Who's who

PhD (The Robert Gordon University) The Integration of New Technology into Ceramic Designer-Maker Practice, MA (RCA) Ceramics and Glass, BA(Hons) 3D Design (Ceramics) 1st Class

Sustainable Design Research Centre
Autonomatic Research Group

Keywords: Design, Craft, Digital Technologies, Surface Pattern, Ceramics

Research interests

Autonomatic are an established group of researchers at UCF exploring the creative use of digital technologies in designing and making three dimensional form. With skills and experience in designing in ceramics, metals, glass, plaster, plastics, amongst other media, their work is concerned with the invention of a wide range of innovative processes for making things. Through their research Autonomatic aim to challenge the boundaries between craft and industrial production and raise the profile of making in 21st century design culture.

Recent outputs

• Bunnell K & Marshall J, ‘Characterisations of craft in sustainable digital making scenarios' in proceedings of Making Futures: the crafts in the context of emerging global sustainability agendas, Vol.1.ISSN 2042-1664, 2009
• 1497 Plates, The Octagon, Bath, wall of plates 9m x 5m created in collaboration with public artist Chris Tipping, showing the artist's map of Combe Down Mine, Bath.
• Autonomatic at Know How, 5th Tallin Applied Art Triennial, Estonia, guest exhibitor included in Accompanying Triennial catalogue
• Hello, we are autonomatic, invited presentation at Ex Machina: exploring digital manufacturing in fine art, crafts and design practice, Artquest one day conference, RIBA audio recording available at www.artquest.org.uk/projects/ex-machina
• Bunnell, K, ‘Developing Research Methodology in the Applied Arts', presentation accompanied by full paper at Models of Practice-based Research in Architecture and Design, Danish Doctoral Schools in Architecture and Design (DKAD) Masterclass held at Denmarks Design School, Copenhagen, invited lecture
• Bunnell, K, Jorgensen, T, Marshall, J, Masterton, D, Risner, I, Making Things: the digital revolution in designer-maker practice, in proceedings of Networks of Design, Annual International Conference Design History Society, p.540, 2008; ISBN-10: 1599429063 ISBN-13: 9781599429069, Universal-Publishers

Selected earlier outputs

• 2007 - Autonomatic at New Craft Celebrating Diversity, Peer reviewed exhibition of 3D Digital Production Research at New Craft Future Voices, International Conference on 21st Century Craft, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, ISBN 1 8991837 54 X
• 2007 - Autonomatic at Metropolitan Works, UCF 3D Digital Production Research at Metropolitan Works, London, accompanying catalogue with essay by Lesley Jackson Autonomatic, 3D Digital Production research, University College Falmouth, ISBN 978-0-9539739-1-0
• 2006 - Hidden Art Curated, Commissioned design work for curated show in Godolphin House, Cornwall
• 2004 - World Crafts Council 40th Anniversary Conference, Metsovo, Greece, Craft and Digital Technology, Keynote speech
• 2002 - Craft in the Twenty-First Century: theorising change and practice, Craft, Technology and Sustainability. Convenor of Craft and Technology conference strand
• 2000 - Bunnell, K (Ed) (2000) Guest editor of a special Issue of The Design Journal on Designing through Making, ISSN 1460-6925

Current research / forthcoming outputs

• 2010 - 3D2D3D: Object and Illusion in Print, Rapid Prototyped Ceramic Form with accompanying digital prints, curated by Dr Paul Thirkell, UWE, Bristol
• 2010 - ‘Crafting Services for Users', paper presentation at Design and Craft : a History of Convergences and Divergences 7th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies ICDHS 2010 20-22 September 2010 Brussels, Belgium

Membership of learned societies, subject associations

Hidden Art

Supervision of research degrees

I am currently supervising two research students and have examined one PhD candidate.

I am particularly interested in supervising research in Craft/Digital Technology