Education
He was educated at Bryanston School, the University of Bristol (Bachelor) and the University of East Anglia (Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy).
He was educated at Bryanston School, the University of Bristol (Bachelor) and the University of East Anglia (Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy).
He worked as a scriptwriter and researcher for the Design Council 1987-1988. He then joined the Design Museum as Curator of Contemporary Design and in 1993–2001 was its Director. In 2001-2009 he was Director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City.
In 2009 he took up his current post at the Royal College of Artist
He is a Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and on the Board of Visitors of the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford.
He is a member of the Wellcome Collection Programme Advisory Committee at the Wellcome Trust, London.