Graeme Brooker

National Teaching Fellow 2015 Institution at time of award: Middlesex University Graeme Brooker is an academic, writer and designer. His areas of interests are in the pedagogy of the design of interior space and he has explored these ideas via a series of publications, aimed at engaging students in the various processes of making interiors. Primarily this has taken the form of examining the theories and processes of remodelling existing buildings, working with students to understand how the design of interior space is reliant on the understanding of and the subsequent repurposing of existing buildings. During his career in higher education Graeme has held numerous senior positions in institutions in the UK, most notably at the Universities of Cardiff, Manchester and Brighton, where he taught both studio and theory in interior architecture and design. He has written numerous books on the design of interior space and in particular on the implications of reusing existing buildings, including co-authoring the highly acclaimed Rereadings (RIBA Enterprises 2004). Other co-authored publications include Form and Structure (AVA 2007), Context and Environment (AVA 2008), The Visual Dictionary of Interior Architecture (AVA 2008), Objects and Elements (AVA 2009), and What is Interior Design? (Rotovision 2010). Graeme is the founder and Director of the charity Interior Educators (IE), the national subject association for interiors in the UK. He is a commissioning editor for the publisher Ashgate and is also a member of the editorial advisory board for the journals Interiors: Design: Architecture: Culture (BERG), Architecture: Media: Politics: Society (AMPS) and the Australian/New Zealand-based Journal I.D.E.A. His latest books are From Organisation to Decoration (with Sally Stone: Routledge 2013), The Handbook of Interior Architecture and Design (with Lois Weinthal: BERG 2013) and Key Interiors Since 1900 (Laurence King 2013). The latter is a positioning of the narrative of the history of interior architecture and design communicated through the re-use of existing buildings.