[email protected] Thomas Thwaites (b. 1980) 50 Montague Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA +1 401 219 0163 Education • MA. Design Interactions. Royal College of Art (2009) • BSc. Human Sciences, (2:1 with Honours). University College London (2005) • Foundation Diploma in Art & Design. The City Literary Institute (2002) • Undergraduate Foundation Year, (Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence). University of Edinburgh (2001) Awards, Residencies, Collections, Commissions Commission. The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Arts Award, The Wellcome Trust. 2013 - 2015 (forthcoming 2019). Permanent Collection. Victoria & Albert Museum. London. Permanent Collection. Banque de France. Cite de Designer In Residence. The Design Museum, London. L’Economie, Paris. 2013-14 Commission. Abandon Normal Devices Biennial 2017, UK. Residency, Akademie Schloss Solitude. Germany 2011-2012 Commission. St. Etienne Design Biennial 2017. France. Commission. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Commission for “Designer Maker User” (Permanent Council. 2010 Collection). The Design Museum, London. 2016 Arts Award, The Wellcome Trust. 2010 Ig Nobel Prize in Biology, 2016. Prix Ars Electronica, Honorary Mention. 2010 Residency. Asia Culture Centre, Gwangju, South Korea. Residency, Stanley Picker Gallery. London, March 2010 November 2015-February 2016 Intern. The Interactive Institute, Stockholm. 2009 ‘Emerging Design Studio of the Year’, ICON Magazine Awards, 2014 Residency, Royal Society of Arts. London, July 2014 Books The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch Princeton Architectural Press (2011 first edition. Second and third editions 2012, 2013). Korean and Japanese translations. Goatman: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human Princeton Architectural Press (May 2016 first edition. Second edition August 2016). Norwegian, Korean and Japanese translations. Selected Teaching & Academia Currently: Visiting Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at Rhode Island Workshop: “Design Narratives” 3D School of Design Design, Bath Spa University, London. 10 January 2018 Guest Tutor, Designed Objects 2019 (forthcoming in January) School of the Art Institute of Chicago Lecture: “Revolutionary Technologies”, 2017 The University of Arizona 5 Day Workshop Symposium Presentation School of Architecture “(In)comprehensible (un)design” Artists Talk: University of Cincinnati Alicante University, Spain Undesign Symposium University of Applied Arts Vienna 2018 2016 Visiting Critic: Designed Objects, Workshop: “Post-Rational Double Lecture, “Materials Innovation” School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Blind Connected Digraph Gifts” Chelsea College of Art, London 16 May 2018 MA. Design Products Royal College of Art Visiting Critic: Department of Mitchell Lecture Architecture, Technical University Workshop (Undergraduates): “The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Munich, Germany. 16 January 2018 Futures Collection” The Design Museum, London Symposium Presentation, at Artists Talk: Material Futures MA, Guest Critic and Tutor “The Object Agency” Central Saint Martins, University of MA. Design Interactions NESTA Futures Day the Arts, London. 17 January 2018 Royal College of Art Victoria & Albert Museum, UK Lecture, “Who’s Better?” School of the Art Institute of Chicago Better World Conference Visiting Lecturer, Industrial Design 5 Day Workshop Brown University / Rhode Island Dept. University of Hertfordshire “Product Transformations” School of Design London College of Communication University of the Arts, London Lecture, “Designing across disciplines” Visiting Lecturer Camberwell College, History of Science Department 2012 Sorbonne University University of the Arts, London 1 Day Workshop “Production Stories” 2014 Visiting Lecturer, Industrial Design Dept. Industrial Design Dept. Module Leader “Speculative Design” Rhode Island School of Design. (BA Communication Design) University of Hertfordshire Judge Design Academy Kolding, Denmark Visiting Tutor Dirty Art Department, Sandberg “DESIGN FACTORY” Competition Workshop: “Designing Backwards Institute, Amsterdam The Design Museum, London from the Future” University for the Creative Arts at Visiting Lecturer Lecture Epsom Materials Science Dept. “The Expanded Designer” Ohio State University Camberwell College, Visiting Lecturer MA. Innovation Design Engineering University of the Arts, London Visiting Lecturer Symposium Panel Discussion Royal College of Art Green Mountain College, New York "We Have Never Been Speculative Enough" at Central St Martins, Visiting Lecturer University of the Arts, London Central School of Speech & Drama Commencement Address Olin College, New York Symposium Presentation Visiting Tutor “The Sensorium of Animals.” Critical BA. 3D Design Visiting Tutor, Visual Arts, Media Lab, Academy of Art and Brighton University University of Oklahoma Design, Basel Guest Critic Visiting Tutor, Design Dept, 2015 MA. Innovation Design Engineering Bath Spa University 5 Day Workshop: Product Triage: A Royal College of Art system for dealing with unwanted goods. 2011 and prior London College of Communication Visiting Tutor Visiting Tutor, University of the Arts, London Camberwell College, MA Sustainable Design University of the Arts, London Goldsmiths University Guest Critic and Tutor BA. Jewellery Design Symposium Presentation Guest Critic and Tutor Central St Martins “Wearable Tech.”, Institute of Making MA. Design Interactions University College London Royal College of Art Visiting Tutor MA. Interaction Design Research Visiting Tutor Visiting Lecturer Goldsmiths University, London MA. Interaction Design Research Sheffield Hallam University Goldsmiths University, London Commencement Lecture Visiting Lecturer Dept. of Design 2013 Oxford Brookes University Camberwell College Guest Critic University of the Arts, London Unit 6 (Unknown Fields) Visiting Tutor, Architecture Association Design Dept. Guest Tutor Edinburgh College of Art MA. Design Interactions Guest Tutor Royal College of Art Technical University, Dresden Guest Critic and Tutor MA. Design Products Artist’s Talk: Guest Tutor: “Designing Process” Royal College of Art Rhode Island School of Design. Selected Exhibitions 2019 (forthcoming) Triennale di Milano: XXII Broken 2018 Nature, Milan Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design Design and Decrease Vitra Design Museum, Germany Centre d’Innovation et de Design Cooper Hewitt Museum: Design Belgium Triennial, New York Creatures Made to Measure, Marta Herford Gallery, Germany Bio Art & Design Award Exhibition MU Museum, Eindhoven Thoughts From New Associates Micro Impact Change the System Eastwards Prospectus Gallery, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Bucharest, Romania Rotterdam Rotterdam, The Netherlands The Body in the Age of Digital 2011 2017 Technology Time and the Long Now New Alchemists (Touring) Frankfurter Kunstverein, The Science Museum, London Flinders University City Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany Australia What If.… & 2015 National Museum of China, Beijing Devenport Regional Gallery, Australia Solo Show Studio 1.1 Gallery, London Transnatural The Futures of the Past, De Verdieping, Amsterdam Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwangju, Domestic Futures South Korea Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.. 2010 Museum of the Future Apparatus Serendipity Objectology Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria Minority Project Space, Beijing, China Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea Demain C'est Aujourd'hui Artist Social Reproduction Biennial Design St-Étienne, France. Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery, sensenonsense Japan Van Abbemuseum / Design Academy Designed Disorder Eindhoven, Netherlands. Abandon Normal Devices Festival Saint Etienne Design Biennale Saint Etienne, France 2014 CyberArts Exhibition 2010 Mastering Design Ars Electronica, Austria MUDAC, Switzerland 2016 Permanent Collection: 21st C. Gallery. Post Fossil. Designing Scarcity 21:21 Design Sight, Tokyo. Victoria & Albert Museum. London. Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam 2013 BLESS Wellcome Windows Designers in Residence Wellcome Trust, London Lothringer13 Halle. Munich, Germany The Design Museum, London The Life Fair IMPACT! Make Active Choices Royal College of Art, London Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam Museum fuer Neue Kunst, Freiburg New Alchemists Germany. Salamanca Arts Centre Australia Louder than Bombs Stanley Picker Gallery, London (Touring) INVISIBLE DESIGN Logotel Gallery, Milan Design Week Reset Modernity WHAT IF? The Science Gallery, Dublin ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany 2012 ZERO1Biennial Plastic Myths Disruptive Thinking Zero1 Gallery, San Jose, USA. Asia Culture Centre, South Korea 100% Design, London. Selected Commercial Presentations & Consultancy Continuum Consulting, Boston. Invited Speaker. September 2016 Converse, Trend and Concept Summit, Boston. Invited Speaker. September 2016 Molonglo Property Group, Melbourne, Australia. Consultancy. Future homes and alternative hospitality. September 2015 Dyson, UK. Invited Speaker. March 2015 Metropolitan Police Association, New Scotland Yard. Invited Speaker. December 2013 Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati USA. Invited Speaker. October 2013 Worth Global Style Network, London. Invited Speaker. May 2012 Adidas, Nuremberg. Invited Speaker. March 2011 TATA Steel, Invited Speaker. December 2010 Ogilvy & Mather, London. Invited Speaker. October 2010 It's Nice That, British Council, London. Invited Speaker. October 2010 PSFK Conference 2010, London. Invited Speaker. September 2010 Trend Briefing, The Future Laboratory,