Article

Maycroft, Neil (2011) ‘Design for recycling’, ‘Luddism’. Single authored entries in, SAGE eReference [The Green Series: Toward a Sustainable Environment, Volume X: Green Technology]. Toward a Sustainable Environment, Volume X: Green Technology., 10 .

Maycroft, Neil (2010) 'Tools', 'Garden Tools and Appliances', 'Durability', 'Insulation', 'Lifestyle (Urban)', 'Lifestyle (Suburban)'. Green Consumerism: An A-Z Guide, The SAGE Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future-Series, Volume 6, 6 .

Maycroft, Neil (2009) Not moving things along: hoarding, clutter and other ambiguous matter. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 8 (6). pp. 354-364. ISSN 1472-0817

Maycroft, Neil (2007) Whatever happened to normative drawing? The Role of the Humanities in Design Creativity, University of Lincoln, conference proceedings. .

McCulloch, Andrew, Stirling, John and Maycroft, Neil (2005) Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life/Understanding Henri Lefebvre: Theory and the Possible [reviews]. Capital and Class, 29 (86). pp. 170-174. ISSN 0309-8168

Maycroft, Neil (2004) Cultural consumption and the myth of ‘life-style’. Capital & Class: Special Issue on Cultural Production, Consumption and Resistance, No 84, October 2004. (84). pp. 61-75. ISSN 0309-8168

Maycroft, Neil (2004) Satirising the bourgeois worldview: Patrick Hamilton’s Impromptu in Moribundia. Capital & Class: Special Issue on Cultural Production, Consumption and Resistance, No 84, October 2004. (84). pp. 77-82. ISSN 0309-8168

Maycroft, Neil (2004) The objectness of everyday life: disburdenment or engagement? Geoforum, 35 (6). pp. 713-725. ISSN 0016-7185

Maycroft, Neil (2002) Repetition and difference: Lefebvre, Le Corbusier and modernity's (im)moral landscape: a commentary. Ethics, Place and Environment, 5 (2). pp. 135-144. ISSN 1469-6703

Maycroft, Neil (2000) Re-valorizing rubbish: some critical reflections on ‘green’ product strategies. Capital & Class Special Issue; Environmental Politics: Analyses and Alternatives, No 72, Autumn 2000., 72 . pp. 135-160. ISSN 0309 8168

Maycroft, Neil (1997) Marxism, communism, and Utopia. Studies in Marxism, 4 . ISSN 1358-6823

Maycroft, Neil (1996) Papanek's 'green imperative'. Co-Design (5).

Maycroft, Neil (1996) Marxism and everyday life. Studies in Marxism, 3 . ISSN 1358-6823

Review

Maycroft, Neil (2002) Impromptu in Moribundia [Hamilton]. Historical Materialism, 10 (4). p. 291. ISSN 1465-4466

Maycroft, Neil (2002) ‘The Philosophy of Utopia [ed B. Goodwin]. Studies in Marxism, 9 . ISSN 1358-6823

Maycroft, Neil (2001) Spaces of Hope (David Harvey). Studies in Marxism, 8 . ISSN 1358-6823

Book Section

Bramston, David and Maycroft, Neil (2013) Designing with waste. In: Materials experience: fundamentals of materials and design. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, pp. 123-133. ISBN 9780080993591

Maycroft, Neil (2012) ‘Tools - personal and industrial’, ‘Garden tools and appliances’, Post-consumer waste’, ‘Fly-tipping’ [Single authored entries in SAGE Reference Encyclopaedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage]. In: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage. Sage. ISBN 9781412988193, 9781452218526

Maycroft, Neil (2005) Labour, work and play: action in fine art practice. In: The Labour of Art. Lincoln, The Beehive Press, pp. 58-68. ISBN 1860501990

Maycroft, Neil (2001) Henri Lefebvre: alienation and the ethics of bodily reappropriation. In: Marxism's Ethical Thinkers. Palgrave. ISBN 0333778073

Maycroft, Neil (1999) Herbert Marcuse and the politics of practical Utopias. In: Marcuse: the philosopher of liberation. Stachi Publications, Athens. ISBN UNSPECIFIED

Paper or Report

Maycroft, Neil (2009) Consumption, planned obsolescence and waste. Working Paper. None.

Conference or Workshop contribution

Maycroft, Neil (2017) 'Uselessness’ as a response to ambiguity: diminished things and marginal places. In: Unnecessary, Unwanted and Uncalled-for: A Workshop on Uselessness, 29-30 March, 2017, UVA, Amsterdam.

Maycroft, Neil (2016) Consumerism: reflections in a splintered paradigm. In: Human Being, Society, Culture: Critical Multidisciplinary Reflections On Essences And Research Paradigms, 21 - 22 April 2016, University of Kiel, Germany.

Maycroft, Neil (2015) Never mind my jet-pack, where’s my four-legged chicken: design futurism, technology, and Utopian hubris. In: Utopia! experiments in perfection, 12 Nov 2015, Letchworth Garden City.

Maycroft, Neil and Ploeger, Dani (2015) Materialness, consumer technology and electronic waste. In: DRHA Dublin 2015: Digital research in the Arts and Humanities, September 1-3, 2015, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

Maycroft, Neil (2015) Obsolete peripherals: the ghost of the machine? In: PLATE Conference, 17 - 19 June 2015, Nottingham Trent University.

Maycroft, Neil (2015) Peripherals, cables and connectors: the reminder and remainder of obsolescence. In: Digital Futures: Bodies of Planned Obsolescence. Digital performance and the global politics of electronic waste—Digital Programmes, Victoria and Albert Museum, July 2 2015, The White Building, Hackney Wick, London.

Maycroft, Neil (2015) Peripherals : the remainder and reminder of obsolescence. In: Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE), June 17-19, 2015, Nottingham Trent University.

Maycroft, Neil (2015) A culture of visible mending: improvisation, or bodging the job? In: PLATE: Product Lifetimes and the Environment, June 17-19, 2015, Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Maycroft, Neil (2014) Peripherals: the remainder and reminder of obsolescence. In: After the Circuits Died: Exploring electronic waste, 26 October 2014, Victoria and Albert Museum.

Maycroft, Neil (2014) ‘Novelty and obsolescence’ as part of the ‘Expanded Designer’ programme. In: The Expanded Designer, 20/10/2014, Camberwell College of Arts.

Maycroft, Neil (2014) Design culture - design hubris: w(h)ither design studies?! In: Design Culture: Object, Discipline and Practice, 18-19 September 2014, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding.

Maycroft, Neil (2013) Chindogu or, the dog’s bollocks?: Novelty and planned obsolescence. In: Novelty: The Expanded Designer, Camberwell College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London.

Maycroft, Neil (2012) Making things mendable: vernacular reparation or bodging the job? In: MEND*RS: Mending Research Symposium, 29th June - 2nd July 2012, Cumbria.

Maycroft, Neil (2011) Never mind my jet-pack, where’s my four-legged chicken? In: Material culture and design-led goods within the context of consumer culture, (you) consume event., November 2011, Camberwell College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London..

Maycroft, Neil (2010) Ruins, rust and rubbish: the aesthetics of waste. In: Brayford Pool Lecture Series - public lecture, November 2010, University of Lincoln.

Maycroft, Neil and Shorthose, Jim (2009) In, through, up and down: research for creative practice. In: Leeds College of Art, Research Event, Leeds.

Maycroft, Neil (2009) Reading 'Hangover Square': ideology and inversion in the novels of Patrick Hamilton. In: Utopian Spaces of British Literature and Culture, 1890-1945, 18 September 2009, University of Oxford.

Maycroft, Neil (2007) Everyday life in the real world. In: Politics Research Colloquia.

Maycroft, Neil (2007) Behind, in/through and in front of: research for cross-disciplinary creative practice. In: NCN Autumn Conference: Who Do I Get Into Bed With?: A Tool-Box for Understanding the Structures and Management of Collaboration, November 2007, Nottingham Trent University/Broadway.

Maycroft, Neil (2007) Whatever happened to normative drawing? In: The Role of the Humanities in Design Creativity, 15-16 Nov 2007, Lincoln, UK.

Maycroft, Neil (2004) Labour, work and play: defining action in fine art practice. In: Labour of Art symposium, September 2004, University of Lincoln.

Maycroft, Neil (2003) Product obsolescence and the erosion of consumer choice. In: British Sociological Association Annual Conference, ‘Desire, Excess & Waste’, April 2003, York.

Maycroft, Neil (2003) The myth of 'life-style'. In: British Sociological Association Annual Conference, ‘Desire, Excess & Waste’, April 2003, York.

Maycroft, Neil (2002) The objectness of everyday life: engagement and disburdenment. In: Material Geographies, September 2002, UCL.

Maycroft, Neil (2001) The texture of Utopia. In: Utopian Studies Society Annual Conference, 28-30 June 2001, New Lanark.

Maycroft, Neil (1999) Consumer design: adding value, destroying value(s)? In: Design Cultures, The Third International Conference, European Academy of Design, March-April 1999, Sheffield.

Maycroft, Neil (1996) Marxism and everyday life. In: Political Studies Association: Marxism Specialist Group, September 1996, Manchester.

Maycroft, Neil (1995) Designing for a convivial future. In: Theory, Culture & Society, annual conference, August 1995, Berlin.

Maycroft, Neil (1995) Designerism and post-modern identities. In: Understanding the Social World, July 1995, Huddersfield.

Maycroft, Neil (1994) Lost in space: the Anglo-American reception of Henri Lefebvre. In: Political Studies Association, annual conference, November 1994, Leeds.

Maycroft, Neil (1994) Resources for conviviality. In: Political Studies Association, annual conference, November 1994, Leeds.

Maycroft, Neil (1992) Urbanisation as metaphor: the social production of space. In: 4/EASST, August 1992, Gothenburg.

Book or Monograph

Shorthose, Jim and Maycroft, Neil (2017) Where is Creativity? A Multi-disciplinary Approach, 1st Edition. Routledge, UK. ISBN 9781472437266

Maycroft, Neil and Shorthose, Jim (2012) Understanding Creative Business Values, Networks and Innovation, 1st Edition. Routledge, London. ISBN 9781409407157, 9781409407140

Shorthose, Jim and Maycroft, Neil (2011) New Spectacles for Juliette: Values and Ethics for Creative Business. Nottingham Creative Network, Nottingham. ISBN 9781842331460

Errington, Kim, Maycroft, Neil and Shorthose, James (2008) Soul Food, and Music; Research and Innovation for Creative Business. Nottingham Creative Network. ISBN 9781842331347

Dunne, Chris, Eastwood, Phil, Plowman, John, Maycroft, Neil and Waites, Ian (2005) The Labour of Art. The Beehive Press, Lincoln. ISBN 1860501982, 1860501990

Artefact

Maycroft, Neil and Cheang, Shu Lea (2015) Dust-off. [Artefact]

Event, Show or Exhibition

Ploeger, Daniel, Chan, Janet, Aitku, Jelili, Williams, Christopher, Cheang, Shu Lea, Maycroft, Neil, Papadimitriou, Irini and Olubanjo, Kehinde (2015) Bodies of planned obsolescence: digital performance and the global politics of electronic waste. [Event, Show or Exhibition]