Paul Denison is a Design Historian with special interests in the history, theory and methods of industrial and product design. He has been a teacher for 28 years, and is passionate about working in Chinese educational contexts.Paul graduated from the celebrated History of Design programme at the Royal College of Art and Victoria and Albert Museum. Here he developed his knowledge and understanding of the decorative arts, of design theory, and industrial design.Paul has mostly worked with industrial design students to help them understand the context of their discipline. His intimate knowledge of designed objects, glass, ceramics, furniture, jewellery and vehicles, and his love of design writing, is always part of his conversations with students.Pauls experience of working with Chinese students goes back to 2010. In 2018 he moved to Shanghai to become Academic Director of a small design school. Now at XJTLU, he is excited about being able to bring his research interests in speculative and narrative design to his Chinese cohorts, and to develop his own design and writing responses to this field.

Contemporary Chinese Product Design

Speculative, Critical and Narrative Design

Sustainable Design Theory

The Life and Works of Dr. Christopher Dresser

19th and 20th Century English Decorative and Applied Arts

History of Modernism

Senior Associate Professor, Industrial Design, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 2020- Present

Academic Director, Artslink International Education, Shanghai, 2018-2020

Principal Lecturer (International), Teesside University, UK, 1992-2018

Director, Paul Denison Decorative Arts and Design (Retail), Southampton London, 1983-1990

Design Theory and Culture

BA/MA Contextual Studies; Design History; Sustainable Design; Speculative and Critical Design; Dissertation;

•Main subjects: Design Studio Projects Design History; Contextual Design Theories and Issues; sustainable and emotional Design. •Module leaderships for under-graduate years 1, 2, 3 for BA (Hons) Product Design. Associated duties around setting and marking written assessments. •1st Year Tutor Product Design. Modules/Projects including: Small handheld device; Human Factors and user testing; Design for Manufacture; Design for Surface and Detail; Live projects. •2nd Year Module: Product Design Contexts/ Critical Studies •3rd Year Modules: Writing Design; Dissertation. •MSc Design Modules: Design Strategies 1 2; Design for Sustainable Futures.