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Professor Justin Marshall is a digital craftsperson and researcher who for over twenty years has investigated the integration of digital design and production technologies into craft practices. As such his work is concerned with the role and significance of digital tools within craft practice, both in terms of new aesthetic opportunities, and how the creative use of this toolset challenges the concept of the ‘handmade’. His practice-based research has led him to the proposition of a ‘Digital Craft Ethos’ which identifies a series of distinctions between a pragmatic craft-oriented approach to using digital tools, and instrumental industrial design and engineering approaches.
More, broadly he is interested in how craft, as a materially sensitive and human-centred practice can have value in multidisciplinary research projects and has been involved in numerous collaborative projects that bring together diverse teams to investigate areas beyond the normal scope of craft practitioners. This includes working with computer scientists, journalists, social scientists, and designers on ‘Bespoke’, an RCUK Digital Economy project that explored how creating bespoke networked devices could respond to concerns and needs in a local area. He was Principal Investigator on ‘hiCraft: Crafting a Healthier Internet’, a 3-year AHRC funded project completed in 2025 that used the practices and ethos of craft to explore ways in which to respond to concerns about trust, bias, transparency, and legibility in current Internet of Things (IoT) development.
Biography
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Professor Justin Marshall is a practitioner-researcher who is interested in the creative use of digital design and production technologies within art and craft practices.
His multidisciplinary background spans study within the fields of fine art, ceramics, design and craft, and culminated in a PhD that focused on the role and significance of computer technologies in architectural ceramics. He was one of the founding members of the ‘Autonomatic’ research group at Falmouth University, who are recognised as early adopters and innovators in the creative application of digital design and production technologies.
Alongside publishing numerous articles and conference papers he has exhibited work both nationally and internationally, including venues in Ireland, US, India, Germany, Australia and Estonia. His work has featured in field defining exhibitions; ‘LabCraft’ a Crafts Council UK touring show and ‘Fabrication Laboratory’ at the Design Museum in Barcelona. He has held solo shows; ‘Automake’ and ‘Hand Thought’ at The UK National Centre for Craft & Design.
He was a member of the AHRC peer Review College from 2012 to 2018, including sitting on the ‘Follow on Funding’ award panel. He is a Fellow of the RSA. He has been an external examiner for range of courses, including BA(Hons)/MDes 3D Design and Craft Course at the University of Brighton, MSc Product Design at the University of Dundee and BA(hons) 3D Design at Robert Gordon University and BA(hons) Furniture and Product Design at Chelsea School of Art. He has supervised and examined a broad range of PhDs within craft and design subjects.
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Education/Academic qualification
3D Design, PhD, The Role and Significance of CAD/CAM Technologies in Craft and Designer-Maker Practice: with a Focus on Architectural Ceramics, Open University Milton Keynes
1 Mar 2000 → …
Award Date: 1 Mar 2000
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Enticatypes: exploring how artifacts can entice conversation on craft values in digital making
Vannucci, E., Marshall, J. & Wallace, J., 18 Mar 2019. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Making with China: Craft-based Participatory Research Methods for Investigating Shenzhen’s Maker Movement
Marshall, J. & Rossi, C., 26 Jul 2017, In: Digital Culture & Society. 3, 1, p. 127-138Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolutionary Craft
Marshall, J., Sept 2017, Ding : A Magazine about the internet and things. Rogers, J., Thomas, P. & Thorn, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Dundee: Dundee University, p. 60-64 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
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Design Courts: Workshops for Exploring Emerging Technology Ethics
Primlani, N., Blythe, M. & Marshall, J., 26 Apr 2025, CHI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 1-12 12 p. 397Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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pegBits: Experimenting with a 0.1" system for open hardware prototyping
Rogers, J., Marshall, J., Wallace, J., Metcalfe, T., Taylor, N., Raj, R., Verkerk, J. & Heslop, P., 4 Mar 2025, TEI '25: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. New York, NY, United States: ACM, p. 1-7 7 p. 57Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Recrafting the Internet
Marshall, J. (Speaker) & Rogers, J. (Speaker)
21 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Create your own ‘Healthy Internet’ badge workshop
Marshall, J. (Organiser), Verkerk, J. (Organiser) & Wallace, J. (Organiser)
19 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Internet ‘care’ label workshop
Marshall, J. (Organiser), Verkerk, J. (Organiser), Wallace, J. (Organiser), Rogers, J. (Organiser) & Kisby, E. (Organiser)
19 Sept 2024 → 22 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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HiCraft: defining and fostering a healthy relationship between people, the internet, AI and things through an ethos of craft.
Marshall, J. (Speaker), Verkerk, J. (Speaker) & Skelly, M. (Speaker)
18 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Entangled Threads workshop
Marshall, J. (Organiser), Wallace, J. (Organiser) & Verkerk, J. (Organiser)
13 Feb 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...