Between their professional work experience, their academic principles, and the challenges they saw in the classroom in how we teach complexity they felt inspired to weave all the threads together. The professionalism and pragmatism of practice, the rigour and ethics of academia, and the relational best practices they exemplified in the classroom.

This work attempts to balance the scales, without falling into the conventional pitfalls of corporate greed or academic elitism. This is grounded, relational, life centred design research and it is meant to be shared and experienced.

This work is ongoing but sits in tandem to other praxis and identities

Alex is based in Berlin working in Data Visualisation and Web Design.

Lydia is based in Bristol working at the University of Bristol as Programme Director for Postgraduate Design, she also teaches Transformation Design at the National College of Art & Design in Dublin, and is a Research Fellow at The Glasgow School of Art.