Tony Fry is a designer,
design
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theorist, cultural theorist and philosopher.
Fry has taught design and cultural theory in Britain, the United States, Hong Kong and Australia and holds a PhD in Cultural Studies in Design from the
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as ...
. Fry has held positions as Adjunct Professor to the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the
University of Technology Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public university, public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a Institute of technology, ...
and as a consultant on
sustainable design
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to the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a Private university, private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which gr ...
. He is former Professor and Convenor, Master of Design Futures Program,
Griffith University
Griffith University is a public university, public research university in South East Queensland on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of Australia. The university was founded in 1971, but was not officially opened until 1975. Griffith ...
,
Queensland College of Art
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. Fry currently holds visiting an adjunct position at the
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College (University of Tasmania), Christ College, one of the unive ...
, and is visiting professor
University of Ibagué (Colombia).
He was a contributing editor of ''Design Philosophy Papers'' journal and principal of The Studio at the Edge of the World.
Bibliography
* (1988}
* ''Old Worlds, New Visions'' (1989)
* ''Green Desires: Ecology, Design, Products'' (1992)
* ''RUA/TV?: Heidegger and the Televisual'' (1993)
* ''Remakings'' (1994)
* ''Waste Not Waste'' (1996)
* ''A New Design Philosophy: An Introduction to Defuturing'' (1999)
* ''Design Futuring: Sustainability, Ethics, and New Practice'' (2009)
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* ''Design as Politics'' (2011)
* ''Becoming Human by Design'' (2012)
* ''City Futures in the Age of a Changing Climate'' (2014)
* ''Design and the Question of History'' (2015)
* ''Remaking Cities: An Introduction to Urban Metrofitting'' (2017)
* ''Unstaging War, Confronting Conflict and Peace'' (2019)
* ''Defuturing A New Design Philosophy'' (2020)
* (Tony Fry and Madina Tlostanov), ''A New Political Imagination, Making the Case'' (2021)
* ''Writing Design Fiction, Relocating a City in Crisis'' (2022)
* ''Evil, Madness and Truth, Gerda's Story'' (2024)
References
External links
The studio at the edge of the world
Design Philosophy Politics
EcoDesign Foundation (EDF)
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Australian designers
Living people
Academic staff of Griffith University
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Year of birth missing (living people)
Griffith Review people