Birds are ingenious when it comes to foraging for nest materials, but in the Anthropocene, this often comes at a cost. Giving them better options is one solution.
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Melbourne Museum’s major exhibition tells us as much about how we look at this complicated culture as the culture itself.
New dementia-friendly design guidance shows how simple changes can make homes safer and easier to navigate for people living with the condition.
The city’s new underground rail stations are also impressive public spaces, showing how infrastructure can go well beyond the functional bare minimum.
Valerie Brown’s experiences with Greenpeace, which she headed when the Rainbow Warrior was bombed, read like a spy novel. But it’s just one way she changed the world.
Social apps like Instagram, TikTok and Facebook are designed to be addictive. What would they look like if we removed the worst features?
To the designer Susan Kare, designing icons was about solving ‘the little puzzle of making an image fit a metaphor’. Forty years later, that challenge remains.
The critical question is not whether the Luce succeeds as a product, but whether it succeeds as a Ferrari.
Urban design depends heavily on human judgment and field-based understanding.
Do you actually know how a bicycle or a zipper work, or what a penny or a common brand logo look like? Intellectual humility can help reduce overconfidence in what you don’t understand.
A protagonist of surrealism, Schiaparelli was an extraordinary couturier who pushed the bounds of creativity, leaving her mark on Paris fashion and beyond.
Australians replace our kitchens every 15 to 20 years. We need to start rethinking how we approach these spaces.
The purportedly unique and local feel of coffee shops has instead been homogenized into a singular, palatable aesthetic.
Poor usability feels unforgivable for a company built on founder Steve Jobs’ mantra: ‘It works like magic’.
In 1875, Arthur Liberty established a fabric company at the forefront of the aesthetic movement, and within 20 years was a byword for the very best in avant-garde textile design.
If this is where retail security is headed, it could have unwelcome, unintended consequences for millions of Australians.
The humble ‘broken image’ icon has a rich backstory – one connected to early web design, camera culture and our timeless urge to find meaning in the landscape.
Scientists across all fields make various types of claims about their innovations. Validity tests check whether they deliver on what they promise.
What makes a building beautiful? Neuroscience suggests our judgement depends on complexity, familiarity and the brain’s craving for balance.
Research on Tasmania’s large old trees has given designers good reason to reflect on the many things about trees that humans don’t value enough. Here’s the top five.
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Associate Professor, Design Anthropology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Screen and Design, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Product Design, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Dean International and Engagement, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Dean: Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Intelligent Engineering Systems, Nottingham Trent University
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Workplace Futures Research Lead, Centre for the New Workforce, Swinburne University of Technology
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor, Kedge Business School
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Professor of Architecture, University of Hawaii