1. GARETH WILLIAMS
London N1, M: 07974 247422, E: sorgerwilliams@btinternet.com
APPENDIX FOUR: RESEARCH GRANTS & SUPERVISION
AHRC CDP (with the V&A), Material Speculations; Investigation in Contemporary
Material Innovations, one theory-based studentship, 2013 (unsuccessful)
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant, Right Here Right Now; Art,
Design, Performance and Identity, application for support to form an advisory group for
a proposed book and exhibition, 2013 (unsuccessful)
AHRC CDA (with the Design Museum), Design Futures, the curator and the
practitioner, application for four studentships (two practice-based, two theory-based),
submitted with Hilary French, 2011 (unsuccessful)
Part of the supervision team for five research students, four at the RCA and one at
Birmingham City University.
AHRC CDA (with the V&A), Emerging Design Practice, paradigms and parameters,
application for two studentships, submitted with Hilary French, 2009 (successful)
• Julia Lohmann (RCA Design Products), Seaweed in South Kensington,
practicebased research (completion due 2015, supervision until 2014)
• Gillian Russell (RCA Design Products), Re-staging: Paradesign and the
Curatorial, an analysis of emerging design practice and the museum as context’,
theorybased research (completion due 2015, supervision until 2014)
Other research supervision:
• Emilia Serra (RCA Design Products), Design and Archaeology: ancient forms
and contemporary 3D technologies, practice-based research (completion due
2016, supervision until 2014)
• Nazli Göckçe (RCA Design Products), Towards Sustainable Production and
Consumption: Research and Product Design for Small Kitchen Appliances
(completion due 2016, supervision until 2014)
• Lara Furniss (Birmingham City University), Universal Eyes: Defying
Classification: a study exploring the processes of 21st Century design studios
(completion due 2018, ongoing supervision)