Delfina Fantini van Ditmar & Lee Roach

About Delfina Fantini van Ditmar & Lee Roach

Delfina Fantini van Ditmar, PhD is a Research Professor at the Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology (CARADT) on Biodesign and More than Human Perspectives. She co-directs the UKRI-funded Becoming Regenerative Lab. She holds a BA in Biology and completed her PhD at the Royal College of Art in the School of Design (SoD), where she has taught in the MA Design Products, MSc/MA Innovation Design Engineering, and MA Fashion programmes. Driven by her interest in ecological thinking, reflective practices and inter-relations as a systemic response to the environmental collapse, Delfina’s critical practice examines material ethics of care and the necessary paradigm shift in design. She co-founded the Design Research Society (DRS) Special Interest Group on Design and Ethics. In 2021, she was chosen as one of the Future Observatory Design Researchers in Residence (DRiR) at the Design Museum, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

Lee Roach is an interdisciplinary designer working globally with industry leaders in the field of fashion, design and innovation.