Philip Hughes

Philip Hughes is a three-dimensional designer with an abundance of experience in exhibition and furniture design. Philip has worked independently and for several design practices. He has taught art and design at the University of Portsmouth and the University of the Creative Arts 2005–8 on both postgraduate and undergraduate programmes. He is currently External Examiner for the University of the Creative Arts for the Interior Design MA programme.

He has designed museum exhibitions and developed museum masterplans since 1996. He has worked at the museum design and planning consultancy Ralph Appelbaum Associates since 2008, becoming a Director in 2018.

Philip's first book, Exhibition Design, was published in March 2010 to a worldwide audience in five languages with a revised and updated second edition published in 2016. His new book, Exhibition Storytelling: Identity, Truth and Wonder, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2021 (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/creating-dynamic-exhibitions-9781350105942/).