John Wood, DipAD, ADF(Manc), FRSA (b. 25 August 1945) is emeritus professor of design at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He taught many Young British Artists when he was deputy head of the fine art department at Goldsmiths between 1978 and 1988. He has received AHRC and EPSRC funding for research into metadesign.
Biography
Born in Bath, Wood attended Harrow County School for Boys, and then studied Fine Art at Manchester School of Art. Examples of his early works include: 'King of Shouting House' (1969) – a computer assisted play, for the ICA;Punt, M., (2008), 'Play Orbit: a play on the history of play', Technoetic Arts: a Journal of Speculative Research, Print , Volume 6, Issue 2, August 2008, pp. 135–148 'Tune Doodler' (1972) – mass-produced electronic sculpture commissioned by Jasia Reichardt.Reichardt, J., 'Twenty Years of Symbiosis between Art & Science', Impact of Science on Society, 24, 1, 41-51, Jan/Mar 74. He also created "solar energy artworks" – 'Black Box' – control circuit regulated a practical solar roof at Eithen-y-Gaeir, North Wales (1974)Brachi, P., (1974) "Sun on the Roof", New Scientist, 19 September 1974 and Sunsharer' window maximized solar energy for domestic use without compromising plant needs (1975).TV programme – "A House for the Future" introduced by Brian Truman, broadcast July 1974 (Granada Television)
Wood is an original member of the rock band Deaf School where he performs as Max Ripple, he was also an original member of the Kreutzer Quintet.
Publications Metadesigning Designing in the Anthropocene, (2022), (Ed.) Routledge, London & New York, ; Designing for Micro-utopias (2007); Thinking beyond the Possible, Ashgate, UK, ; The Virtual Embodied; presence, practice, technology (1998), (Ed.) The Culture of Academic Rigour: Does Design Research Really Need It? and he is also a contributor to Sublime Magazine.
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