Guy Julier is Professor of Design and Head of Research and Research Awards Coordinator in the School of Architecture, Landscape and Design. He has worked as an exhibition consultant at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Design Museum in London, and a freelance design consultant and writer. His PhD investigated the relationships between design and political and economic change in Spain and Hungary since 1980.Guy Julier is Associate Editor of the Journal of Design and Culture, sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Visual Culture and is London correspondent for Experimenta (Madrid). He is currently External Examiner for the MA (RCA) History of Design course at the Royal College of Art. Previously he was examiner for BA (Hons) Industrial Design, Fundación San Valero: Centro de Estudios Superiores, Zaragoza, Spain, and for the B.A. (Hons) Interior Design, BA (Hons) Product/Furniture Design, BA (Hons) Fashion at Kingston University, UK. He teaches on the BA (Hons) Design, and MA Urban Design courses and supervises several doctoral students.
Prior to LeedsMet, Guy Julier taught at Somerset College of Arts & Technology, Harlow College, Trowbridge Technical College, Wimbledon School of Art, Bristol Polytechnic and Camberwell College of Arts. He is also an Honorary Professor at Glasgow School of Art.
Professor Julier's current research interests include:
- Design-Led Urban Regeneration
- Audit Culture and the Creative Industries
- Concepts of Design Culture
Email: G.Julier@leedsmet.ac.uk
Telephone: + 44 (0)113 283 6752
Website: www.designculture.info
The following papers by Guy Julier can be found at the Design Observatory:
- Guy Julier, The Bigger Future of European Design (2004)
- Guy Julier, El Gran Futuro del Diseño Europeo (2004)
- Guy Julier, Hacia una Tercera Via en la Historia del Diseño (1999)
- Guy Julier & Viviana Narotzky, The Redundancy of Design History (1998)
- Guy Julier, Re-Drawing the Geography of European Design: the Case of Transitional Countries (1997)
- Guy Julier with Steve Hoffman, Design Institutions and the Transition to Democracy: a Comparative Case Study of Spain and Hungary (1995)
External Professional Activities
Juries
- (2004) Advisory Board, Valencia Furniture Fair, International Design Competition
- (2000) Premios Principe Felipe a la Excelencia Empresarial, Madrid
- (1997) Valencia Furniture Fair, International Design Competition
- (1994) Leeds Artists' Open, Leeds City Art Gallery
Confrences & Symposia Organised
- (2007) Mapping Design Activism, Leeds Metropolitan University
- (2004) Conference Strand Convenor and Chair, Annual Design History Society Conference, Queen's University, Belfast
- (2004) ‘Why Are We Waiting Project Workshop', Leeds Metroplitan University
- (2002) Conference Strand Convenor, 'Mind the Map: 3rd International Conference of Design Studies and Design History', Istanbul
- (1999) Conference Strand Convenor, Design History Society International Annual Conference, Nottingham Trent University
- (1996) 'Transitional Objects: Design and the New Democracies', Leeds Metropolitan University
- (1995) 'Designing Sustainability', Leeds City Art Gallery
- (1994) 'Developing Regional Design Identities', Leeds City Art Gallery
- (1992) 'Design into Europe', Leeds City Art Gallery
- (1991) 'Perspectives on Spanish Design', Design Museum, London
Exhibitions Curated
- (1991) Contemporary Spanish Graphics, Design Museum, London
- (1990) Coordinator of Spanish Season, Design Museum, London
Publications
Books
- Julier, G. (2007), The Culture of Design 2nd Edition, London: Sage Publications (Shortlisted: Design History Society Prize for Best Design Writing 2001)
- Julier, G. (2004) Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Design since 1900 (revised 3 rd edition of 1998) London: Thames & Hudson
- Julier, G. (1998), Design Icons: The Teapot, Arum Press
- Julier, G. (1996), 'Watermark', Cardiff Bay Art Trust, ISNB 0952780208, pp1-20
- Julier, G. (1993), The Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of 20th Century Design and Designers, London: Thames and Hudson, ISBN 0-500-20269-9; New York: Thames and Hudson, ISBN 0500 202 69-9
- Julier, G. (1992), Mariscal Design (Benedik Taschen Verlag, Cologne)
- Julier, G. (1991), New Spanish Design, Thames and Hudson, London, ISBN 0-500-23599-6, pp1-191; Rizzoli, New York, ISBN 0-8478-1233-2; Nuevo Diseno Espanol, Destino, Barcelona, ISBN 84-233-1914-8; Spanian Das Neue Design, Stemmle, Zurich, 1992, ISBN 3-7231-0426-6
Journal Articles & Chapers in Books
- Julier, G. (2007) 'Design Practice within a Theory of Practice', Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, 1(2): 43-50
- Julier, G. (2006) 'From Visual Culture to Design Culture', Design Issues, 22(1): 64-76
- Julier, G. (2005) ‘Urban Designscapes and the Production of Aesthetic Consent', Urban Studies 42, 5-6, 689-888
- Julier, G. (2005) ‘Jak to robia Wielkiej Brytanii (Design Promotion in Britain)', 2D+3D , July
- Julier, G. (2005) ‘Design and the Accumulation of Cultural Value', 300% Design , Madrid
- Julier, G. and Mayfield, W. (2004) 'Designers are Writers', Case Study report, Writing Pad: www.writing-pad.ac.uk
- Julier, G. (2004) 'The Bigger Future of European Design' in PFC 02/03 Barcelona: Eina, Escola de Disseny i Art
- Julier, G. (2002) 'Re-Drawing the Geography of European Design: the Case of Transitional Countries' in Art-Omma 8, www.art-omma.org
- Julier, G. (2000) 'From Object to Experience' in Brand New London: Victoria and Albert Museum Publications
- Julier, G. (2000) 'Revisitar los Ochenta: Identidad y la Mirada Turista de Diseño' in Signos del Siglo XX: 100 Años de Diseño Gráfico en España: Empresa, Cultura y Sociedad Madrid: Centro del Arte Reina Sofia
- Julier, G. (1996) Barcelona Design, Catolonia's Political Economy and the New Spain, in Journal of Design History, Vol 9, No 2, pp117-128
- Julier, G. (1995) 'Power, Technology and the Public', The Dark Side of the Bright Lights: Charles Quick Sculpture, City Art Gallery, Leeds, ISBN 0-901981-62-1, pp1-25
- Julier, G. (1990) 'Radical Modernism in Contemporary Spanish Design', in Modernism in Design (ed Paul Greenhalgh) Reaktion Books, ISBN 0- 948462-12-4, pp204-223
- Julier, G. (1988) Warming Buildings by Hot Water: Technology and the Home Interior 1880-1910 in Working Papers 1: Studies in Design and Technology (V&A/RCA)
Conference Papers (selected)
- Julier, G. (2007) 'Political Economies of Design in the UK', Design and Economy, Monday, 17 March, 2008 University of Art and Design Helsinki
- Julier, G. (2004) 'Creative Quarters, Design and New Labour' Design History Society Annual Conference, Queen's University, Belfast
- Julier, G. (2004) 'El Gran Futuro del Diseño Europeo', PFC 02/03: Eina, Escola de Disseny i Art, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona
- Julier, G. (2003) Annual Hotel Design Awards Conference, London, invited speaker 'The Next Step'
- Julier, G. (2003) Hotels of the Future, Ecole d'Hotelier/Arup: Foresight and Innovation, Lausanne, invited speaker 'Designing the Front of House Experience'
- Julier, G. (2001) 'Periphery of Peripheries: the Image of the Designer in Transitional Economies', Design History Society Annual Conference, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
- Julier, G. (2000) 'Re-Inventar Una Cuidad: Espacios de Flujos, Lugares como Nodos', 2nd Jornada de Mobiliario Urbano, Universidad de Castellón, Spain
- Julier, G. (2000) 'Visual Culture and Design Culture: What's the Difference?', Visual Culture in a Changing Society: Britain 1940-2000, University of Northumbria at Newcastle
- Julier, G. (2000) 'Diseño y Estrategia Empresarial: Caso Vamp para Deutsche Börse', Signos del Siglo: 100 años de Diseño Gráfico en España, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
- Julier, G. (1999) 'Hacia Una Tercera Vía en la Historia del Diseño', Primera Reunión de Historiadores y Estudios del Diseño, Universitat de Barcelona
- Julier, G. (1999) 'Naked and Nowhere: Branded Leisure at Center Parcs', Design History Society International Annual Conference, Nottingham Trent University
- Julier, G. and Narotzky, V. (1998) 'The Redundancy of Design History' Practically Speaking, University of Wolverhampton
- Julier, G. (1998) 'Lifestyle at the 'Cutting Edge': Subculture, Design and the Aesthetics of Risk' Design History Society, University of Huddersfield
- Julier, G. (1997) 'The National Question in Contemporary Hungarian Craft and Design' Obscure Objects of Desire? Reviewing the Crafts in the 20th Century, University of East Anglia
- Julier, G. (1997) 'Redrawing the Geography of European Design: The Case of Transitional Countries' Contextual Design, Design in Contexts, European Academy of Design, Stockholm
- Julier, G. (1996) Transitional Objects: Design and the New Democracies, Leeds Metropolitan University Symposium convenor
- Julier, G. (1995) `Design Institutions and the Transition to Democracy: a Comparative Case Study of Spain and Hungary' Design, Government Initiatives and Industry, Brighton University
- Julier, G. (1993) El diseno y los paises en transicion: problemas de identidad nacional, Madrid
- Julier, G. (1992) Design History Society, Conference, Manchester, Design in Catalonia since 1980: Images, Ideas and the Economy
- Julier, G. (1990) Institute of Historical Research, University of London: Historical Experience and the Politics of Industrial Design in Catalonia since 1980
- Julier, G. (1989) Perspectives on Modernism, V&A: Radical Modernism in Spanish Design, Conference paper
Symposia & International Seminar Papers (selected)
- Julier, G. (1998) 'Reconsidering Design and National Identity in the New Europe', Royal College of Art, London
- Julier, G. (1998) 'Designing for a New Europe', Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
- Julier, G. (1997) 'Diseño y Cultura Submergida', Asociación de Diseñadores de la Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia
- Julier, G. (1993) 'El Diseno en los Paises en Transicion: Problemas de Identidad Nacional'Diseno en Madrid Ciclo de Conferencias, Puerta de Toledo, Madrid