Mr Julian Lindley

Julian Lindley is an active Lectuere, Researcher and Designer in the field of Sustainable Design.  His key interests include:

The relationshp and value of the Design Method and Process to Sustainability.

Social Sustainability and the need for Design to respond to social as well as financial bottom lines

The implementation of Sustainable Design Thinking at Under-graduate and Post-graduate levels.

Julian Lindley lectures across a broad platform of Design with key responsibilities within Prodcut Design and MA Design.  Curriculum areas of key importance include:

Issues and how to research and embed real needs into design briefs

The Design Process and Methods

Futures, how to use Design to overcome barrier and create a Sustainable Future.  Future predicting (Social, Environmental and Technological)

A 'Holistic and Hands-on' approach to design development

Assessemnt Criteria and Students 'Self-Reflection

I am a Lecturer who does not lecture and a designer who does not design.  Essentially I help students and clients see what is needed and how to attain these goals.  At UH I help students understand the value of design and see the bigger picture for design beyond just andother consumer artefact into a realm where happiness and well beign of individual, communities and the environment, technlogy all impact on the typte of future we are attempting to create.  All of this is held together by an over arching design methodology which encompasses research creative evolution and final propositions.  As a practicing designer I assist clients to understand the value of their output and use traditional design skills to optimise the products and services they provide, acknowledging all stakeholders requirements.

Design is an intellectual process of understanding which needs to be used carefully to gain real rather than perceived benefits.

DESIGN WHAT IS RIGHT NOT WHAT IS EXPECTED