Projects
Collaborative innovation is the way of the future - but it needs to be organised. That's what I do, as director of Doors of Perception (Doors). We set up projects in which citizens, designers, and grassroots innovators explore two questions: "what might life in a sustainable world be like?"; and, "what design steps are needed to get us from here, to there?".
Right now I am programme director of Designs of the time (Dott 07) in England, and commissioner of an event called Tools for Survival at the St Etienne Design Biennial in France, in November.
www.dott07.com
My recent clients have also included a major airport, Europe's high-speed train network, the Hong Kong administration, the University of Amsterdam, the regional development agency One North East, and a top five global logistics company.
Contact: john [at] thackara [d o t c o m]
Public speaking
I do big-picture keynote talks for a wide variety of organisations. I also chair events, and people seem to like the way I do question-and-answer interviews with speakers and panels.
If you'd like me speak at or facilitate an event, please contact my agent, Dagmar O'Toole: email: dagmar@speakers.co.uk | Telephone: +44 1753 74 70 00.
If you need first to propose me as a speaker to colleagues, here is a printable two-page brochure:
thackara.com/thackara_speaker.pdf
Blog and Newsletter
My blog is published on the main Doors of Perception site: www.doorsofperception.com
I also publish a (free) monthly email newsletter.
Here is an archive:
doorsofperception.com/mailinglist/archives
And here is where you may subscribe: doors-report
Books
My most recent book (published in October 2007) is the
"manual" of Dott 07.
In the bubble: designing in a complex world was published in 2005 by MIT Press. Japanese, Italian, Chinese, French and Portuguese editions are in preparation; these should come out during 2008.
www.thackara.com/inthebubble
A complete list of my books and publications is at: publications.html
Doors of Perception
Doors of Perception connects together paradigm-changing designers, technology innovators, and grassroots innovators. Here is an archive of Doors conferences and encounters since 1993:
www.doorsofperception.com/
cv
People seem most impressed by the fact that I once drove a London bus.
My bus driver badge
"My" bus
The rest of my cv is to be found at:
cv.html
Downloadable photograph
If you need my photograph for a brochure or publication:
downloadpictures.html