Professor Kristina Niedderer
Professor of Design
Professor Kristina Niedderer (Ph.D., MA [RCA]) is Professor of Design, and Professorial Research lead for Design at Manchester Metropolitan University where she joined in November 2018. Kristina was originally apprenticed and worked as a goldsmith and silversmith in Germany. She then trained as a designer and design researcher in the United Kingdom. Previously, she worked at the University of Hertfordshire (2005-7) and at the University of Wolverhampton (2007-18), first as a Reader and then as Professor of Design and Craft. She is recognised for her work on mindfulness in design for behaviour change with application health and sustainability. She is also known for building the field of craft research through founding the journal of Craft Research in 2008.
Kristina's research focuses on the role of design to engender mindful interaction and behaviour change. She currently leads the European project 'IDoService' (2020-2022), which aims to develop a service with and for people with early stage dementia to enable them actively participate in and contribute to society to support their wellbeing. Prior to this, Kristina lead the European Project MinD 'Designing for people with dementia: designing for mindful self-empowerment and social engagement' (2016-2020). Utilising the concept of mindful design, the project investigates innovative design solutions to enable self-empowerment and confidence building of people living with dementia.
In 2014, Kristina was principal investigator for the collaborative AHRC funded project 'Creating Sustainable Innovation through Design for Behaviour Change’, which led to the publication of the edited book 'Design for Behaviour Change’. The idea of mindful design and behaviour change has also inspired Kristina's work in craft and design practice in which she focuses on exploring complex emotional expression through (elastic) movement, using new technologies, which was funded by the Arts Council in 2005, and the AHRC in 2008-9. Her work has been shown in museums, galleries and trade fairs in Britain and Germany.
Kristina has been a Council Member of the DRS, and Secretary for Special Interest Groups (SIGs) from 2007-2019. In 2008, Kristina has founded the journal 'Craft Research' (Intellect Publishers), dedicated to developing and advancing contemporary craft practice and theory through research, which she co-edits with Dr Katherine Townsend, Nottingham Trent University. Kristina is an internationally experienced reviewer, including for the AHRC College of Peer Reviewers, for the European Commission, for the ESRC, NERC and WHO.
Projects
Creating Sustainable Innovation through Design for Behaviour Change
Funded by the AHRC in 2014, this project has resulted in the first holistic overview of design for behaviour change as a driver for sustainable innovation, which provides a basis for developing successful strategies for the effective implementation of sustainable innovation through design for behaviour change by public and private service providers with focus on SMEs. Further information can be found on the project website: http://behaviourchange. Details…
IdoService
The IDoService: Facilitating Inclusion and Empowerment of People Living with Dementia through Access to Cultural and Creative Activities The project seeks to research and co-develop a service with people with dementia for people with dementia that enables them to continue to participate in social life and make a contribution. It is funded by the This is a two year project (2020-2022), which is funded by the European Horizon2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (GA No 895620). Details…
MinD - Designing for people with dementia: designing for mindful self-empowerment and social engagement
Professor Niedderer has lead the European project MInD 'Designing for people with dementia: designing for mindful self-empowerment and social engagement' (2016-2020), MSCA grant agreement No 691001. Utilising the concept of mindful design, the project investigates innovative design solutions to enable self-empowerment and confidence building of people living with dementia. Details…
The Argentium® Project
Argentium® is a new silver alloy, which was developed at Middlesex University and which has been recognised as a significant development in the history of silver. Among its main benefits (over Sterling silver) are that it is fire-scale-free, that it is highly tarnish resistant, and that it can be laser welded. Details…
Research
Kristina Niedderer is a member of the Design Research Hub.
Books
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Design for Behaviour Change Theories and practices of designing for change', Routledge, London and New York.
Book Chapters
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Design for behaviour change'. In Design for Behaviour Change, pp. 161-165, Routledge.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Design for behaviour change: Introducing five areas of application and related case studies'. In Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G. (eds.) Design for Behaviour Change: Theories and Practices of Designing for Change, pp. 161-165, Routledge, London.
Gardiner, E., Niedderer, K., 2017. 'Design for social behaviour change'. In Design for Behaviour Change, pp. 235-249, Routledge.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Design's intrinsic relationship with change and its challenges for the 21st century'. In Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G. (eds.) Design for Behaviour Change: Theories and Practices of Designing for Change, pp. 9-15, Routledge, London.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Design's intrinsic relationship with change and its challenges for the 21st century'. In Design for Behaviour Change, pp. 9-15, Routledge.
Niedderer, K., 2017. 'Facilitating behaviour change through mindful design'. In Design for Behaviour Change, pp. 104-115, Routledge.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Future prospects'. In Niedderer, K., Clune, S. (eds.) Design for Behaviour Change: Theories and Practices of Designing for Change, pp. 267-272, Routledge, London.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Future prospects'. In Design for Behaviour Change, pp. 267-272, Routledge.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Introducing models, methods and tools for design for behaviour change'. In Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G. (eds.) Design for Behaviour Change: Theories and Practices of Designing for Change, pp. 19-25, Routledge, London.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Introducing models, methods and tools for design for behaviour change'. In Design for Behaviour Change, pp. 19-25, Routledge.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Introduction'. In Design for Behaviour Change, pp. 3-8, Routledge.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Introduction: Designing for behavioural change'. In Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G. (eds.) Design for Behaviour Change: Theories and Practices of Designing for Change, pp. 3-8, Routledge, London.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Reflecting on current applications of design for behaviour change'. In Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G. (eds.) Design for Behaviour Change: Theories and Practices of Designing for Change, pp. 250-260, Routledge, London.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Reflecting on current applications of design for behaviour change'. In Design for Behaviour Change, pp. 250-260, Routledge.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Summary of design for behavioural change approaches'. In Design for Behaviour Change: Theories and Practices of Designing for Change, pp. 150-157, Routledge, London.
Niedderer, K., Clune, S., Ludden, G., 2017. 'Summary of design for behavioural change approaches'. In Design for Behaviour Change, pp. 150-157, Routledge.
Data Sets
Orton, L., Tournier, I., Niedderer, K., Threfall, S., 2024. 'Ido Service project - work package one data'.
Orton, L., Tournier, I., Niedderer, K., Threlfall, S., 2023. 'Ido Service project - work package two data'.
Internet Publications
Niedderer, K., Orton, L., 2020. 'Living the Life', https://www.designingfordemenia.eu/rersources.
Journal Articles
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2023. 'Editorial: Shifting craft's horizons: From individual makers to post-anthropocentric models of co-production', Craft Research Journal, 14 (1), pp. 3-8.
Niedderer, K., Tournier, I., Orton, L., Threlfall, S., 2023. 'I Can Do: Co-Designing a Service with and for People with Dementia to Engage with Volunteering', Social Sciences, 12 (6), pp. 364-364.
Niedderer, K., Townsnd, K., Potter, G., 2023. 'Making: Place, material and metaphor', Craft Research, 14 (2), pp. 191-198.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2022. 'Editorial: Nature as source and inspiration for materials and making', Craft Research Journal, 13 (1), pp. 3-8.
Niedderer, K., Holthoff-Detto, V., van Rompay, TJL., Karahanoglu, A., Ludden, GDS., Almeida, R., Durán, RL., Aguado, YB., Lim, JNW., Smith, T., Harrison, D., Craven, MP., Gosling, J., Orton, L., Tournier, I., 2022. 'This is Me: Evaluation of a boardgame to promote social engagement, wellbeing and agency in people with dementia through mindful life-storytelling', Journal of Aging Studies, 60, pp. 100995-100995.
Lim, JNW., Niedderer, K., Tournier, I., Almeida, R., Harrison, D., Holthoff-Detto, V., Ludden, G., van Rompay, T., van der Voort, M., Galansinska, A., Smith, T., Lasada, RL., Bueno, YA., Druschke, D., Ziebuhr, B., Zanasi, M., 2021. 'Assessing the generalisability of a multicentre qualitative dementia research: the experience and challenges faced by the MinD project in Europe', Open Research Europe, 1, pp. 64-64.
Townsend, K., Niedderer, K., 2021. 'Craft as a meeting place', Craft Research, 12 (1), pp. 3-8.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2021. 'Craft between tradition and adaptation', Craft Research, 12 (2), pp. 175-181.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2020. 'Crafting progress through research education and digital innovation', Craft Research, 11 (2), pp. 171-176.
Niedderer, K., 2020. 'Explorative Materiality and Knowledge. The Role of Creative Exploration and Artefacts in Design Research', FormAkademisk - forskningstidsskrift for design og designdidaktikk, 6 (2).
Karana, E., Nimkulrat, N., Giaccardi, E., Niedderer, K., Fan, J-N., 2019. 'Alive. Active. Adaptive: Experiential Knowledge and Emerging Materials', International Journal of Design, 13 (2), pp. 1-5.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2019. 'Celebrating craft', Craft Research, 10 (1), pp. 3-15.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2019. 'Sustaining craft's heritage: Place, people and practice', Craft Research, 10 (2), pp. 177-182.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2018. 'Editorial: The politics of craft', Craft Research, 9 (1), pp. 3-7.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2018. 'Making sense: Personal, ecological and social sustainability through craft', Craft Research, 9 (2), pp. 195-200.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2017. 'Editorial: Exploring aesthetics and cultural meanings through craft', Craft Research, 8 (1), pp. 3-8.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2017. 'Editorial: Tradition and change: Craft between vernacular cultures and social innovation', Craft Research, 8 (2), pp. 163-167.
Townsend, K., Niedderer, K., 2016. 'Craft and emotional expression: Connecting through material engagement', Craft Research, 7 (1), pp. 3-9.
Woolley, M., Niedderer, K., 2016. 'Editorial: Real or unreal? - Crafting authenticity in the digital age', Craft Research, 7 (2), pp. 159-164.
Dean, LT., Niedderer, K., 2016. 'Flex-it: Exploring emotional expression through elasticity in digital manufacturing', Craft Research, 7 (1), pp. 51-77.
Amos, M., Rasmussen, S., McCaskill, J., Dittrich, P., 2015. 'Editorial', Artificial Life, 21 (2), pp. 193-194.
Amos, M., Rasmussen, S., McCaskill, J., Dittrich, P., 2015. 'Editorial.', Artif Life, 21 (2), pp. 193-194.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2015. 'Empowering crafts - intangible heritage, women and socially disadvantaged groups', Craft Research, 6 (1), pp. 3-8.
Nimkulrat, N., Niedderer, K., Evans, MA., 2015. 'On Understanding Expertise, Connoisseurship, and Experiential Knowledge in Professional Practice', JOURNAL OF RESEARCH PRACTICE, 11 (2), 13.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2014. 'Craft, innovation and creativity', Craft Research, 5 (2), pp. 149-153.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2014. 'Crafting international communities', Craft Research, 5 (1), pp. 3-9.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2014. 'Designing Craft Research: Joining Emotion and Knowledge', The Design Journal, 17 (4), pp. 624-647.
Mey, K., Niedderer, K., 2012. 'EDITORIAL', Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 10 (2), pp. 121-125.
Niedderer, K., 2012. 'Exploring Elastic Movement as a Medium for Complex Emotional Expression in Silver Design', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DESIGN, 6 (3), pp. 57-69.
Niedderer, K., Reilly, L., 2010. 'Research practice in art and design: Experiential knowledge and organised inquiry', Journal of Research Practice, 6 (2).
Niedderer, K., Reilly, L., 2007. 'New knowledge in the creative disciplines -- proceedings of the first Experiential Knowledge Conference 2007', Journal of Visual Art Practice, 6 (2), pp. 81-87.
Conference Papers
Nimkulrat, N., Niedderer, K., Evans, M., 2020. 'Editorial', in EKSIG 2013: Knowing Inside Out - Experiential Knowledge, Expertise and Connoisseurship - International Conference 2013 of the Design Research Society Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge, Conference Proceedings, pp. 3-10.
Garde, JA., van der Voort, MC., Niedderer, K., 2018. 'Design Probes for People with Dementia', Design Research Society Conference 2018, University of Limerick, 25/6/2018 - 28/6/2018, in DRS2018: Catalyst, 6.
Borzenkova, G., Niedderer, K., Rozsahegyi, T., 2018. 'Designing Play Equipment for Children with Cerebral Palsy: the context and design guidelines', Design Research Society Conference 2018, University of Limerick, 25/6/2018 - 28/6/2018, in DRS2018: Catalyst.
Niedderer, K., MacKrill, J., Clune, S., Evans, M., Lockton, D., Ludden, G., Morris, A., Gutteridge, R., Gardiner, E., Cain, R., Hekkert, P., 2014. 'Joining forces: Investigating the influence of design for behaviour change on sustainable innovation', in Proceedings of NordDesign 2014 Conference, NordDesign 2014, pp. 620-631.
Niedderer, K., Townsend, K., 2010. 'Craft research: Joining emotion and knowledge', in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Design and Emotion.
Niedderer, K., 2004. 'Designing Mindful Interaction: The Category of Performative Object', International Conference FutureGround, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, 17/11/2004 - 21/11/2004, in Design Issues, 23 (1), pp. 3-17.