Dr Eleanor Herring is a Lecturer in the department of Design, History and Theory in the School of Design. Having originally trained in Textile Design, Eleanor holds an MA (Distinction) in the History of Design from the Royal College of Art/Victoria and Albert Museum and a PhD in Cultural Studies and Architectural History from the University of Edinburgh. Eleanor has worked in Higher Education since 2006, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate design history at a variety of institutions in the UK, as well as in Singapore, Germany and the Netherlands. Eleanor’s research centres around the design politics of the everyday, the designed environment and government-led design. Her book Street Furniture Design was published by Bloomsbury in 2016. She recently published ‘Designing a Level Playing Field’ about the Scottish Baby Box (Design and Culture 2025). Eleanor is currently developing several collaborative community projects about the uses and design of public space.