Kate Catterall is a designer and educator. Born in Belfast, N. Ireland, she studied at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland and currently lives in Austin, Texas. Initially trained in the materials and methods of the industrial age, she started her career designing one-off products and environments for the luxury market in the U.K. She now teaches design at the University of Texas at Austin and positions her work in the interstitial space between design intervention and social practice of public art. Her research explores the ontological potential and broader cultural impacts of design in contemporary society.