Peter Yeadon
Peter Yeadon is a Registered Architect and Founder of YEADON SPACE AGENCY, an architecture and design consultancy in NYC that focuses on projects that incorporate substances with novel properties, including various smart materials, nanomaterials, and biomaterials that respond to changes in their environment.
Peter is also a Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where recently served as Head of Industrial Design. At RISD, he explores materials-driven innovation with his RISD BIODESIGN students, who explore biomaterials, and his RISD CATALYST group, which focuses on solutions-oriented applications for smart materials, nanomaterials, and other programmable substances. Prior to RISD, Peter taught at Cornell University and the University of Toronto.