University of Edinburgh

Design, indentity and the material culture of homes in transition in later life

Academic History:

1997 - 1999: MA (RCA) History of Design

1992 - 1996: MA (Hons) History of Art, First Class

Supervisors:

Professor Chris Speed

Professor Charlotte Clarke

Research Interests:

• Design
• Material Culture and Identity
• Social Design Practice and Theory
• Design Education

Previous Research Projects:

Designing Alternatives: A research and teaching project run by Emma Gieben-Gamal and Sónia Matos culminating in a series of conference publications and case study in Elizaebth Resnick’s (2016) book Developing Citizen Designers.

Scholarships:

David Dalziel Scholarship, RCA, 1997-1998

Awards:

Penguin Book Prize, Royal College of Art, Awarded for MA Thesis

Publications:

Gieben-Gamal, E. & Matos, S. (2017) Design and Disability: Developing New Opportunities for the Design Curriculum, 6 Sep 2017 In: The Design Journal. 20, sup1, p. 2022-2032

Matos, S. & Gieben-Gamal, E. (2017)  Design and Society: Rethiking the design curriulum: Proceedings of the NORDES 2017 Conference, 8 May 2017. NORDES

Gieben-Gamal, E. & Matos, S. (2016) Designing Alternatives Case Study. In: Resnick, E. Developing Citizen Designers, London Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 210-213

Gieben-Gamal, E. & Matos, S. (2015) Think Play: Using Grassroots Movements as Educational Opportunities. In: Gordon, S., Milton, A., & Molik, J., eds Cumulus Working Papers, Dublin, 31/13. More for Less. Design in an Age of Austerity. Helsinki: Aalto University School of Arts

Gieben-Gamal, E. & MacDonald, J. (2011) ‘The mobile office – an autoethnographic account’. In: IDEA Journal 2011 - Interior Economies edition

Gieben-Gamal, E. (2011) ‘Designing the Modern Interior. From the Victorians to Today (ed, P. Sparke, et al.) Review Article’. In: West 86th, Chicago University Press, 18:1

Gieben-Gamal, E. & Wulf, A. (2005) This Other Eden. Seven Great Gardens and Three Hundred Years of English History, Little, Brown. 432 p.

Gieben-Gamal, E. (2005) Diversifying the Design History Curriculum: A Review of Recent Resources. In : Journal of Design History. 18:3, pp. 293-298

Gieben-Gamal, E. 26 (2004) Feminine spaces, modern experiences: the design and display strategies of British hairdressing salons in the interwar period. In: Interior Design and Identity. McKellar, S. & Sparke, P. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 133-154

Contact Details:

Address: School of Design, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, Evolution House, 78 West Port, Edinburgh EH1 2LZ

Work Tel No: 0131 651 5721

Email: e.gieben-gamal@ed.ac.uk

First published: 25 September 2017