Exhibitions + Interiors
1957
1973
Bridges
1977
1983
Product
1981
1995
Engineering Design
2006
2017
Interior Design
2005
2011
Exhibitions
1961
1969
General
1944
1951
Textiles
1962
1987
Graphic Design
1994
2005
New Media
2000
2013
Stamps
1970
1989
General
1947
1959
General Design
1969
1985
Packaging
1937
1955
Engineering
1983
1991
Furniture Design
1978
2003
Graphics
1947
1967
Packaging + Graphics
1959
1971
Glass + Stained Glass
1936
1941
Products + Industrial
1961
1975
Ceramics + Glass
1981
2001
Films
1939
1963
Fashion Design
1988
2015
Ceramics + Glass
1995
2009
Product Design
2008
2021
Designing with Light
2012
2019
Naval Architecture
1986
1997
Typography
1940
1953
Engineering Product
1968
1981
Dress
1972
1993
Goldsmithing
1936
1937
Glass, Pottery + Silver
1936
1945
Theatre Design
1991
1999
Interiors
1939
1961
Engineering Design
2012
2023
Commercial Art
1936
1939
Light Fittings
1940
1949
Furniture
1940
1947
Furniture
1944
1957
Lettering
1940
1943
Typography
1965
1979
Aircraft
1943
1965
Interior + Ships
1971
1977
Structural Engineering Design
1998
2007
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Chris Wise graduated from the University of Southampton with a degree in Civil engineering. He co-founded Expedition in 1999. Working with many of the world’s leading architects including Rogers, Foster, Hopkins and Renzo Piano, Chris has led the engineering of projects including the 2012 Olympic Velodrome; the American Air Museum, Duxford; London Millennium Bridge; and Channel 4 HQ. Chris was Design Professor at Imperial College, London, where he co-founded the Constructionarium, later at Yale, and since September 2012, at UCL, London. From 2007-09 Chris was Master Elect of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA. In October 2012 he was awarded an unprecedented double, winning Gold Medals for his outstanding contribution to the engineering profession from both the IStructE and the ICE. 

RDInsights: Chris Wise
Design engineer, Chris Wise became an RDI in 1998 and in this interview from the RDInsights series he discusses his industry with Mike Dempsey
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Photo of  Chris Wise
American Air Museum, Duxford, 1997
American Air Museum, Duxford
1997
Olympic Velodrome, 2012
Olympic Velodrome
2012
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece, 2016
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
2016
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