Staff Profile

Roseanne is a Senior Innovation Consultant at the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing in Newcastle to design products and services for the healthy ageing marketplace.

Roseanne Wakely is a future-focused designer, artist and maker, with playfulness and inclusive design at the core of her practice. She works within an ecosystem of robotic technology, digital fabrication, research and social experimentation. 

Roseanne is co-founder of Rusty Squid, a Bristol based laboratory for robotic art and design that brings together artists, engineers and designers to incubate new philosophical insights, technical innovations and cultural evolution.

Graduated with a foundation diploma from the University of the Arts London in 2006. Leading on to receive a BA in Model Making in Media and Design from Bournemouth University in 2009. Then an MA in Design Products Futures at the Royal College of Art in 2020.