Anthony Forsyth

Assistant Professor

Department: Northumbria School of Design, Arts and Creative Industries

I joined Northumbria in 2012 after working for a number of internationally recognised design consultancies. I completed a BA in furniture design and an MFA in industrial design (at Konstfack, Stockholm).

I spent several years living and working in Scandinavia, most recently as Senior Designer at a consultancy in Copenhagen. I have undertaken projects for clients including Novo Nordisk, Puma, Carhartt, Luceplan, DSB (Danish Railways), Hertz, IKEA, Malmo city and the Danish government. My work covered a range of design activities including research and strategy; service; and product design.

My work has been exhibited internationally - including at the Danish Design Center and the Cooper-Hewitt, New York -and has been recognised with Red Dot and iF design awards.

I completed a practice-based PhD in 2020 – The Design of Poetic Things. My research interests focus on the application of contemporary design philosophies – particularly thing theory and everyday aesthetics – in design practice.

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Key Publications

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Re-Imagining Aydon: The Archaeological Imagination and Polytemporal Design at Aydon Castle, Forsyth, A., Luscombe, P. Apr 2024, AMPS Proceedings Series, Architecture Media Politics Society
Designing a Radio-Tuner-Thing; Transparency as Metaphor for our Experience of Objects and Things, Forsyth, A., Dylan, T. 6 Jul 2020, DIS' 20 Companion, New York, ACM
Seeing the light – finding the poetic content of design objects, Forsyth, A., Yee, J., Duncan, T., Thomas, J. 25 Mar 2015, Research Through Design 2015
Waste bin for motorists and quick-drop 'trash lane', Forsyth, A., Thomsen, L., Kjoeller Damkjaer, N., Halding, N. 2011

Qualifications

Industrial Design PhD November 18 2020
Design Studies MFA September 01 2005
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015
Member Danish Design Association 2012

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