Dunne & Raby are known for a practice of design referred to as speculative design, which they championed across education and within the design field.[3]
She studied Architecture at the RCA, before completing an MPhil in Computer Related Design (CRD) at the RCA.[4] She is one of the founding members of the CRD Research Studio at RCA.[4] In 2001, she was shortlisted for the Perrier-Jouet design prize.[5]
With partner Anthony Dunne, Fiona moved their teaching practice from the Royal College of Art (RCA) to Parsons in New York. The duo have been appointed professors of Design and Emerging Technology at The New School, which encompasses Parsons School of Design.[6]
Publications
Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby,Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects, Basel: Birkhäuser, 2001. ISBN978-3-7643-6566-0.
Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby, 'Between Reality and the Impossible' In: Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étiennne 2010. Cité du Design Éditions, Saint-Étienne, France, pp. 129–153. ISBN978-2-912808-40-0
Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby, Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction and Social Dreaming, The MIT Press, 2013. ISBN9780262019842.
Paola Antonelli, Emma Dexter, Fiona Raby, Iwona Blazwick, Darkitecture: Learning Architecture for the Twenty-First Century Two Little Boys, 2013. ISBN978-0-957429-90-1