Dr Adrian Gradinar
Lecturer in Smart Home FuturesResearch Overview
My research focuses on designing creative experiences (outputs/activities) aimed at making academic knowledge accessible to the wider public. I do this through the lens of technology, asking important questions about how we interact with technology and its impact on our lives. Adopting a speculative, practice-based approach, the technologies I engage with vary greatly, from IoT and Smart Homes to AR and VR. I have exhibited my research at The Tate Modern, The V&A London, FACT Liverpool, The Festival of Social Science, The Cheltenham Festival, The Bluedot Festival, and The Festival of Futures.
Professional Role
Lecturer in Smart Home Futures
My Role
Director of Strategy for the Undergraduate Programmes
Director of The LICA Festival
Current Teaching
LICA243. Design Studio. Materials.
Thesis Title
Designing Interactive Objects and Spaces for the Digital Public Space
PhD Supervision Interests
I have a wide range of interests and have worked on a variety of projects both in and outside of academia. I welcome PhD proposals that are interested in 1) designing better experiences/solutions, be those digital, physical, or both; 2) the role technology plays in designing experiences/solutions and the friction we get from using technical solutions; and 3) ‘translating’ academic knowledge into public engagement. I am extremely interested in provoking and probing the future, so we can live behind ‘better presents’. I am a maker and I approach my research through the act of making, sometimes engaging with Speculative Design, Design Fiction and/or Critical Design.
Gods on the Frontier: Developing Innovative Mixed-Reality Visitor Interactions with Roman Religion at English Heritage Sites on Hadrian’s Wall
01/02/2024 → 31/12/2024
Other
E3: Edge of Reality (ER)
01/04/2022 → 28/02/2023
Research
E3: IAA ESRC EPSRC: The Repair Shop 2049: Exploring the Role of Physical-Digital Technologies in Shaping Future Local Sustainable Repair Ecosystems
01/12/2021 → 31/08/2022
Research
E3: Edge Of Tomorrow: Understanding The Impacts Of IoT Cybersecurity And Datafication To Co-design A Sustainable Edge
01/05/2021 → 31/01/2022
Research
Experiencing the Future Mundane
01/09/2019 → 30/09/2023
Research
Objects of Immersion
05/02/2018 → 04/08/2018
Research
LICA Festival 2024
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Imagination Festival of Futures 2024
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
The future is a work in progress Exhibition at the Festival of Futures
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Ethical Dilemma Cafe at Digital Design Weekender as part of London Design Festival / V&A 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Digital Design Weekend @V&A for London Design Festival
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
British Science Festival 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Cheltenham Science Festival 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
CyberUK 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Ethical Dilemma Cafe as part of Mozilla Festival 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Evaluation Visualisation Design (EViD) Tool: A novel tool for exploring and designing evaluation activities.
Invited talk
The 2021 Festival of Social Science
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Edge of Tomorrow: Co-designing A Sustainable Edge - Engaging Sustainability Experts
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Edge of Tomorrow: Co-designing A Sustainable Edge - Engaging Cyber Security Experts
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Edge of Tomorrow: Co-designing A Sustainable Edge - Engaging End-Users
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
The Embedding Evaluation Method
Invited talk
The ESRC Festival of Social Science
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
The Design Research Society 2020 International Conference
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Uncanny Ai Iconography Workshops
Other
Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop
Other
Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (Open Call 4)
Other
Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (Open Call 3)
Other
Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (Open Call 2)
Other
Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (Open Call 1)
Other
Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (LICA)
Other
Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop
Other
Uncanny AI Iconography Workshop (Beyond Imagination)
Other
ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
TIPS by Design – Building a Community of UK TIPS Researchers – 2018
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Brighton Digital Festival
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Digital Design Weekend at V&A
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
- Evaluation
- Imagination Lancaster
- School of Design
- Worldbuilding