Alex Milton is Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies and Reader in Design at the School of Textiles and Design, Heriot-Watt University. Formerly Head of Design and Applied Arts at Edinburgh College of Art, he has taught at the University of..
Alex Milton is Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies and Reader in Design at the School of Textiles and Design, Heriot-Watt University. Formerly Head of Design and Applied Arts at Edinburgh College of Art, he has taught at the University of Dundee, Edinburgh Napier University and Central Saint Martins, and is an external examiner at several UK universities. As a designer, researcher, educator and writer, he aims to create new methods and formats to encourage meaningful consumer and audience participation in the production, consumption and interpretation of design, enabling the creation of inclusive designs for people, with people. Alex co-founded Claystation, and been exhibited at numerous international venues including Designers Block, London Design Festival, MUDAC, The Lighthouse, Salone de Mobile Milan and the London Architecture Biennale. He has contributed to a number of books and publications, and The Lighthouse will publish ‘Remodelling Home’ and Laurence King will publish ‘Product Design’, co-authored with Paul Rodgers, in 2011.
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