Design: Product+Space MA: Who teaches this course

• Staff teaching on this course

The Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture teaches this course. The Faculty has its roots in the studio-based approach of Britain's art school system (the original School of Art was founded in the 1890s).

Today, most of your learning still takes place in our specialist studios. Each subject area has its own fully-equipped studio, where you take part in classes, tutorials and critical reviews with fellow students. This strong studio culture also ensures regular interaction between students and tutors.

Our industry connections mean we provide unique study opportunities, such as:

• the chance to have your work seen by eminent members of your profession
• 'live' projects, site visits and placements in prestigious companies or institutions
• project work and workshops with visiting lecturers and industry specialists

Our excellent reputation means that industry leaders regularly visit our student shows to see the best of the new talent.

Where is the Faculty based? Most students in the Faculty are based at the University's Knights Park campus, with surveying courses based at Penrhyn Road. Our well-equipped facilities offer a modern study environment so that you graduate with cutting-edge skills and knowledge.

Colin Holden

Title:  Course director
Email: c.holden@kingston.ac.uk 

Colin Holden is an architect with 20 years private practice experience and a principal lecturer at Kingston University. He qualified in Edinburgh and has practiced in Berlin, Kuala Lumpur and London. In London he worked for Stanton Williams on cultural and commercial projects at the National Gallery, the National Theatre, MOMA Oxford, the Issey Miyake store and the Brindley Place office development in Birmingham. He co-founded the practice arclab in 2000 undertaking a mixture of private residential and commercial work.

Since 2005 Holden has lectured at Kingston and is course director for the Design: Product+Space MA and the Design: Health & Wellbeing MA. He co-ordinates the diverse expertise of the MA Design: Health & Wellbeing staff team and its external partners as well as overseeing the course's critical direction. He is currently researching the post-war residential development of the Dulwich Estate.

Simon Hasan

Email: s.hasan@kingston.ac.uk 

Specialist subjects: Designer Simon Hasan is interested in using craft techniques in contemporary design objects. He aims to imbue his designs with the richness, heritage and texture he feels is lacking in much of contemporary design. 

Simon's graduate collection of work, exhibited at the Royal College of Art in 2008, immediately caught the attention of curators, gallerists and collectors alike. He was a 2008/09 member of the Vauxhall Collective, a bursary award set up by car company Vauxhall, and was highlighted by American ID magazine as one of 40 top emerging designers.