Copyright

Abby Mellick Lopes; Jonathon Allen

Published On

2021-04-29

Page Range

pp. 364-374

Language

  • English

Print Length

10 pages

A Decade of Design-led Sustainability Projects at Western Sydney

Chapter of: Right Research: Modelling Sustainable Research Practices in the Anthropocene (pp. 364–374)

Contributors

Abby Mellick Lopes

(author)
Associate Professor in Design Studies at University of Technology Sydney
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2157-421X

Abby Mellick Lopes is an Associate Professor in Design Studies at University of Technology, Sydney. Abby's collaborative research focuses on the relationship between design and social arrangements to support the transition to more sustainable cultures and economies, with recent projects tackling the social impacts of heat and development trends on the urban commons; civic trust in drinking water; and food and waste economies and cultures of repair, with a particular focus on the communities of Western Sydney. Abby has published in Design Studies, Design and Culture, Cultural Studies Review, ACME: an international e-journal for critical geographies and elsewhere, and written several book chapters on design, sustainability and transdisciplinarity. Her work has been presented in the UK, the USA, Canada, Cyprus, Spain, Malaysia and China.

Jonathon Allen

(author)
Adjunct Professor, School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University

Jonathon Allen is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University (WSU). Jonathon has twenty-five years' university teaching, research, management and governance experience, the last half of which has been in significant leadership and governance roles at Western Sydney University, including Head of The Academy, Provost of Penrith Campus, Director of Academic Program for Visual Communication Design in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, and Associate Head of School of Engineering. His research, teaching and engagement interests typically see him work in collaboration with other disciplines, to progress design's role in bringing together arts, science and technology with a strong social conscience. He has a broad range of research outputs, including traditional publications (book chapters, journal and conference papers), exhibitions and prototypical artefacts, and has a particular interest in material intelligence (smart materials, intelligent use of materials, and in the hidden stories of sourcing and selecting materials); the application of design thinking to address pressing concerns related to food security, climate change, and health; and in the use of Augmented Reality to interact and engage with the physical world.