Design Transforms is a lecture series from the Product, Ceramic and Industrial Design programme at Central Saint Martins, where expert practitioners are invited to share their thoughts on the idea of transformation examined through the lens of their work.

Clive Grinyer has set up and led influential design teams for Barclays Bank, Cisco, Samsung and telecoms company Orange. He started his career with innovation consultancy IDEO in the US and was co-founder and partner of the design consultancy Tangerine along with Apple design chief Sir Jony Ive. Clive was Head of Service Design at the Royal College of Art and now advises and trains organisations in service, digital and transformation design through his company now+next. He is an advisor to Bosch, Trustee of the Design and Technology Association, was Chair of the DBA Design Effectiveness Award and the RSA.

His book, Redesigning Thinking, was published in June 2025. Creative Review placed Clive in their Top 50 and described him as **“a passionate advocate for the transformational potential of design for some three decades…today’s focus on design’s value in leading customer experience in the UK is, in large part, due to his work."

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Recording available for UAL students and staff.

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See the full Design Transforms 2025–26 series.

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