Joe Trickett

Lecturer
Interior Design

Joe is a Senior Lecturer, leading the Second Year (Level 5) on the BA(Hons) Interior Design at Manchester School of Art and Design, MMU. He formerly held academic roles at INTO University Partnerships, Southampton Solent, and York St John's University, with guest lecturer collaborations at British University of Egypt and New York School of Interior Design. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was a judge for the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) student design awards in 2024.

He is an active member several bodies including the Earthly Practices Research group, Interior Educators subject association, Architects for Climate Action Network (ACAN) and a reviewer for the Taylor & Francis journal "Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture”.

As an established commercial Interior Designer, Joe designed for several award-winning practices, giving him a diverse an portfolio that includes large global retail brands alongside domestic projects ranging from education to hospitality. Joe continues to work with commercial clients on a freelance basis.

Joe’s research has roots in Permaculture following his award of a Permaculture Design Certificate at Wa Samaki Ecosystems, Trinidad in 2016. This continued into his MA Interiors thesis at MMU (2023). He was selected to participate in the Architectural Association’s Design + Make Summer camp at their woodland campus, Hooke Park (2024), following which he exhibited research on Localisation (Interior Educators Conference, 2024) and co-authored a chapter titled Harvest Mapping with Graeme Brooker and Patrick Quinn (Royal College of Arts). Karunaratne, G. (2025). Mapping. Routledge.

His current research continues to focus on sustainability with particular interest in localisation and reuse.