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Nigel Ordish
MDes RCA FRSA
Nigel works mainly on practical research and development
projects, often involving his specialist disciplines of product design and music
composition. He has designed for a wide range of international clients, from
UNICEF to IBM, and written and performed music for television, radio and theatre.
He has extensive experience in higher education from being appointed Research
Fellow at the Royal College of Art to being Head of School of 3D Design at Kingston
University, and through continuing work as an External
Examiner.
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Nigel's previous
work in practice as a product design consultant includes work with Moggridge
Design Associates (now IDEO, in London and San Francisco) designing digital and
medical products; computer hardware, and energy metering equipment. This built
on his pioneering work to develop a resource information centre for the home
for which he was awarded the Pye/Philips Design Award (and featured in exhibitions
by ICSID in Brazil and Design Council, London).
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Nigel has extensive
experience of working in higher education which includes being appointed as Research
Fellow to the Royal College of Art (1985-87) innovating conceptual design tools
with SDRC solid modelling software for NCR (UK, USA and France) and IBM (UK and
Germany), and co-founding the RCA's unique MDes Computer Related Design course.
He was appointed as Principal Lecturer of Product Design at Ravensbourne College
of Design (1988-93), then as Head of the School of 3D Design at Kingston University
(1993-2002) where he led degree programmes in Product, Furniture and Interior
Design, and Production Design for Film and Television.
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In 1999 he began
Kingston University’s collaboration with a unique training organisation
(WIFI) in Austria, enabling higher design degrees to be offered at a New Design
Centre in St Pölten near Vienna. Due to the centre's success it was awarded
independent university status (2005), and is now known as the New Design University
where Nigel has been a Visiting Professor.
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For
many years his research interests have focussed on design for sustainability
issues, and links to the creative process and emerging new technologies. In 1994
he established and led a sustainable design research team at Kingston University,
directing research into natural, synthetic and recycled materials for design.
He achieved a Design Council Innovation Award (2000) to develop a virtual library
of environmentally innovative materials for design education and practice: www.rematerialise.org.
Nigel is currently External Examiner for the
Design for Sustainability degree course at University College, Falmouth.
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Parallel
research into new technology and sustainable low-batch production generated further
industrial support, and informed a partnered EU submission (2001) with universities
across Europe. In 2002 he led a creative research initiative with Corus
UK, collaborating on the development of an international design competition to
promote the innovative use of steel. Recent research projects examine areas of
innovative practice in design and production which can develop the future viability
of traditional small and medium enterprises in Europe.
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Nigel
has also worked on a wide range of interdisciplinary projects in professional
music composition and performance. Between 1981-85 he was a partner in
The Joeys, writing and performing political comedy and music for television,
radio and theatre, including the creation of long-running, touring stage shows
across the UK and mainland Europe. Nigel continues to work as a composer and
digital music consultant within Shared Practice.
In 2006, NIgel's unique range
of professional experience in design and music led him to be appointed
jury Chair for an international competition to design a grand piano
for Bösendorfer,
Austria. A special exhibition of the winning entries took place
at at the Design Forum, Museum Quarter, Vienna.
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