J. Paul Neeley is a multidisipliary Designer/Researcher and recent graduate of Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art, currently based in London. He has a background in Speculative Design, Service & Experience Design, Business Design, and Design Research. J. Paul has worked professionally at Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation//SPARC as Designer/Researcher focusing on the healthcare experience and delivery, at Teton Radiology/Medical Imaging Associates as Service Design Manager realizing innovative medical imaging solutions, and at Unilever in Consumer & Market Insights on leading CPG brands. His current design work explores the human implications of emerging technologies, designing speculative futures that help us engage with possibility as a way of reframing and understanding anew our current state, with recent projects focused on happiness, metaphor, and issues of complexity and computational irreducibility in design and business. He is a graduate of Northwestern University where he studied Communications Studies, Economics, and Cello Performance.


CONTACT

Neeley Worldwide // Twitter // Linkedin

jpaul [at] neeleyworldwide.com



EXPERIENCE

1980-Present // NEELEY WORLDWIDE Worldwide
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2011-Present // MASAMICHI SOUZOU Worldwide
Subject 1

2011-Present // YOSSARIAN LIVES! London, UK
Co-Founder, CEO

2007-2009 // MAYO CLINIC / CENTER FOR INNOVATION / SPARC Rochester, MN
Designer/Researcher

2005-2007 // TETON RADIOLOGY / MEDICAL IMAGING ASSOCIATES Idaho Falls, ID
Service Design Manager

2004-2005 // UNILEVER / CONSUMER & MARKET INSIGHTS Chicago, IL
Assistant Insight Manager, Brand Development Team



EDUCATION

2009-2011 // ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART London, UK
Masters in Design Interactions, with Distinction

1996-2003 // NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Evanston, IL
Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies, Concentration in Economics

1993-1996 // IDAHO FALLS HIGH SCHOOL Idaho Falls, ID

1990-1993 // CLAIR E. GALE Idaho Falls, ID

1985-1990 // EDGEMONT Idaho Falls, ID

1983-1985 // BERNARD St. Louis, MO

1982-1983 // FERNIE St. Louis, MO



EXHIBITIONS + TALKS + OTHER

2012 // "Designing for happiness in a complex world" TRANSFORM 2012 Rochester, MN

2012 // "Honouring patient's resuscitation wishes" BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY London, UK

2012 // "The Future of Search" VAUXHALL AMPERA FORETHOUGHT x WIRED London, UK

2012 // YossarianLives! Winner Startup Competition THINKING DIGITAL Newcastle, UK

2012 // "Search the metaphorical Google with YossarianLives" WIRED London, UK

2012 // "Innovation Night with Will.I.Am" ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART London, UK

2012 // "Metaphorical search engine finds creative new meanings" NEW SCIENTIST London, UK

2012 // YossarianLives! London 2012 Finalist SEEDCAMP London, UK

2011 // "Speculative Design" HITACHI Rochester, MN

2011 // "Yossarian Lives!" Selected INNOVATION RCA / WAVE V London, UK

2011 // "Designing for Happiness in a Complex World" PROCTOR & GAMBLE / GILLETTE London, UK

2011 // "Designing for Happiness in a Complex World" GOOGLE DESIGN LECTURE / LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL London, UK

2011 // "Masamichi Souzou" DESIGN ON THE DOCK / THE FLOATING CINEMA London, UK

2011 // "Designing for Happiness in a Complex World" CENTER FOR INNOVATION / MAYO CLINIC London, UK

2011 // "Masamichi Souzou" Exhibiting at SHOW / ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART London, UK

2011 // "Yossarian Lives!" Winner DEUTSCHE BANK AWARD London, UK

2011 // "Design Thinking / New Kind of Design" IDEO London, UK

2011 // "Design Thinking" SCHOOL OF DESIGN THINKING / HASSO-PLATNER INSTITUTE Potsdam, DE

2011 // "Gaia Corporation" Keynote Speaker at ALTER NATURE: DESIGNING NATURE - DESIGNING HUMAN LIFE - OWNING LIFE / Z33 Hasselt, BE

2011 // "Future of Smoking" Exhibiting at WORK IN PROGRESS / ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART London, UK

2010 // Speaker at CENTER FOR INNOVATION / MAYO CLINIC Rochester, MN

2010 // "Gaia Corporation" Speaker at IDEO Shanghai, CN

2010 // "TW+" NIKE 78 London, UK

2010 // "Gaia Corporation" CENTRE FOR SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND INNOVATION / IMPERIAL COLLEGE London, UK

2010 // "Gaia Corporation" CHALLENGES IN TOP-DOWN, BOTTOM-UP AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY / SynBioNT Nottingham, UK

2010 // "Dancing Cream" Exhibiting at CUSTOM MADE / BARBACAN London, UK

2010 // "Possibilities" Exhibiting at WORK IN PROGRESS / ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART London, UK

2009 // Exhibiting at ARTIFACT SESSION / EPIC Chicago, IL