Tavs Jorgensen
Associate Professor
Centre for Print Research, University of the West of England
tavs.Jorgensen@uwe.ac.uk
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3978-9753
Tavs Jorgensen is Associate Professor and AHRC Leadership Fellow at the Centre for Fine Print Research. The Centre for Print Research (CFPR) is a distinctive centre of research excellence based at the University of the West of England. It is a unique, multidisciplinary group that combines knowledge and skills across traditional and digital techniques to reflect, innovate and find creative solutions for the future of print.
Tavs’s core research interests are focused on exploring the design and innovation potential presented by new digital fabrication technologies – particular with the glass and ceramics mediums.
Tavs has a background in ceramics having initially worked as a designer for the tableware industry with leading companies such as Wedgwood and Lenox as clients. He taught for 10 years on the Ceramic and Glass programme at the Royal College of Art, and was also a research fellow at the Autonomatic Research Cluster at Falmouth University. Before joining UWE he taught on the 3D Design course at Plymouth university. He also has a very active visiting lecturing career and have delivered lectures at leading international institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University College London, Chulalongkorn University, and The Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen.