Service Design Consultant at the Service Design Academy

• ago. de 2018 - - o momento

Service Design Consultant at the Service Design Academy

• ago. de 2018 - - o momento

The Academy offers a range of service design education and training opportunities delivered online and through flexible study pathways.http://sda.ac.uk

Design for Business Research Manager

• dez. de 2017 - jul. de 2018

PhD Researcher

• out. de 2010 - abr. de 2018

Jo McNIcoll is an AHRC funded PhD researcher at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design part of the University of Dundee. Her research looks at personal communication objects, focusing on how these can be used to reinforce the parent/child attachment when they are not together. In this modern landscape where families are spending increasing time living separately, due to parental separation, work travel, and illness, current communication technologies do not fully support the needs of intimate family communication in families with young children, aged two to nine. Prolonged separation, without intimate communication, can damage parent and child relationships, impacting on intimacy, bonding, and a child’s mental health and wellbeing. Care and play activities are the main methods used to build bonds between parent and child. These are hard to replicate with ubiquitous communication technologies when families are separated.Parental-child separation was looked at within parental separation, work travel and illness, to explain how intimacy can be achieved through technology mediated communication systems. Following a Participatory Action Research methodology, utilising methods such as co-design, co-creation, and participatory design, the research discusses five small-scale studies as well as the Trace project, which was the main study of this research.Thesis Title:The Development and Use of Non-Screen Based Interactive Textile Objects for Family CommunicationJo also holds a degree in Textile Design and a Masters of Design with distinction from The University of Dundee.As is echoed through her work Jo prides herself on the ability to change and adapt to new situations and roles with ease and enthusiasm.

Lecturer - Social Digital

• set. de 2016 - jan. de 2017

Research Assistant

• out. de 2013 - mai. de 2014

Research Assistant with the BESiDE project at the University of Dundee.

Student Development Co-ordinator

• jan. de 2017 - dez. de 2017

Tutor

• set. de 2009 - mai. de 2012

Teaching within the textile and fine art departments Teaching within the textile and fine art departments

Design Researcher

• jun. de 2010 - out. de 2010

KTF Researcher

• nov. de 2009 - jul. de 2010

Working with the University, a technical textile company and Tayside Police researching to improve the movement, comfort and protection of ballistic wear for officers

Designer in Residence

• set. de 2009 - jun. de 2010

Designer in residence, working within the textiles department

Masters of Design, Dundee Univeristy

• set. de 2008 - set. de 2009

Jo, a designer, researcher and textile artist, holds an Honours Degree in Printed Textiles and a Masters in Design. Current research focuses on exploring and contributing to the field of wearable technology and smart materials. Looking forward Jo intends to take this research further and develop a range of marketable products.Playful Garments = Deep Connections?Textile Designer Jo Hodge has been experimenting with innovative technology, recycled materials and unusual forms to create interactive garments that ignite conversations, body awareness and intimate touch. These magical colour changing garments invite verbal and social interactions, in our ever-changing disconnected and digital world. By the process of printing heat reactive dyes onto garments which highlight areas of the body that are more intimate and rarely touched Jo’s pieces show to the world, by a simple colour change reaction, where there has been contact, if only for a fleeting moment. Parts of a garment that do not normally see sunlight, such as linings, underskirts and insides of pockets are printed with light reactive inks. It is exciting to see the print glow brilliantly bright and turn deep hues but for this to occur the wearer has to lift up or open the garment, revealing more of themselves than they might normally feel comfortable with.Jo’s pieces make us more aware of our actions and the actions of others. Can this awareness and short lived record create a bond between garment and wearer, or will the garments ability to adapt to movements & touch visually displaying certain emotions alienate wearer from garment?

Volunteer

• set. de 2008 - jun. de 2009

Working in the print workshop, helping with classes and general housekeeping. Working in the print workshop, helping with classes and general housekeeping.

Placement

• ago. de 2008 - ago. de 2008

Summer work placement (4 weeks) – Student Placement working in the sample room, mixing inks, printing, some cad work (Photoshop, Illustrator and coral draw). Summer work placement (4 weeks) – Student Placement working in the sample room, mixing inks, printing, some cad work (Photoshop, Illustrator and coral draw).

Sample Co-ordinator

• jun. de 2008 - jul. de 2008

Summer work placement – Woking within the sales and marketing department responsible for preparing a sample library of products. Summer work placement – Woking within the sales and marketing department responsible for preparing a sample library of products.

Bdes.hons Textile Design at University of Dundee

• set. de 2002 - jun. de 2006

Printed Textiles Printed Textiles