Alice Rowsthorn

Speaker

Alice-Rawsthorn_photo-by-Michael-Leckie

Alice Rawsthorn is an award-winning design critic and author, whose books include Design as an Attitude, Hello World: Where Design Meets Life and, most recently, Design Emergency: Building a Better Future. Her weekly design column for The New York Times was syndicated worldwide for over a decade.

In all her work, Alice champions design’s potential as a social, political and ecological tool.

Born in Manchester and based in London, she is chair of the board of trustees of Chisenhale Gallery and a founding member of the Writers for Liberty campaign for human rights.

 

Photo credits Michel Leckie

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