About Geoff
Geoff Hollington is a leading designer and innovator in the world of design and technology.
He has worked with major international companies and brands to create many important new products, for names such as Herman Miller, Parker Pen, Kodak, Sony Ericsson, NCR, Cable&Wireless, Panasonic and Gillette. In a parallel project — the BGH partnership — Geoff is active in materials and process innovation and consulting. Increasingly the emphasis of his work (currently 100% of projects) is on CO2-reduction, lightweighting, product end-of-life, landfill reduction and infection control — some of the most pressing issues of our time. However, in the realm of research and ideas, Geoff is observing the emergence of the new digital, tool-less manufacturing techniques, and determining their consequences for design and engineering, two disciplines that he believes will require a total re-think. Biology may prove a more useful model than traditional engineering — so a biomimetic approach will prevail. These ideas are explored in his blog — Design2.0 — and in talks, writing and interviews.
Geoff trained at London's Central School (now Central St Martin's, part of UAL) and at the Royal College of Art — an institution with which he still has strong links. In early career he taught at several top UK design schools, but now contributes mainly as an examiner and moderator.
His interest in materials has led to Geoff becoming a retained consultant to the UK government-funded Materials Knowledge Transfer Network. Recently he accepted an invitation to join the Space Innovation Growth Team, a group appointed to propose the UK's space policy for the next 20 years.
Download Geoff's biography, one-page A4