John Boddy

Membership of external committees

• Fellow of HEA

Research interests and expertise

Design Matters
A collaborative cross discipline research project sharing design knowledge and practice with artisan women's co-ops, which operate in less industrialised global economies in order to directly increase their sales capacities leading to their economic growth, confidence and independence. Falmouth University will be responsible for providing the language of design input and project partner Babson College (MA.USA) will provide entrepreneurship education and prosperity modelling support for the project. This research project also involves student participation, allowing them to experience and be involved with real world projects, to learn more about different business practices in other cultures and to experience a cross-disciplinary environment.

Academic Lead: Knowledge Transfer Partnership Falmouth University + Fourth Element
2014-2016
Successful development and implementation of 3D scanning technologies for bespoke apparel production, project awarded Grade B by Innovate UK.

Research topics

• Co-Creation
• Collaboration
• Design Language
• sustainable and ethical business models

Areas of teaching

• Conceptual Design
• Creative Process
• Fashion Design
• Risk-Taking

Courses taught

• BA(Hons) Fashion Design
• BA(Hons) Fashion Marketing
• BA(Hons) Sportswear Design