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