Nathan Hurley

Nathan Hurley

Nathan is the Research and Insight Manager at furniture manufacturer Orangebox. Nathan is responsible for driving the research into understanding new behaviors and identifying challenges so that they can design better working solutions for the workplace and education sectors. In this episode we discover

The cultural and technological shifts that have inspired changes in the design of furniture

How competition amongst universities has driven investment in learning spaces.

How Nathan began his career with Orangebox and a casual holiday worker and why hula hooping could provide the solution for post lockdown workspaces.

Thanks to

Dave Clarke from @iamthehow (http://www.iamthehow.com) for production support and invaluable advice in the setting up of this Podcast.

Mark Frith (insta @fritzthekat Twitter @markfrith) for composing the music and all your support and advice along the way.

Kay Hanson (insta @kay_v_hanson) for her planning support and co-hosting for these and our educational podcasts for UoP

I’d really like to hear your feedback on the podcast. Leave a comment or get in touch.

Thanks for listening. Bye for now.

How to be a kick-ass Interior Designer. Come and join us on the Interior Design BA(Hons) course at the University of Plymouth.https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/ba-interior-design

Links

Orangebox
https://www.orangebox.com/

The Sticky Campus.
https://www.orangebox.com/collections?o=overlay/article/the-sticky-campus-and-the-new-dynamics-of-smartlearning

Research reports and toolkits
https://www.orangebox.com/knowledge/tools