John THACKARA

Author, Teacher, Cousultant and Planner
Director, The Netherlands Design Institute, Amsterdam,

English, born in 1951
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

	Degree in Philosophy, University of Kent, Canterbury, England
	Postgraduate studies in Journalism,Center for Journalism Studies,Cardiff, 1984

Selected Professional Positions:
	Producer, the Dutch Pavilion in the Internet World Expo, 1996
	Director, The Netherlands Design Institute, Amsterdam, 1993 - present
	Director of Research, The Royal College of Art, London, 1989-1990
	Managing Director, Design Analysis International, 1988

Publications:

	New British Design (Thames and Hudson 1987)
	Design After Modernism (ed) (Thames and Hudson 1988 Kajima 1992)

	Era of Design Culture (ed) (Tokyu 1989)
	T-Zone (co-ed) (Europalia 1991)
	Lost in Space (De Grafische Haarlem)
	Winners! Innovating by Design in Europe's New Economy (Bis 1997, forthcoming)

	Web Publishing Strategy (Bis, Amsterdam, forthcoming)

This is a serious competition which has the potential to be a benchmark for the state-of-the-art. My personal wish is that media and network artists look outwards for themselves, and engage with the great social and cultural issues that face us all!