Business, Culture & the Environment

Terry Irwin is Director of the Transition Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and from 2009 until 2019 she was the Head of School. Terry has been teaching at the University level since 1986. Her research is in Transition Design, a new area of design study, practice and research that argues for societal transition toward more sustainable futures. Terry, along with Gideon Kossoff and Cameron Tonkinwise developed Transition Design and integrated into programs and curricula at the School of Design in 2014. Terry has been a practicing designer for more than 40 years and was one of the founding partners of MetaDesign, an international design firm with offices in Berlin, London, San Francisco and Zurich. She served as the Creative Director of the San Francisco office from 1992 to 2002 and worked with Fortune 500 clients such as Nike, Apple Computer, Hewlett-Packard, Barclay's Bank, Ernst and Young (EY), Nissan, Sony, and Berlin's Transport company, BVG. MetaDesign worked on projects in the areas of computer software and interface design, brand identity systems, exhibition and way finding and information design.

James is a Design Director at Method London. He has 20 years of experience working in design and innovation, and has worked across a broad range of sectors including: financial services, healthcare, public sector and consumer. During his career, James has worked on the digital transformation of a health ministry, and was part of Visa Collab where he was focused on exploring new customer-centric propositions around technologies such as blockchain, wearables and biometrics. James has also worked at a number of leading innovation consultancies across London and Milan where he led projects for a variety of global brands and organisations. James’ work has won a number of awards including the Business Week Innovation Award, IF Award and IDSA Award.