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Dr Adrian Gradinar
Lecturer in Smart Home FuturesMy research focuses on designing creative experiences (outputs/activities) aimed at making academic knowledge accessible to the wider public. I do this through the lens of technology, asking important questions about how we interact with technology and its impact on our lives. Adopting a speculative, practice-based approach, the technologies I engage with vary greatly, from IoT and Smart Homes to AR and VR. I have exhibited my research at The Tate Modern, The V&A London, FACT Liverpool, The Festival of Social Science, The Cheltenham Festival, The Bluedot Festival, and The Festival of Futures.
Lecturer in Smart Home Futures
<糖心Vlog>My RoleDirector of Strategy for the Undergraduate Programmes
Director of The LICA Festival
<糖心Vlog>Current TeachingLICA243. Design Studio. Materials.
<糖心Vlog>Thesis TitleDesigning Interactive Objects and Spaces for the Digital Public Space
<糖心Vlog>PhD Supervision InterestsI have a wide range of interests and have worked on a variety of projects both in and outside of academia. I welcome PhD proposals that are interested in 1) designing better experiences/solutions, be those digital, physical, or both; 2) the role technology plays in designing experiences/solutions and the friction we get from using technical solutions; and 3) ‘translating’ academic knowledge into public engagement. I am extremely interested in provoking and probing the future, so we can live behind ‘better presents’. I am a maker and I approach my research through the act of making, sometimes engaging with Speculative Design, Design Fiction and/or Critical Design.
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16/12/2024 → 30/09/2025
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01/02/2024 → 31/12/2024
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01/04/2022 → 28/02/2023
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01/12/2021 → 31/08/2022
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01/05/2021 → 31/01/2022
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01/09/2019 → 30/09/2023
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05/02/2018 → 04/08/2018
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- Evaluation
- Imagination Lancaster
- School of Design
- Worldbuilding