Good Design Week 2023

Good Design Week is coming to you soon! See you tomorrow at Swinburne!

3 days left for Good Design Week! Clear your calendars and get ready for inspiration, knowledge and innovation.

Pro. Ts. Dr. Ruslan Abdul Rahim will be sharing the incredible work done in the Metaverse field through his Makyung in Metaverse research!

Dr. Emil Jonescu, an accomplished architect associated with the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. As the Head of Research and Development at Hames Sharley, Emil is a visionary leader bridging the gap between scholarly research, private-sector innovation, and practical application. Transcending borders and fostering collaborations among academics and researchers on both national and global scales, he cultivates practice-led research that elevates the architectural profession.

Generously imparting his knowledge to emerging professionals and future leaders in the field through Dr Emil holds distinguished Industry Advisory Committee roles. His background encompasses leadership across three key sectors: government, private practice, and university academia. He possesses a unique ability to translate high-level industry research innovations into actionable solutions, a skill honed through first-hand experience addressing the intricate challenges faced by architects and designers, including the delicate balance of environmental, economic, and social sustainability.

Dr Emil excels in crafting research strategies, fostering collaboration, and ensuring the successful ex*****on of complex projects with diverse parameters. He has secured and executed grants and orchestrated international cross- cultural research initiatives on vital topics such as urban indigenous communities, placemaking, and security. These endeavours underscore the paramount role of research in architectural practice.

Dr Emil's profound understanding of architecture's power to shape behaviour, coupled with his unwavering commitment to research-driven solutions, positions him as a driving force in shaping the future of the built environment. His work consistently yields meaningful advancements for transformative change in the world of architecture and design.

Starting off with one of our Keynote Speakers, Assoc. Prof. Max Scheleser!

Max Schleser is Associate Professor in Film and Television and a researcher in the Centre for Transformative Media Technologies at Swinburne University of Technology, Adobe Education Leader, Founder of the Mobile Innovation Network & Association (www.mina.pro) and Screening Director of the International Mobile Innovation Screening & Festival.

Max is an award-winning filmmaker with expertise in immersive media, documentary film and creative arts 4.0 with a focus on cinematic VR and interactive filmmaking. His research explores screen production, emerging media and smartphone filmmaking for community engagement, creative transformation and transmedia storytelling.

His experimental films, moving-image arts and cinematic VR projects are screened at film festivals, in galleries and museums. His mobile feature film Max with a Keitai (2007) is included in the public film archive in the Forum des Images in Paris (France) and the smartphone documentary feature Frankenstorm (2014) broadcasted on CTV, Canterbury Television (Aotearoa/New Zealand).

Max co-edited the books Mobile Media Making in an Age of Smartphones, Mobile Story Making in an Age of Smartphones and Mobile Storytelling in an Age of Smartphones and edited journals for Studies in Documentary Film, Ubiquity, the Journal of Pervasive Media and the Journal of Creative Technologies. His monograph Smartphone Filmmaking: Theory and Practice was published by Bloomsbury in 2021.

He conceptualised and conducted screen storytelling workshops for a number of cultural institutes, city councils and government bodies internationally. His industry consultancy includes projects for Adobe, Australian Red Cross, BBC, Nokia, Frontier Strategy, Open Lab and Telstra, among other agencies and production companies.

Greetings Fellow Researchers!

We are currently calling for papers for the upcoming Good Design Week 2023, which will be held from October 18 - October 20, 2023. This year's theme is 'Culture, Preservation and Governance".

Do help spread this amazing news to your friends, peers, students, colleagues and of course, the public!

Looking forward to receiving your submissions.