Jeremy Myerson
Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design ∙ Royal College of Art ∙ United Kingdom
About the Moderator
Jeremy Myerson is a writer, speaker, academic and author on design and innovation. He holds the Helen Hamlyn Chair of Design at the Royal College of Art and is Director of the WORKTECH Academy, a global knowledge network exploring the future of work and workplace. He is also a Visiting Fellow in the Oxford Institute for Population Ageing, University of Oxford.
An expert on inclusive design for health, ageing, work and cities, Jeremy Myerson founded Design Week magazine in 1986. He co-founded the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design – the Royal College of Art’s largest centre for design research – in 1999, which he directed for 16 years. The author of more than 20 books in the field, his most recent titles include Time & Motion: Redefining Working Life (2014) and New Old: Design for Our Future Selves (2017).