Jan Chipchase

Jan is a designer, writer, photographer, and award-winning researcher. He is the founder of Studio D Radiodurans, a research, design, and strategy consultancy specialising in clients with a global outlook. Over the course of his career, he has advised numerous Fortune 500 companies, governments, and global organisations. His pioneering research has influenced the design of products and services bought and used by hundreds of millions of people. His first book Hidden in Plain Sight, was published by Harper Collins in English, with Japanese, Chinese and Russian editions, and became a best seller in South Korea of all places. The Handbook is his third authored book. Jan has lectured at Stanford, MIT, Birkbeck, Tokyo University, National Institute of Design, Tehran University and many of the world’s preeminent educational establishments (and a few high schools too). His pioneering research and designs are widely covered in the media, including the New York Times, The Economist, Die Zeit, Nikkei, The Telegraph and The Guardian. He is a frequent speaker at events ranging from governmental and C-level through to TED and WEF.