well as start-ups such as Moonfruit and Impossible. He has developed digital tools and platforms to increase participation with…
Spike obtained a BS (Hons) Interior Design 1995 from The University of Cincinnati, Ohio USA and MA Narrative Design 2007 at Central Saint Martins. For the past ten years she has worked in both the USA and UK …
Bruno Taylor
Bruno is a multi-disciplined designer and co-founder of Common Ground: a social design agency. He graduated from MA Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins and works with public sector organisations …
Vincenzo Di Maria
Vincenzo is a multidisciplinary designer interested in social design, innovation and collaborative working practice. Vincenzo studied industrial design in ISIA Rome, Plymouth University and graduated in 2008 …
Rahul worked as an interior designer in India across all disciplines. During this time he developed an attention to detail & was interested in the interaction between humans and products. He relocated to London to …
Alessia Giardino
Alessia is a textile and surface designer. Graduated from Central Saint Martins with an MA in Design for Textile Futures, she foregrounds innovation and materials, highlighting their sensorial and aesthetic features …
Rita Maldonado Branco
Rita graduated in Design from Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal in 2008. She has been working as graphic designer since then. In 2010 she moved to London to start the MA in Communication Design at Central Saint Martins …
Lubna Malik
Lubna graduated in Product Design from Central Saint Martins. She is interested in Social Innovation Projects and Service design, as they are areas that deal with people in our society [...]
Pras Gunasekera
Pras graduated in Architectural Studies from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2005 to work within the Architectural field as well as in Advertising. He then completed his MA [...]
Royal College of Art graduate, designer and innovation consultant, Simon is Director of the Centre for Competitive Creative Design at Cranfield University and Chair of Creative Design …
Kate Bowers
Kate is a Reader at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, UCL. She has worked in the field of environmental criminology for over fifteen years. Her research has generally focused on applying quantitative methods to crime …
Jamie Brasset
Jamie studied Philosophy and Literature before completing a PhD in Philosophy (Warwick) in 1993 and has worked at Central Saint Martins since 1995. After running Contextual Studies for BA (Hons) Product Design for …
Ike Gray
Ian ‘Ike’ Gray is a Metropolitan Police Officer who has contributed to the project over several years. Initially interested in the novel ways to analyse and combat bike crime and bag theft proposed by …
Ben Hughes
Ben trained as an Industrial Designer in the UK. After working for consultancies in Taiwan and Australia, he settled back in London, where he was Course Director of MA Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins …
Monica Hundal
Monica’s role involves working with the various initiatives and staff of the Innovation Centre to develop commercial opportunities (e.g. consultancy, licensing and merchandising) and a range of enterprise activities …
Joe Hunter
Joe is Co-director of Vexed Generation Clothing Ltd discussing social issues via socially responsive garment and product design. He has also co-founded Catweasle Recycled Clothing championing recycled/eco …
Val Palmer
Val is currently a Senior Lecturer in Design and also the Academic Course Co-ordinator for the BA Graphic Design course at Central Saint Martins. She has also led both the MA Communication Design programme …
Jackie Piper
Jackie studied in the USA before returning to complete MA in Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art. She has been working in the creative industries for several years for companies such as …
Nick Rhodes
Nicholas is a Designer and Educator with some 20 years experience in practice. He is currently Course Director in Product Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London …
Christopher Thomas
Christopher was trained as a product designer. He has worked on branded packaging, exhibitions, graphic identity, web design and product design with a focus on people and the way that the ‘object’ …
Rob Thompson
Rob Thompson is a designer living and working in London. He graduated from Central Saint Martins Product Design and went on to teach there for four years, specialising in materials and manufacturing …
Dale Russell
DACRC Advisor and Visiting Professor at CSM
David Matthews
David is an award-winning writer and journalist with extensive print and broadcast media experience. His interests in narrating contemporary life has resulted in the authorship of three critically acclaimed books…
Steve Russell
Steve is an artist who deals with issues of self, identity and symbols through the medium of paint. He has developed a figurative style that marries diverse elements into an [...]
Duygu is currently studying BA Graphic Design at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul. In 2007 she qualified for an Erasmus exchange program on the Graphic Arts and Design Course at the Fine Arts Academy …
Ilana Ben-Ari
Ilana received her Bachelor of Industrial Design (with distinction) in 2006 from Carleton University, Canada. Her major thesis project: a 3d musical puzzle for visually impaired children won “Best in Show” in the prestigious a.c.i.d.o…
Alessandra Bosi
Alessandra got her Postgraduate Degree in Design for Visual Communication at LCC in 2010. After completing her studies, she has been working as a freelance graphic designer and in-house designer on several projects…
Theo Bridge
Theo is a freelance Designer-Researcher and co-founder of HOUSE Collective. He has a background in Industrial Design and has worked with the likes of DesignersBlock, IDEO and Seymourpowell …
Michael Chan
Michael graduated at London College of Communication in 2007, specialising in Information Design. He worked on designing an identity for Feelgood with DAC and Fonehouse, The project built up a platform to increase …
Jaqueline Chang
Jacqueline graduated from the MA Innovation Management Course at Central Saint Martins in 2010. She worked as a DAC business research assistant on the ‘Stop Thief Chair’ and ‘Grippa’ hooks projects …
Ryan Dunn
Ryan worked with DAC as a research assistant on the Bikeoff project during summer 2007. Ryan graduated from Loughborough University in 2006 with a 1st Class degree in Multi-media Textile design …
Lai-Lyn Fong
Lai-Lyn graduated with an MA in Innovation Management from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2010. Her role as Business Research intern for DAC is to liaise with the business community and to …
Georgina Hansford
Georgina graduated from the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, UCL, in 2008 with an MSc in Crime Science. Having worked part-time with DAC for several years as both a research assistant and intern …
Satoru Kusakabe
Satoru studied Fashion Design in Japan, then moved to London to study Product Design at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design and graduated in 2011. Over the years, he developed an understanding of creative …
Keni Lam
Keni completed an in MA Design Studies at Central Saint Martins in 2009. Keni’s main task with DAC involved the CSM bike stand observations. He also worked on the Holborn Unlocked project–poster / stand design …
Mike Lambourn
Mike graduated from Central Saint Martins with a BA in Product Design. Since graduating, he has worked at Design Against Crime while developing the Smartlock. He then spent two years in the Far East …
Jessica Lertvilai
Jessica has an MA in Industrial Design from Central Saint Martins and has studied at York University and Sheridan College Institute in Toronto, Canada. Jessica currently manages and develops the Materials & Products …
Eva Liparova
Eva graduated from MA in Enterprise & Management for Creative Arts at London College of Communication in 2009 and worked in business development of Performance & Experience Economy at Central …
Maya Littman
Maya has graduated with a BA Hons in Graphic Design New Media from the University of the Creative Arts Epsom in June 2010. Since then she has been working for various organisations such as Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation…
Eleanor Maclure
Eleanor graduated from BA (Hons) Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent University in 2006 and worked as a graphic designer for a large international architectural practice until the start of 2010. She is currently studying …
Loreen Mamerow
Loreen has a MSc in Crime Science (Distinction) from the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, UCL and a BSc. in Psychology (1st Class) from Goldsmiths College London. Her MSc dissertation focused on the effect victim …
Francis Mason
Francis graduated from the BA Fine Art course at Chelsea College of Art and Design in 2009. As DAC intern he works on a number of cycle security focused projects. He also took part in a project led by DAC …
Robert McColgan
Robert has a background in Fine Art, having completed a BA in Printmaking at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 2005. He moved to London in early 2007 and graduated from the MA …
Christian Nyampeta
Christian Nyampeta is an artist living and working in London. His previous practices explored the progressive aspects of the carnivalesque within the quotidian and the domesticities….
Stef Orla
Stefania graduated with a BA (Hons) Illustration at University of Creative Arts in 2008 and worked as an intern for DAC until May 2009. She helped as a project and research assistant on the bikeoff.org website …
Jamie Oxtoby
Jamie has recently completed his second year of BA Design at Goldsmiths, University of London. Using an interdisciplinary approach to design learning, has allowed him to develop his own creative approach…
Matthew Pateman
Matthew graduated from BA (Hons) Product Design at Central Saint Martins in 2009 and later that year enrolled on an MSc post-graduate degree course in Interactive Multimedia. He got involved with Design Against …
Peter Perras
Peter graduated from the University of Technology Sydney in 2009, as an Interior Architect. He got involved with the Design Against Crime team in his final year major project, which targeted end-of-trip …
Georgina Potier
Georgina completed her MA at Central Saint Martins in Communication Design in 2007. She is an award winning designer/illustrator who believes her strengths lie in bridging the gap between illustration …
Alex Rose
Alex is currently studying advertising at the London College of communication BA design course. He is a passionate activist on all issues relating to young people and education. Alex spear-headed the “STOP Campaign” …
Andrew Tan
Andrew completed his MA in Innovation Management Course at Central Saint Martins in 2010 and is currently actively involved in the field of innovation, design and business. Some of the organisations that he has …
Francesca Ulivari
Francesca graduated from MA Communication Design at Central Saint Martins in 2009. After graduating, she worked as a design and editorial assistant in the publishing industry. As DAC intern she was working …
Marcos Villalba
Marcos was born in Madrid in 1980. He Graduated from BA (Hons) Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins in 2008. During his time as a student Marcos worked as an intern at DAC. That was the beginning of an on-going …
Anna Warne
Anna graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Criminology and Social Policy from Northumbria University. She was also awarded the Britland Prize for Social Policy following her final year results …
James Woodward
James studied Environmental Management at the University of Leeds. As DAC intern he was working on a project led by the DAC and hosted by the Southbank Centre investigating opportunities to work with …
Rachel Immanuel
Rachel is a communication designer and researcher who enjoys working on social innovation projects. She graduated from Central Saint Martins with a Masters in Communication Design…
Masami Lavault
Masami studied Philosophy, Literature and History of Art at the Université de la Sorbonne in Paris. She then graduated in Industrial Design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. She is currently completing her…
