Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.3, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # J C Kristensen Design: Researcher ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://jckristensen.co.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [CHBS](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs) - Crazy Hare-Brained Schemes is the work-in-progress space for design researcher J C Kristensen. Its aim is to capture and document her projects, practice and research, as a way to keep track and move away from the hundreds of to-do lists scribbled in countless notebooks, on all manner of decorative paper napkins and the back of - [CHBS #12: The Writer and The Reader](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs-12-the-writer-and-the-reader) - On a Friday evening last week, my latest work, an installation piece called The Writer and The Reader, made her first appearance at Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan, Derelict DinnerPerformanceTalk, programmed and curated by the performer, director and filmmaker Naama Schendar.It was a deeply collaborative piece made with Naama, the musician and composer Yoni Silver and my - [CHBS #11: The Foundations Project](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs-11-the-foundations-project) - Today, my collaborator the sociologist Dr Katherine Appleford and I sat down and drafted the content for the website for our new research project exploring the history and legacy of British Art and Design Clubs, which we are calling The Foundations Project.We have wanted to work together for a long time, and it was an - [CHBS #10: Paperweight Radio](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs-10-paperweight-radio) - Here, an outline of an old project but one which fundamentally changed my practice as a writer, as an academic and as a lecturer. [If you want to skip the description of the project and move directly to the audio of the episodes, please find the pilot radio show on Ghosts here; and the episode - [CHBS #9: The Coral Notes](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs-9-the-coral-notes) - Sometime, last year, I turned my attention to coral. It began through the meeting of three moments, one personal and two professional. The first moment was learning that coral is used as a substitute for human bone in orthopaedic and reconstructive surgeries. Coral is the ideal material for three main reasons. Firstly, coral's natural porosity - [CHBS #8: The Drowned Book](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs-8-the-drowned-book) - In 1913, Ludwig Wittgenstein constructed his wooden hut on a steep rock face over Eidsvatnet Lake in the Luster municipality of Vestland, Norway. It was whilst living in this perched precariously home that the philosopher first began to conceive of the work that later became the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921). In the summer of 2024, the - [CHBS #6: A Basket Theory of Practice](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs-6-a-basket-theory-of-practice) - Last week, at the invitation of my former supervisor Professor Marquard Smith, I presented my work on critical materialities to the Vilnius Academy of Arts doctoral candidates in Fine Art. In deciding what to present, I took the opportunity to pull together my projects which sit within Slime Diaries and The Coral Notes, to work - [CHBS #7: Every Day I (Covid Returns)](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs-7-every-day-i-covid-returns) - When we returned to work after the first Covid-19 lockdown in the Department of Design at Goldsmiths, where I was the Programme Lead for the BA Design, my colleague Corinne Quin installed a photo booth in our building's lobby, and at her instigation, staff and students all sat for portraits. I remember running into my - [CHBS #1: This Blog](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs-1-this-blog) - Many moons ago, an old friend, who had heard me say "I've got an idea" far too often in far too short a time, suggested -- somewhat cynically -- that I should buy the domain name Crazy Hare-Brained Schemes - [CHBS #4: I Want Design For President](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs-4-i-want-design-for-president) - Last year, I was asked to write something for the End of Year Show catalogue, for the School of Design at University of Greenwich, as part of my role as Academic Portfolio Lead for Design. It was my first show at Greenwich, and I was keenly aware of the writing needing to be a statement - [CHBS #3: No More I Love You’s](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs-3-no-more-i-love-yous) - Here, the opening speech of a lecture series programmed and delivered in opening months of 2024 in the School of Design at University of Greenwich, inspired by Annie Lennox's 1995 song, where I first hit upon a term for a sensibility I was searching for and trying to capture in my research and practice: Neon - [CHBS #2: The 1957 Festival of Women](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs-2-the-1957-festival-of-women) - In the summer of 2023, on a bright and brilliant day, I decided to down tools, pull myself away from work emails and take a road trip. My car was in for service and a family member had lent me their sportscar. I decided to take her for a spin, remembering an antiques market at - [CHBS #5: Cleaning Up The Slime](https://jckristensen.co.uk/chbs5-cleaning-up-the-slime) - During the pandemic, I was one of a group of women from the Department of Design at Goldsmiths who formed the Domestic Monsters, a collective to explore questions and discourses of the domestic through practice. In those strange times, I remember our online meetings and then in-person and socially distanced meetings being incredibly hopeful, almost ## Pages - [](https://jckristensen.co.uk/) - I am a design researcher and educator, currently working as the Academic Portfolio Lead for Design in the School of Design + Creative Industries at University of Greenwich; and the Cultural Research Director of AFB Research. I came to design through philosophy, critical theory and cultural studies. My current academic project is called The Coral - [Contact](https://jckristensen.co.uk/contact) - To contact me through my university, please see my profile here. If you are interested in working together, please contact me through the form below. - [Shop](https://jckristensen.co.uk/shop) - [Basket](https://jckristensen.co.uk/basket) - You may be interested in… Your basket is currently empty! New in store - [Checkout](https://jckristensen.co.uk/checkout) - [My account](https://jckristensen.co.uk/my-account) - [woocommerce_my_account] - [Research](https://jckristensen.co.uk/research) - My research is situated in both the commercial and academic sectors. As a commercial design researcher, most recently I was the Cultural Research Lead on the project to name the six lines of the London Overground, commissioned by Transport for London and the London Mayor's Office. I won a D&AD Wooden Pencil for it. Other - [Making](https://jckristensen.co.uk/making) - In the last few years, I have also moved into creative practice, making images and objects as part of my academic work. I have always made things, but it was more 'unofficial', what would be called amateur: designing and sewing clothes for me and my children; making curtains and other domestic textiles; embroidering samplers; and - [Education](https://jckristensen.co.uk/teach) - Currently Academic Portfolio Lead for Design in the School of Design + Creative Industries at University of Greenwich, I have directed and taught courses on material culture and object studies, histories and theories of design, design politics and design ethics, the creative and culture industry with special attention to professional design practice and placements, research - [Writing](https://jckristensen.co.uk/writing) - As a design researcher, historian and theorist, I have published work on a range of design and culture topics including high-vis jackets, post-Covid worlds, slime, the Sony Walkman, everyday feminism, Jony Ive, Ways of Seeing, Clive Sinclair, the home, the interrobang, research methods in material culture, Benz, Porsche and the practice of parkour. These published - [About](https://jckristensen.co.uk/about) - I am an award-winning design researcher bridging the academic and commercial worlds. I am the Academic Portfolio Lead for Design in the School of Design + Creative Industries at University of Greenwich; and the Cultural Research Director of AFB Research. As Cultural Research Director, I bring my expertise in qualitative research, cultural semiotics, futures, trends, - [Convening](https://jckristensen.co.uk/programming) - This year, I programmed the public-facing lecture series Political Ecologies: Exhibition as … for the Centre for Spatial and Digital Ecologies at the University of Greenwich, with six museology experts invited to explore how historic and contemporary exhibition cultures intersect with our political and ecological landscapes. Last year, I co-programmed the lecture series No More I Love You’s: Design, Media, - [Speaking](https://jckristensen.co.uk/speaking) - I have been an invited speaker at a variety of conferences and symposia, and been a guest expert for radio programmes, broadcast on BBC Radio4, WNYC and Montez Press Radio. I was an invited speaker for the Royal College of Art's The Urgency of the Arts Lecture Series, where I first brought slime and then - [Consulting](https://jckristensen.co.uk/consulting) - As with my research, I also consult across the commercial and academic sectors. In my commercial practice, I consult as a qualitative research director, cultural semiotician, and trends forecaster for clients including Baxter, Pfizer, GSK, Bang & Olufsen, Vertu, Ikea, Transport for London, the London Mayor's Office, Guide Dogs for the Blind, and Argent Related. ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://jckristensen.co.uk/category/uncategorized) - [Project](https://jckristensen.co.uk/category/project) - [Conference Paper](https://jckristensen.co.uk/category/conference-paper) - [Publication](https://jckristensen.co.uk/category/publication) - [Lecture Series](https://jckristensen.co.uk/category/lecture-series) - [Design Writing](https://jckristensen.co.uk/category/design-writing) - [Exhibition](https://jckristensen.co.uk/category/exhibition) - [Creative Practice](https://jckristensen.co.uk/category/creative-practice) - [Crazy Hare-Brained Scheme](https://jckristensen.co.uk/category/crazy-hare-brained-scheme) - [Research Project](https://jckristensen.co.uk/category/research-project) - [Creative Education](https://jckristensen.co.uk/category/creative-education) ## Tags - [CHBS#1](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/chbs1) - [Creative Process](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/creative-process) - [Project Management](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/project-management) - [LetsseehowIgeton](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/letsseehowigeton) - [researchprocess](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/researchprocess) - [design history](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/design-history) - [CHBS#2](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/chbs2) - [festival of women](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/festival-of-women) - [CHBS#3](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/chbs3) - [Lecture Series](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/lecture-series) - [Programming](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/programming) - [Convening](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/convening) - [CHBS#4](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/chbs4) - [design theory](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/design-theory) - [writing practice](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/writing-practice) - [design writing](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/design-writing) - [CHBS#5](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/chbs5) - [Domestic Monsters](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/domestic-monsters) - [Tea Towels](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/tea-towels) - [Slime Diaries](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/slime-diaries) - [Foundations](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/foundations) - [research project](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/research-project) - [Arts Education](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/arts-education) - [The Coral Notes](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/the-coral-notes) - [Writing](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/writing) - [Reading](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/reading) - [Performance](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/performance) - [Collaboration](https://jckristensen.co.uk/tag/collaboration)