INTRODUCTION
NICK DUNN
Biography Executive Director of ImaginationLancaster , an open and exploratory design research lab at Lancaster University , where he is also Chair of Urban Design . He is Associate Director of the Institute for Social Futures , where he also leads research in the Future of Cities and Urbanism . His work responds to the contemporary city as a series of systems , flows and processes , and is explored through experimentation and discourse addressing the nature of urban space : its perception , demarcation and appropriation . His work for the UK Government Office for Science and projects such as the EPSRC-funded Liveable Cities contributes to the wider discourse surrounding the current characteristics and potential future scenarios of the urban landscape in a range of contexts . In particular , he is interested in why and how ( maybe even where and when ) we design , rather than what we design . He has published numerous books related to architecture , art practices and urbanism and his papers have been published and presented internationally , and collaborative creative work exhibited across the UK , China and the Ukraine . His most recent book , Dark Matters : A Manifesto for the Nocturnal City ( Zero , 2016 ) is an exploration of walking as a cultural practice , the politics of space and the right to the city .