Dott 07

John Thackara is renowned internationally for his work as director of the design innovation network, Doors of Perception. Doors creates projects and festivals in which designers, together with grassroots innovators and other citizens, develop new services and products for daily life. This unique network of paradigm-changing designers and grassroots innovators is inspired by two questions: 'what might life in a sustainable world be like?'; and, 'what design steps are needed to get us there?'. John has lectured in more than 40 countries and is the author of 12 books; his latest is In the bubble: designing in a complex world (MIT Press 2005).

Robert O'Dowd

Executive Producer

With extensive experience in business and creative development, Robert O’Dowd is ideally suited to his latest position as Dott 07’s Executive Producer. Combining a passion for design and a strong reputation in management, O’Dowd has worked in a diverse range of entrepreneurial environments - as an original Director of Classic FM, as Group Enterprise Director of GWR Group plc, and as Chief Executive of Real Health (UK) Ltd. and 180 Solutions (UK) Ltd.


Dott 07 Core Team

Susan Ambrosi
Katherine Bain
Claire Capaldi
Beckie Darlington
Nick Devitt
Louise Fowler (Design Council)
Stacy Hall (One NorthEast)
Ruth Hasnip (Design Council)
Caitlin Hood
Cara-Bell Jones
Susan Lowthian
Emer McCourt
Stephen Moretti
Georgia Rakussen
Lynsey Robinson (ONE NorthEast)
Adam Thomas
Jo Wilson

Design Council and One NorthEast funded all projects

Dott 07 Projects:

Alzheimer100
Alzheimer’s Society (regional branches)
Centre of Excellence for Life Sciences (CELS)
Equal Arts
Institute for Ageing and Health
Newcastle General Hospital
Newcastle University
Professor Jim Edwardson
Dr Louise Robinson
South of Tyne and Wearside Mental
Health NHS Trust
Tees & North East Yorkshire NHS Trust
The SMART Team
thinkpublic – Ian Drysdale, Ivo Gormley, Deborah Szebeko (Senior Producer)
Time Bank
Wolfson Research Centre

D&AD
D&AD and winners
First - Daniel Foster-Smith (Northumbria University)
Second - Wesley Richardson (Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication)
Commendation - James Godwin (Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design), John Hudson (Staffordshire University), Mark Nicoll (Middlesex University)

Design and Sexual Health
Centre for Design Research at Northumbria University
Centre for Sexual Health Research, Southampton University
Department of Health
Design Options - Gwendolyn Brandon, Louise Hulton (Senior Producer), Ben Singleton, Jenna Singleton
FPA
Gateshead Primary Care Trust
Government Office North East
Newcastle Primary Care Trust
North East Strategic Health Authority
Pasante
Jennie Winhall

Design Event 07
Arts Council
DE07: Karen Stone (Curator), Danielle Pender (Co-curator) and Kala Preston
Formica
NESTA
NewcastleGateshead Initiative
Exhibition curators:
Alt Gallery, Blanka, Bowes Museum, Candy, Cohda Design, Deadgood Ltd, Designed and Made, Globe City, ie, If You Could, Inspire, Lobster Foundation, National Glass Centre, Northern Architecture, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art,
Platform Projects, [re]design, Reg Vardy Gallery, Reluctant Hero, Sunderland University and Tyne and Wear Museums

Eco Design Challenge
Cohda Design - Richard Liddle
Enigma Interactive
Rachel Deller
Nick Devitt (Senior Producer)
NE6 Design Consultants
NESTA
Newcastle College - Phil Bawden
Martin Selman
The Edinburgh Centre for Carbon
Management - Jill Burnett
Terra Infirma - Gareth Kane
Designers into Schools: ade a studio - Ade Armstrong Purves, Arup - Carol Clarke and Lean Doody, Ash LLP - Michael Atkinson, C2M(UK) Ltd - Leon Tighe, Gary Thompson, Conran and Partners - Sebastian Conran, Corporate Element - Mark Pattinson, Design Council - Clare Brass, Design Options - Jenna Singleton, Jane Darbyshire & David Kendall Ltd - Stuart Franklin and Nicola Watson, Mushroom Works - Nick James, NE6 Design Consultants Ltd - David Coates, Newcastle University - Alex Reeves, Red Square Design - Paul Rea, Gillian Sanderson, Sustainable Development Commission - Sarah Bray, Lizzie Chatterjee, The Centre for Design Research - (Dr) Kevin Hilton, University of Lincoln - Thom Shardlow, XORdesign LTd - Marta Fores, xsite architecture - Tim Bailey, zero-waste design - Roy Shearer

Low Carb Lane
Ashington Credit Union
East Ashington Development Trust
East Ashington LIFE Initiative
Live|work - Ben Reason (Senior Producer), Murray Sim and Alex Webb Allen
npower
New and Renewable Energy Centre
National Energy Action
Northumberland Warm Zones Ltd
Wansbeck Local Strategic Partnership

Mapping the Necklace
Cornerstone Strategies - Beth Davidson and Susan Williamson (Senior Producer)
Durham 2020 Vision
NewcastleGateshead Initiative
Sony
The Durham Necklace Park
Venue Solutions

Move Me
Arriva
Berwick Community Centre
live|work - David Townson (Senior Producer), Natalie McGhee and Richard Telford
Northumbria City Council
Scremerston Community
Staff, parents and students of Scremerston First School
Sure Start

New Work
B Group
Bright Creatives
Enabling Concepts - Helen Kerrigan,
Nathan Pellow (Senior Producer)
Fabriam Networks
Geko Landscapes
Lexica Communications
live|work
Nimis
Rozmic
The Highfield Wellness Centre
Whiptail Cycles

Our Cyborg Future?
Centre for Life - Ian Simmons
Curator: Andrew Caleya Chetty (Senior Producer)
Co-curator: Sabine Seymour
Tyne and Wear Museums
Land Design Studio Ltd
Learning Programme - students and staff at St Benet Biscop Catholic High School and at Durham Gilesgate Sports College
Lighting: David Atkinson
Lighting Design
Logistics: Claire London and Simon MacColl
Outreach Programme - students and staff at the University of Northumbria
Members of Sight Service and North Tyneside Youth Service
Professional placements: Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre (PEALS); Elio Caccavale - Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Newcastle; Francesca Steele - Embryo Human Development Resource; Jayne Wallis - Institute of Ageing and Health at the University of Newcastle
NewcastleGateshead Initiative
Soundtrack: Steve Jones and Sally Rodgers
Videos: Studio Simple and Tribeat
Writers: David Bergin and Marie O’Mahony

Sustainable Tourism - Design Camp
Amec Wind
Fawside Trust
Helen Jamieson
Steve Messam (Senior Producer)
Natural England
Ouseburn Trust
Cecilia Stenbom
Camp Teams: PBPower, Guy Schofield (animation)
Allendale: Allendale Estates, Monica Chong, English Heritage, Environment Agency, Island6 Arts Center, Project It (campervan installation), James Rokos, Vincenzon di Maria and Christina Worsing
Team Wind: Amanda Lwin, Annabel Bradbury, Fold, Justin Johnson, Konstantinos Chalaris, Mike Thompson and Stephanie Chen
Urban Camping: Martin Beyerle, Celine Dalcher, Linzi Rachel Deprez, Lorna Murray Cochrane and Patrick Quinn
Design Camp Mentors: Beth Davidson, Beckie Dodds, Mikael Genberg, Antonio Izzo and Leandro Pisano

Urban Farming
David Barrie (Senior Producer)
Bioregional Quintain Ltd
bohn & viljoen architects - Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn
Connexions
Groundwork South Tees
Middlesbrough Council - Ian Collingwood
Middlesbrough Environment City
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
Middlesbrough Partnership
Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust (PCT)
Middlesbrough Town Centre Company
Northern Rock Foundation
Debra Solomon (Culiblog.org)
Stronger Together East
Middlesbrough
The North East Regional
Food Group
Tubbyphunk - Robert Page
Zest Innovation - Nina Belk

Welcomes
Clarences Community Centre
Clarences Community Farm
Marcus Coates
Huw Davies
Durham Tees Valley Airport
Erimus Housing
Film and Media Arts Festival
Football First (Middlesbrough
Football Club in the Community)
Hemlington Community Cafe
High Clarence Community School
Media 19 – Nick Oldham, Belinda Williams
Middlesbrough Art Development Team
NewcastleGateshead Initiative – David Bilton and Stella Hall (Senior Producer)
Middlesbrough Central Library

Vital Signs: Town Crying
Arts Council
Forma (Senior Producer)
Lone Twin
NewcastleGateshead Initiative

Vital Signs: Landscape/Portrait
Artist: Kevin Carter
Arts Council
Babel Digital
d|lab
Data supplied by: upmystreet.com
Digital City
Digital Knowledge
Exchange
Fluid Pixels Studio
Forma (Senior Producer)
Media 19
NewcastleGateshead Initiative
University Teesside

Creative Community Award Judges
Claire Byers
Holly Francomb
Vikas Kumar
Max Lamb
Paul Younger
Dott 07 Board
Alan Clarke
Penny Egan
Jackie Fisher
David Kester
Chris Thompson

Dott 07 Festival architects
Xsite - Tim Bailey, Nicola Gartland, Christoph Oschatz

Intersections 07
Kevin McCullagh
Northumbria University School of Design

Photographers
Phyllis Christopher
Andy Taylor

Companies that worked with Dott 07
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Bibliotheque
Blue River
Circus
Cool Blue
Different
Exposure
Gateshead Council
Groundwork South Tyneside and Newcastle
Infratech - Ian Fraser
Karen Morris
Kit Grover
NE6 Design Consultants
Origins
Press Ahead
Robin Mackie
Sony
The Crack – Mandy Baxter and Joe White
The National Glass Centre
Wardour – Molly Bennett, Simoney Girard, Rob Loveday, Linda Ososami, Alex Perchard and Barney Pickard
Warm Design
Will Willwiles
Doors of Perception
Programme Director – John Thackara
The Doors team