Björn Franke is a designer and design theorist who studied at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design and the Royal College of Art, where he now completes his PhD in Design Interactions. He currently teaches design theory at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Zurich University of the Arts and the Royal College of Art. He was awarded fellowships at the Akademie Schloss Solitude as well as the Artist Residency Schloss Balmoral. His work has been exhibited and published his internationally, most recently at the opening exhibition of the Design Museum in Holon. His research interest lie in the relationship between design, technology and philosophy; in particular how the shifting technological environment alters human behaviour, relationships and self-conceptions.