martyn perks -- consultant, writer and speaker on design, technology & innovation

Books, citations, references and other projects

Published
	Chapter "Virtual communities vs. Physical realities" in The Future of Community: Reports of a Death Greatly Exaggerated (Pluto Press, 2008) Reviews of Future of Community "In the absence of the now-defunct forms of interaction between state and citizen, we’re seeing a tendency to more authoritarian solutions. Unless this controlling impulse can be opposed, it may well represent the future of community." Reviews from Rob Lyons in spiked Review of Books and Lee Jones in CultureWars.
Work-related
	See deadicated website Winners and Losers in a Troubled Economy (cScape Ltd: 2008) and its page on Amazon. Co-authored with Richard Sedley. View my related presentation 'Extending Value in a Troubled Economy' arguing that we need to innovate in online service design—not just in online marketing.
Expert advisor on
	Usability: The Site Speaks for Itself, edited by Molly E. Holzschlag and Bruce Lawson (Peer information, 2002)

	What is Web Design?, Nico Macdonald (Rotovision 2004)

	Information Architecture for Designers: Structuring websites for business success, Peter Van Dijck (Rotovision, 2003).
Credits
	The Enemies of Progress: Dangers of Sustainability (Societas 2008) by Austin Williams
Citations and references Cited in The Play Ethic, Pat Kane (Macmillan, 2003). Have been written about in numerous places (mostly positive!) including Usability News, in spiked and in IT Week.
Other projects
	Since its inception in 2000, I have been the design director of spiked. And for the last three years I have been on the organising committee of The Battle of Ideas festival.

About me

Photo of Martyn Perks I write and speak about design, technology and innovation for publications including The Big Issue, spiked, Blueprint, New Media Age, the Guardian's arts&entertainment blog, Cre@teOnline, the Architects Journal, Interactions, and for the Institute of Ideas.

I organise and speak at events at the Design Council, Designing Interactive Systems 2004 (Boston, USA), Design Museum, Barclays Global Investors and at the Battle of Ideas festival.

My business consultancy is called Thinking Apart Ltd with clients both the public and private sectors.

To commission me to consult, write or speak, email me.


	Business consultant, writer and speaker on design, technology & innovation	Writing, events, projects and references