Dr Philip Black is Director of the Manchester Urban Design LAB (MUD-Lab) and Senior Lecturer in Urban Design and Head of Urban Design Programmes at the University of Manchester, UK. He is co-author of The Urban Design Process with Dr Taki Sonbli. Philip has an extensive track record of research and publications on applied urban design with a particular focus on design quality, design control/governance, and urban design process and professional practice. Dr Michael Martin is a Lecturer in Urban Design and Planning and Director of the MA Urban Design and Planning at the University of Sheffield. Previously he was an Assistant Professor in Urban Design at Aalborg University, Denmark. Michael’s research and publications in urban design cover a range of themes specialising in child-friendly cities, sustainable mobility, urban regeneration, temporary urbanism, and placemaking processes. Mr Robert Phillips is a Director at Urban Imprint Ltd., a planning and design consultancy in Macclesfield, UK, and an Honorary Lecturer in Urban Design at University of Manchester. Bob is a chartered town planner and urban designer who has been involved in delivering planning and design projects for a broad range of clients and companies. Dr Taki Sonbli is Manager of the Manchester Urban Design LAB, and the Technical Lead Specialist for all urban design programmes at University of Manchester. Taki is co-author of The Urban Design Process with Dr Philip Black and has also published in the areas of culturally sensitive urban design, and the graphical language of urban space.