| who we are - TONY FRY | |
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A Director of Team
D/E/S and founder of the EcoDesign Foundation, Tony Fry has acted as a consultant on
sustainable design for clients such as BHP Steel, Toyota Australia, Gregory Industries,
Future Generations consortium, NSW Public Works, Department of Urban Affairs and Planning
(NSW), Department of Housing (NSW), Commonwealth Environment Protection Agency and the
Institution of Engineers Australia. Tony Fry is much sought after as a creative team leader, initiator, developer and critical reviewer of projects. Working across many design disciplines — architectural, industrial, information design, planning and engineering — he has a highly developed capacity for relational thinking and can quickly identify the important sustainability issues and potentialities of a project. He brings considerable practical and theoretical knowledge to consulting work, drawing on an impressive track record of published work including five major books. He has taught design and cultural theory in Britain, the United States, Hong Kong and Australia and holds a PhD in Cultural Studies in Design from the University of Birmingham. He has held positions as Adjunct Professor to the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the University of Technology, Sydney and as a consultant on sustainable design to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Tony has conceptualised and managed major R&D projects; managed and judged many design competitions. |