Dr Anthony Forsyth

Assistant Professor

School: Design, Arts and Creative Industries

I joined Northumbria in 2012 after working for a number of internationally recognised design consultancies. I completed a BA in furniture design and an MFA in industrial design (at Konstfack, Stockholm).

I spent several years living and working in Scandinavia, most recently as Senior Designer at a consultancy in Copenhagen. I have undertaken projects for clients including Novo Nordisk, Puma, Carhartt, Luceplan, DSB (Danish Railways), Hertz, IKEA, Malmo city and the Danish government. My work covered a range of design activities including research and strategy; service; and product design.

My work has been exhibited internationally - including at the Danish Design Center and the Cooper-Hewitt, New York -and has been recognised with Red Dot and iF design awards.

I completed a practice-based PhD in 2020 – The Design of Poetic Things. My research interests focus on the application of contemporary design philosophies – particularly thing theory and everyday aesthetics – in design practice.

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Key Publications

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Batch 45: Design for Industry 2020 - 2024, Hewitt, I., Parkinson, D., Wong, R., Forsyth, A., Scott-Harden, S., Fenwick, H., Lievesley, M., Dylan, T. 12 May 2025
Design and Making in Heritage Settings: The Role of the Polytemporal as a Means to Bridge Past, Present and Future in Contemporary Design Practice, Forsyth, A., Couture, B. 1 Dec 2025, In: PAD: Pages on Art and Design
Authentic Video Feedback for Product Design Students, Parkinson, D., Forsyth, A. 5 Sep 2024, Proceedings of the 26th international conference on engineering and product design education, Glasgow, The Design Society
Batch 44: Design for Industry 2019 - 2023, Hewitt, I., Parkinson, D., Wong, R., Forsyth, A., Scott-Harden, S., Fenwick, H., Lievesley, M., Dylan, T. 15 Jan 2024
Material and Memory: Exhibition at Brinkburn Manor, Couture, B., Forsyth, A. 10 Jul 2024
Re-Imagining Aydon: The Archaeological Imagination and Polytemporal Design at Aydon Castle, Forsyth, A., Luscombe, P. Apr 2024, AMPS Proceedings Series, Architecture Media Politics Society
Batch 43: Design for Industry 2018 - 2022, Hewitt, I., Parkinson, D., Wong, R., Forsyth, A., Scott-Harden, S., Fenwick, H., Lievesley, M., Dylan, T. 26 Sep 2022
Batch 42: Finding Form: Design for Industry 2017 - 2021, Hewitt, I., Parkinson, D., Wong, R., Forsyth, A., Scott-Harden, S., Fenwick, H., Lievesley, M., Dylan, T. 9 Aug 2021
Batch 40: Design for Industry 2015 - 2019, Hewitt, I., Parkinson, D., Wong, R., Forsyth, A., Scott-Harden, S., Fenwick, H., Lievesley, M., Dylan, T. 2020
Batch 41: Design for Industry 2016 - 2020, Hewitt, I., Parkinson, D., Wong, R., Forsyth, A., Scott-Harden, S., Fenwick, H., Lievesley, M., Dylan, T. 16 Sep 2020