Karen Livingstone has been on the staff at the Victoria and Albert Museum for 15 years, as a curator and in her current position of Head of Projects. She was curator of the V&A's major exhibition for 2005, 'International Arts and Crafts' which then travelled to Indianapolis, San Francisco in 2005-06, and in Japan in 2008-09 under the title 'Life and Art: From Morris to Mingei'. She is the author of 'Essential Arts and Craft' (V&A, 2005); and co-editor (with Linda Parry) of 'International Arts and Crafts' (V&A, 2005).