Juliette Kristensen

Dr J C Kristensen

Senior Lecturer in Design Research

Dr J C Kristensen is an award-winning design researcher, cultural analyst and trends consultant, whose work bridges the academic and commercial worlds.

Specialising in healthcare, technology, placemaking and the third sector, Dr Kristensen helps blue-chip clients and globally recognised brands develop new products, services and strategies by providing insights to assist them in creating socially impactful and commercially successful solutions, which foster inclusivity.

As Academic Portfolio Lead for Design at University of Greenwich, Dr Kristensen draws on her significant experience in design education to direct and manage industry-leading design programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Prior to joining Greenwich in October 2023, she was Programme Lead of the BA Design programme at Goldsmiths, University of London; and Senior Tutor for Critical and Historical Studies for Design at the Royal College of Art, working across its suite of postgraduate taught masters programmes, including product, service fashion, textiles, mobility, and innovation engineering.

Design

Responsibilities within the university
  • Academic Portfolio Lead for Design
  • Ecologies Cluster Lead, Centre for Spatial + Digital Ecologies
  • Senior Management Group, School of Design + Creative Industries
  • Module Lead, Art + Design in Context and Professional Practice + Portfolio
  • Curriculum Development Lead, Foundation Year in Design, Animation and Media

Awards
  • 2024 D&AD Wood Pencil for Excellence in Writing for Design
    Project: London Overground naming project, commissioned by Transport for London and the London Mayor’s Office.
  • Inspirational Leader of the Year, This Is Our Time Staff Awards, University of Greenwich (Nominated)

Recognition

External Examiner

  • External Examiner, School of Design and Technology, London College of Fashion UAL (2019-22)

Editorial

  • Bloomsbury Academic Design List
  • Journal of Design History

Reviewer

  • Reviewer of GCE A-Level Design & Technology, The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), U.K.

Media activity

Kristensen, J.C. (2024) Mixtape to the Moon, RadioLab, WNYC Studios, USA.
https://radiolab.org/podcast/mixtapes-to-the-moon

Recent publications

Book Chapters
Kristensen, J.C. (2025) ‘We Have Never Had It So Good: The 1957 Festival of Women.’ In: Anne Massey, Zoë Hendon and J C Kristensen (eds.), Women Breaking Design’s Boundaries. London: Interrobang Press. [Forthcoming]
Kristensen, J.C. (2023) ‘Look at Me, Don’t Look at Me: A Voyage and A Journey around High Vis Materials; Or Explorations in Florescent Matters.’ In: Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll, Simon Layton and Hana Qugana, (eds.), Tupaia, Captain Cook and the Voyage of the Endeavour: A Material History. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN: 9781350157514  [Link here]

Research Reports
Kristensen, J.C. (2023), Hidden Histories of London: A Research Report. London: AFB Research.
Kristensen, J.C. and Marriage, Tom (2023), The Future of the Intensive Care Unit. London: AFB Research.
Kristensen, J.C. and Marriage, Tom (2020), Parks, Proximity and People: A Flourishing Future for Towns. London: Argent Related. [Link here]
Kristensen, J.C. (2019), Contemporary Masculinity, Relationships and Sex. London: Copasetic Research.

Exhibition Essays
Kristensen, J.C. (2024) ‘I Want Design for President (after Zoë Leonard)’ School of Design End of Year Show, University of Greenwich, Stockwell Street, London SE10 9BD. 14 June - 24 June 2024.

Other
Kristensen, J.C. and Potter, Laura (2024) The Drowned Book [Three Prints]. Exhibited in CRUD (Group Show), Safe House 1, 139 Copeland Road, London SE15 3SN. 17 - 20 October.
Kristensen, J.C. (2025) Dynamite Hidden Under the Peachy Skin [Moving Image]. Exhibited in Reflecting Change (Group Show) Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, Stockwell Street, London SE10 9BD. 17 January - 13 February 2025.
Kristensen, J.C. (2022) I Am Superwife [Printed Fabrics and Transparencies]. Exhibited in Domestic Monsters (Group Show) The Constance Howard Gallery, Goldsmiths, U.K., 11 April - 30 May 2022.

Presentations

Papers Presented

Kristensen, J.C. (2024) ‘We Have Never Had It So Good: The 1957 Festival of Women’, Women and Design’s Professional Boundaries Panel, Border Control: Excursion, Incursion and Exclusion: The Design History Society Annual Conference 2024, University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, U.K., 5-7 September.

Kristensen, J.C. (2020) ‘Dynamite Hidden Under The Peachy Skin’, The Urgency of the Arts Lecture Series, Royal College of Art, U.K. 8 December. [Invited Speaker]

Kristensen, J.C. (2020) ‘An Oscillating Wave: How to recarve a space for an academic practice through life’s little vagaries’. In: Shit Happens Panel, College Art Association Annual Conference. Chicago, USA. 12 February.

Kristensen, J.C. (2019) ‘Slime: That Hinterland Substance, This Material of the Moment’, The Urgency of the Arts Lecture Series, Royal College of Art, U.K., 30 October. [Invited Speaker]

Convenor

Kristensen, J.C. (2025), Political Ecologies: Exhibition as ..., Centre for Spatial and Digital Ecologies, School of Design + Creative Industries, University of Greenwich. 21 January - 1 April.

Kristensen, J.C. (2024) No More I Love You’s: Design, Media, Landscape and Architecture at the End of the World, School of Design, University of Greenwich. 18 January - 4 April.