Nick Rhodes

Nick Rhodes serves as Reader in Knowledge Exchange and Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, where he also directs the Product, Ceramic and Industrial Design programme. With over 20 years of international experience spanning Europe, the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, and the Caribbean, he maintains active roles in both academic instruction and professional design practice.

His research concentrates on Knowledge Exchange frameworks within industrial design contexts, emphasizing innovation processes and collaborative development. Rhodes bridges academic theory with commercial application through extensive industry partnerships with global entities including Moët and Chandon, LVMH, Montblanc, Proctor and Gamble, Liberty, Molton Brown, and Honav UK, alongside governmental organizations like The Centre for Development of Enterprise (Brussels), JAMPRO Jamaica, London Development Agency, and Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. His design expertise manifests across product development, branding systems, and packaging solutions exhibited internationally in New York, London, Barcelona, Milan, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Berlin.