Dr Paul Micklethwaite SFHEA, FRSA
Reader in Design Innovation
I am Research Lead for Design at Manchester School of Art, and currently leading the activation of Manchester Design Factory, an innovation hub in the Design Factory Global Network.
I explore the impact of sustainability agendas on how we think about and do design, via modes of practice which are explicitly social and take design (and designers) into new territories.
Research
Books
Micklethwaite, P., 2021. 'Beyond Recycling', Routledge.
Micklethwaite, P., Chick, A., 2011. 'Design for Sustainable Change: How design and designers can drive the sustainability agenda', AVA Academia.
Book Chapters
Micklethwaite, P., 2019. 'Design against consumerism'. In A Companion to Contemporary Design since 1945, pp. 436-456.
Micklethwaite, P., 2017. 'Products of the open design context'. In Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design, pp. 514-526.
Micklethwaite, P., 2014. 'Immaterial culture? The (Un)sustainability of screens'. In Media and the Ecological Crisis, pp. 19-39, Routledge.
Journal Articles
Micklethwaite, P., 2022. 'Sustainable Design Masters: Increasing the Sustainability Literacy of Designers', Sustainability, 14 (6).
Kulnik, S.T., Pöstges, H., Townsend, R., Micklethwaite, P., Jones, F., 2019. 'A gift from experience: co-production and co-design in stroke and self-management', Design for Health, 3 (1), pp. 98-118.
Massey, A., Micklethwaite, P., 2009. 'Unsustainability: Towards a New Design History with Reference to British Utility', Design Philosophy Papers, 7 (2), pp. 123-135.
Micklethwaite, P., 2005. 'Discussing art and design education: Themes from interviews with UK design stakeholders', International Journal of Art and Design Education, 24 (1), pp. 84-92.
Micklethwaite, P., Chick, A., 2005. 'Remarkable Pencils Ltd: Breaking Out of the Green Niche', Design Management Review, 16 (3), pp. 23-28.
Chick, A., Micklethwaite, P., 2004. 'Specifying recycled: Understanding UK architects' and designers' practices and experience', Design Studies, 25 (3), pp. 251-273.
Non-Peer Reviewed Articles
Micklethwaite, P., 2019. 'Design Ecology Politics: Towards the Ecocene, by Joanna Boehnert', The Design Journal, 22 (6), pp. 905-909.
Micklethwaite, P., 2015. 'Designing Sustainability: Making Radical Changes in a Material World, by Stuart Walker', The Design Journal, 18 (2), pp. 295-299.
Micklethwaite, P., 2012. 'Open Design Now: Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive, by Bas van Abel et al', The Design Journal, 15 (4), pp. 493-496.
Micklethwaite, P., 2011. 'Sustainable Futures--Can Design Make a Difference?', Design and Culture, 3 (2), pp. 239-242.
Micklethwaite, P., 2010. 'Aspirational Sustainability? A Review of Eco Home', Interiors, 1 (1), pp. 151-157.
Conference Papers
Micklethwaite, P., Potter, G., Bason, P., 2024. ''Reframing Stockport' - Innovation coloniality?', DFGN UnBoxed 2024, Bogota, 3/10/2024 - 4/10/2024, in https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/3a0cd554-b8bb-4d64-9f8d-df34dbb12243, pp. 14-17.
Costa, M., Micklethwaite, P., 2024. 'Future Foodies: A Speculative Design Approach for Youth Engagement and Policy Shaping', EFOOD24, International Food Design and Food Studies Conference, Barcelona, 7/11/2024 - 9/11/2024.
Micklethwaite, P., Charny, D., Alvarado, M., Cassim, J., Dong, Y., de Vere, I., 2020. 'Fixperts: models, learning and social contexts', Design Research Society Conference 2020, Brisbane, 11/8/2020 - 14/8/2020, in Proceedings of DRS, 1.
Micklethwaite, P., O'Connor, K., Elliott, S., 2019. 'Market as Manufactory. Making Communities', Running with Scissors, 13th International Conference of the EAD, Dundee, 10/4/2019 - 12/4/2019, in Design Journal, 22 (sup1), pp. 1267-1285.
Micklethwaite, P., Knifton, R., 2017. 'Climate Change. Design Teaching for a New Reality', Design for Next, 12th EAD Conference, Rome, 12/4/2017 - 14/4/2017, in Design Journal, 20 (sup1), pp. S1636-S1650.
Torres Castanedo, R., Micklethwaite, P., 2016. 'Activating the core economy by design', Future-Focused Thinking, Design Research Society Conference 2016, Brighton, 27/6/2016 - 30/6/2016, in Proceedings of DRS, 6.
Chick, A., Micklethwaite, P., 2004. ''Closing the loop' - The role of design in the success of six small UK recycled product manufacturers', Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development 2004, Loughborough, 1/9/2004 - 2/9/2004, in Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development 2004, pp. 249-262.
Micklethwaite, P., 2004. 'The 'recycled consumer' - Evidence and design implications', Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development 2004, Loughborough, 1/9/2004 - 2/9/2004, in Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development 2004, pp. 77-90.
Micklethwaite, P., Chick, A., 2004. 'www.inspirerecycle.org - Inspiring Design-Led Recycled Product Innovation', Futureground - DRS International Conference 2004, Melbourne, 17/11/2004 - 21/11/2004, in https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conference-papers/drs2004/researchpapers/37/.
Chick, A., Micklethwaite, P., 2003. '"Recycled tigers' teeth?": obstacles to UK designers specifying recycled products and materials', TECHNÉ: DESIGN WISDOM, European Academy of Design conference 05, Barcelona, 28/4/2003 - 30/4/2003.
Micklethwaite, P., 2003. 'Design means different things to different people', TECHNÉ: DESIGN WISDOM, European Academy of Design conference 05, Barcelona, 28/4/2003 - 30/4/2003.