John Thackara

John Thackara (born 6 August 1951, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British-born author, curator and educator. He is known as curator of the celebrated Doors of Perception conference for 20 years, which started in Amsterdam. He is a Senior Fellow at the Royal College of Art in London; a visiting professor at Tongji University in Shanghai, and Glasgow School of Art in Scotland; and is a member of the Advisory Board of BITS Design in Mumbai and the Bioregional Learning Centre in England.