Mik Pieniazek

Programme Leader

Office Times

Monday 08:00am – 07:30pm

Wednesday  08:00am – 07:30pm

Thursday  08:00am – 07:30pm

Biography

Expertise Development

Graduate – Industrial Design - Northumbria University

Post Graduate – Industrial Design – DeMonfort University

British Council Scholarship – Industrial Design – Krakow Fine Arts Academy

Professional Practice

Undertaken design practice in a divers  scenarios – Company Designer, Design Consultancy, Project Networks, Freelance Practitioner – across specialist areas of  Product Design, Branded Environments & Experiences, Co Design.

Curriculum Practice

Developed & delivered design curriculum at undergraduate & post graduate levels, in 5 leading UK Universities over a period of 20+ years – which has reflected the emergence of the UK creative industries, the advent of the digital platform & open innovation networks, and the transition from single specialist design practice toward a strategic process of interdisciplinary innovation enterprise and striving for globalised sustainability – social, environmental & economic.

Teaching

Post Graduate Curriculum – Product Innovation

Undergraduate Curriculum – Professional Practice & Enterprise

Subject Specialism

  • Design Innovation Strategies for SME scenarios
  • Sustainable Innovation - Eco Systems for global enterprise
  • User Centered Design – Co-innovation, Co-Branding, User Research Methodologies
  • 3D branding of Products, Environments & Experiences
  • Product Development Prototyping - Practices & Process Methodologies

Research Interests

Research & Product Innovation for Ageing Well Scenarios

Innovation Strategies & Process for SME scenarios – encompassing Market, Cultural & Social Enterprise contexts

Collaborative Practices in Product Innovation & Development – co design, co-branding, co-innovation

Application of Ambient technologies in developing user interfaces & user experiences

Qualifications and Memberships

Member British Design Innovation

http://www.britishdesigninnovation.com

Member Chartered Society of Designers

http://www.csd.org.uk

Publications

2012 July

Applying Co-Innovation strategies & methodologies  in Product  Development  for ‘Ageing Successfully’ Scenarios:

 M.P.Pieniazek       

British Sociological  Association Ageing, Body and Society Study Group Conference 2012, British Library, London, UK

2009 December

Engaging Employers in Delivering Design Programmes: A Comparative Study of Student Employability between China & UK

Sun, Q & Zhang, L & Williams, A & Pieniazek M

'DesignEd Asia 2009', Hong Kong Polytechnic, Hong Kong, PR China.

2007 April

Cognitive Mapping Methodologies as a spatial design with in local community groups:  a case study

M.P.Pieniazek

‘Touching the Horizon II’ – Blackpool Vistas Symposium, Blackpool & Flyde University College, UK

2006 February

Reflective Writing and the personal Journal as a primers for developing critical thinking in Product Innovation Practice

M.P.Pieniazek
Writing PAD Symposium: Creative Diversity: Integrating Writing and Technology in Art and Design, Wolverhampton University, UK