Team

Core research team

• Dr Alex McLean, University of Leeds (Principal Investigator)
• Dr Ellen Harlizius-Klück, Danish Centre for Textile Research (International Co-Investigator)
• Dr Kia Ng, University of Leeds (Co-Investigator)
• Mr Dave Griffiths, FoAM Kernow (Collaborative developer)
• Ms Emma Cocker, Nottingham Trent University (Commissioned project writer)
• Mr Leslie Downs (Advisor on textile innovation)

Steering Committee

• Dr Alan Blackwell, Reader in Interdisciplinary Design, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
• Prof Chris Carr, Chair of Textile Technology and Head of Design, University of Leeds.
• Dr Luigina Ciolfi, Reader in Communication, Sheffield Hallam University.
• Ms Julie Freeman, Head of the Data as Culture programme and Art Associate, Open Data Institute UK.
• Dr Karen Gaskill, Curator Innovation Strand, Crafts Council
• Prof Mark Guzdial, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology.
• Prof Timothy Ingold, Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen.
• Prof Janis Jefferies, Professor of Visual Arts, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths.
• Prof Marie-Louise Nosch, Director of the Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen.
• Ms Irini Papadimitriou, Curator, Digital Programmes, Victoria and Albert Museum
• Prof Julian Rohrhuber, Professor of Music Informatics and Media Theory, Robert Schumann School of Music and Media, Düsseldorf.

 Project partners

• ICSRiM, School of Music, University of Leeds (lead institution)
• The Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research (CTR), Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen
• Institut for Aesthetik og Kommunikation, Aarhus Universitet
• Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke München, Haus der Kulturinstitute