Dr Kristina Niedderer

Research Group:	Material and Theoretical Practice
Title:	Reader in Design and Applied Arts
Email:	K.Niedderer@wlv.ac.uk
Phone:	01902 321550
website:	http://www.niedderer.org/

About Dr Kristina Niedderer

Kristina Niedderer, is Reader in Design and Applied Arts. She is Applied Arts Course Leader and leads Contextual Studies in the Division of Design and Applied Arts and the 'Material and Theoretical Practice' Research Cluster. She was originally apprenticed, and worked as a goldsmith and silversmith in Germany. She then trained as a designer and design researcher in the UK, with an MA (RCA) and a PhD in Design.

Since 2005, Kristina has led a number of research projects successfully to completion, including theoretical and practice-led, technical, philosophical and creative approaches to research in applied art and design. She has been a keynote speaker and has lectured at various Universities worldwide, research topics including conceptual issues in craft and design, principles and practices of using creative practice within research, the research exhibition, and doctoral research. She has experience as editor and reviewer for conferences and journals, and as a PhD supervisor, and she is Council Member of the Design Research Society, and Secretary for Special Interest Groups, which promote international exchange and collaboration in areas of design research.

In 2005, Kristina initiated and led the 'Argentium Project' at Middlesex University, funded by the Arts Council England, which investigated technical and creative opportunities of Argentium. In 2008, Kristina received funding from the AHRC to extend her work on the Argentium Project with research into the use of Argentium and laser welding, which she completed successfully in 2009. A start-up grant from UoW in 2008 facilitated research into the use of rapid manufacturing technology (DMLS) with Argentium, which brought together the partners UoW, Middlesex and EOS for the first time, resulting in an ongoing collaboration.

Also from 2005, in her position as Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire (2005-7), Kristina led the Experiential Knowledge Project researching the role of experiential and tacit knowledge in art and design research. In 2007, Kristina founded the first DRS Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge (EKSIG), which has organised the Experiential Knowledge Conferences biennially in 2007, 2009 and 2011.

In 2009, Kristina founded the journal of 'Craft Research' (Intellect Publishers), dedicated to developing and advancing contemporary craft practice and theory through research.

Publications

Niedderer, K. and L. Reilly. (2010). Special Issue: Research Practice in Art and Design: Experiential Knowledge and Organised Inquiry. Journal of Research Practice, Vol. 6 (2), September/October 2010. ISSN 1712-851X. link
Niedderer, K. and K. Townsend (2010). Craft Research: Joining Emotion and Knowledge.
In Gregory, J., K. Sato, P. Desmet et al (eds.) Design and Emotion 2010 (Proceedings, CD), Chicago, USA: IIT, 5-7 October 2010.
Niedderer, K. and K. Townsend. (eds.) (2010). Craft Research: Editorial. Craft Research. Vol. 1, September 2010. ISSN: 2040-4689. link
K. Niedderer. (2009). Understanding Methods: Mapping the Flow of Methods, Knowledge
and Rigour in Design Research Methodology. IASDR International Conference 2009. Seoul, Korea. link
Niedderer, K. (2009). Sustainability of Craft as a Discipline? In Making Futures. Proceedings
of the Making Futures Conference 2009, Plymouth: Plymouth College of Art, Vol 1, pp. 165-174. ISSN 2042-1664. link
Niedderer, K. and L. Reilly. (2009). EKSIG 2009: experiential knowledge, method, and methodology [editorial]. In K. Niedderer, L. Reilly, S. Roworth-Stokes, C. Smith (eds.)
EKSIG 2009: experiential knowledge, method, and methodology. Proceedings. London, UK: London Metropolitan University. ISBN: 978-0-9562789-3-7 link
Niedderer, K. (2009). Relating the Production of Knowledge and the Production of Artefacts in Research. In N. Nimkulrat and T. O'Liley (eds) Reflections and Connections: On the relationship between creative production and academic research. Helsinki: UIAH. ISBN 978-951-558-285-0 (pdf). link
Niedderer, K. and Imani, Y. (2009). Developing a Framework for Managing Tacit Knowledge
in Research using Knowledge Management Models. In D. Durling, C. Rust, L. Chen, P. Ashton and K. Friedman (eds.) Undisciplined! Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference 2008. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Hallam University. ISBN: 978-1-84387-293-1. link