Areas of Expertise
Teaching & mentorship
Empathy
Adaptability
Design process
Design principles
Design thinking
User research
Knowledge of materials
Concept generation
Prototyping / modelmaking
Sustainability awareness
Product acrhitecture
Furniture design
Visualisation
Fusion 360
Additive manufacturing
Subtractive manufacturing
Ceramics
Workholding
Toolsetting
Sketching
Adobe CC suite
Product photograpghy
Office 365
Programming
NC-Code / G-Code
Michael Fleetwood-Jones is an award-winning researcher with almost twenty years of experience in research, design, and manufacturing industries and as a specialist educator at Toi Rauwhārangi, Massey University, College of Creative Arts. Based in the James Coe Industrial Design Centre he is also the CAD & CAM specialist for the School of Design’s Advanced Digital Fabrication Research Facility.
A designer and educator for over 20 years, Michael is passionate about design and how people interact with the world. His teaching ability is represented in the hundreds of design awards won by graduates of Massey University’s design programme (which ranks in the world's top 100 Art and Design schools).
Email
michaelfleetwoodjones@gmail.com