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Medium and Message; Taking Digital Art Out of Context.
This research project is an investigation into contemporary book design and intends to explore how digital art can be documented in a printed artefact. The practice-based research project is an exploration into how form, meaning and context can be …Read more
1. Amaral, L 2011, ‘The Festive Character of Cyber Art’, Technoetic Arts, vol. 8, no. 3(3), pp.255- 265.
2. Bachmann, C & Helmgartner, S (eds) 2017 Book – Material – Text. Essays on the Materiality, Mediality and Textuality of the (e)Book. Ruhr-University Bochum.
3. Kwastek, K 2013 Aesthetics of Interaction in Digital Art, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT Press.
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By: Ashley Jane Goodall -
Year: 2019
- Keywords:
- Digital Art
- Materiality
- Publication Design
- Material Translation
- Practice-Based Research
Discussions of Personality and Personal Effects–Visual Communication and Publication Design as a Tool for Complimenting Collections.
This fourteen week artifact led research project sought to create and explore intersections between personality, personal effects, curation and collections through visual communication and publication design. This act of making, as reflected in a …Read more
1. Splawa-Neyman,T (2015) ‘Discussion withThree Jackets: Making a Material Ecology’, Design Ecologies, Stockholm, Volume 6
2. Tonkinwise, C (2005) ‘Is Design Finished?: Dematerialisation and Changing Things’, Design Philosophy Papers, Volume 3, Number 2
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By: Cameron Stevens -
Year: 2019
- Keywords:
- Visual Communication Design
- Personal Collections
The Intangible City: Maps Layer That Listens, Breathes, and Guides Through Comfort.
In contemporary navigation tools, efficiency has long been the defining measure of progress. Platforms like Google Maps guide millions of users daily, optimising routes by speed, distance, and popularity. Yet this emphasis on performance overlooks a …Read more
Dunn, W 2007, ‘Supporting children to participate successfully in everyday life by using sensory processing knowledge’, Infants & Young Children, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 84–101.
Rios-Vega, R, Rodríguez, M & Martínez, J 2024, ‘Sensory-adapted environments and their impact on autistic children’s comfort and participation’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 212–224.
Zardini, M (ed.) 2005, Sense of the city: An alternate approach to urbanism, Lars Müller Publishers, Montreal.
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By: Cheung Yan Chai -
Year: 2025
- Keywords:
- UX Design
- Inclusive Design
- Sensory Accessibility
- Human-Centred Design
- Navigation Tools
I got the power: an exploration of service design to empower student participation in designing solutions for self-regulated learning
This project sought to improve students’ abilities to perform self-regulated learning. Through a design practice employing service design and participatory design methods and tools, I spoke with, observed and worked with students to understand …Read more
1. Akama, Y, Cooper, R, Vaughan, L, Viller, S, Simpson, M, & Yuille, J 2007, ‘Show and tell: Accessing and communicating implicit knowledge through artefacts’, The Interaction of Practice and Theory, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 172-181.
2. Baron, NS, Calixte, RM & Havewala, M 2017, ‘The persistence of print among university students: An exploratory study’, Telematics and Informatics, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 590-604.
3. Zimmerman, BJ, & Moylan, AR 2009, ‘Prototype Evaluation in Service Design: A Case Study at an Emergency Ward. In N. M. Roozenburg’, Handbook of metacognition in education, Routledge, New York.
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By: Daniel Yakup -
Year: 2019
- Keywords:
- service design
- human-centred design
- self-regulated learning
- co-production
- sustainable learning
Kotthu From Down Under: Sri Lankan Diaspora of Melbourne
This exegesis explores the Sri Lankan diaspora in Melbourne through the lens of food. It examines how community-led insights can generate new understandings of belonging, memory, and cultural continuity among underrepresented communities. Through …Read more
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Smith, LT 2021, Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, 3rd edn, Bloomsbury Publishing, London.
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Official Languages Commission (Sri Lanka) 2017, Guidelines for Public Name Boards in Official Languages, Colombo, viewed 1 June 2025.
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Rambutan Recipes from Sri Lanka: Cynthia Shanmugalingam (2022)
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By: Dilushi Himesha Prasanna Kadawath Pedige -
Year: 2025
- Keywords:
- Sri Lankan Diaspora
- Food and Identity
- Melbourne
- Decolonisation
- Community Engagement
How can communication design help people develop compassion for people with comfort objects
In the contemporary world, while people are facing a number of pressures, they are also paying more and more attention to mental health. Comfort objects are influential in bringing emotional securities. However, misunderstandings about comfort …Read more
Burke V M. (1959) ‘Why Not Try Collage?’, Collage Composition and Communication, 10(4):231-234, doi: 10.2307/355097.
McBride P C. (2016) ‘Weimar-Era Montage: Perception, Expression, Storytelling’, The Chatter of the Visible: Montage and Narrative in Weimar Germany, University of Michigan Press, United States.
O’Shaughnessy R, Berry K, Dallos R and Bateson K (2023) Attachment Theory: The Basics, Oxford: Routledge, doi:10.4324/9780203703878.
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By: Ding Ning -
Year: 2025
- Keywords:
- Comfort objects
- Storytelling
- Materiality
- Emotional connections
- Mental health
Service design for Sport Socialization Among Young Adults (18-28)
This study investigated how service design methodologies can be used to increase the engagement of young adults aged 18-28 in social sport and activities in university settings. Based on primary research, such as interviews, journey mapping, and …Read more
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Dalen, H.B. and Seippel, Ø. (2021). Friends in Sports: Social Networks in Leisure, School and Social Media. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, [online] 18(12), p.6197. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126197.
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Doroftei, D., Cubber, G.D., Wagemans, R., Matos, A., Silva, E., Lobo, V., Cardoso, G., Chintamani, K., Govindaraj, S., Gancet, J. and Serrano, D. (2017). User-Centered Design. Search and Rescue Robotics - from Theory to Practice. [online] doi:https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.69483.
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Egor Ulitin (2024). SPORT AS a TOOL OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION: ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL COOPERATION THROUGH SPORTS INITIATIVES. Moskovskij Èkonomičeskij Žurnal, pp.1007–1019. doi:https://doi.org/10.55186/2413046x_2024_9_2_128.
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By: Gu Zhixuan -
Year: 2024
- Keywords:
- Sport Socialization
- Young Adults
- Mobile Application
- Community Engagement
- Service Design
The Neurodiverse Connections Design Research Toolkit
Design as a social science promotes inclusivity and the value of universal accessibility, yet disappointingly practitioners often exclude diverse populations in design research and development. Our creations so often reject these users, who are …Read more
1. Holmes, K., 2018. Mismatch. Boston: MIT Press
2. Gaudion, K., Hall, A., Myerson, J. and Pellicano, L. 2015,
A designer’s approach: how can autistic adults with
learning disabilities be involved in the design process?.
CoDesign, 11(1), pp.49-69.3. Dong, H., McGinley, C., Nickpour, F. and Cifter, A., 2015.
Designing for designers: Insights into the knowledge
users of inclusive design. Applied Ergonomics, 46, pp.284-
291.
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By: Harry Daniel -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- Service Design
- research critique
- neurodiversity
Easy navigation from A to B: designing a user-centred map for Melbourne Public Transport
Melbourne has a large and complex public transport system, including buses, trams, trains and so on. However, these different systems usually have their own operating routes and maps. For the users, it is a huge challenge if they want to switch …Read more
1. Federica, and Alex (2017) The Stories Behind a Line. Retrieved from https://www.storiesbehindaline.com
2. Chizutodesign (2018) The Tokyo Last Train Map is the Perfect Art Print for Night Owls. Retrieved from https://www.spoon-tamago.com/2018/09/14/the-tokyo-last-train-map-is-the-perfect-art-print-for-night-owls/
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By: I-An Chang -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- User Experience
- map design
- Wayfinding
- Melbourne
- public transport
- and mixing transport modes
On Practice
systemic and institutional constraints. Along this journey, this project also explores the sub questions of: How might reflection facilitate a better understanding of practice? How might engagement with community inform practice? Finally, how might …Read more
1. Brinkers, Erwin, Dungen, Danny Van Den, and Stolk, Marieke (2008). Experimental Jetset - Design and Ideology. Retrieved from https://www.experimentaljetset.nl/archive/design-ideology.
2. Owens, Mark. (2006). ‘Graphics Incognito’ in Dot Dot Dot 12, New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
3. Van der Velden, Daniel, ‘Research & Destroy: Graphic Design as Investigation’, Metropolis M, April/May 2006. Reprinted in Blauvelt, Andrew, Ellen Lupton, and Rob Giampietro. Graphic Design: Now in Production. Minneapo-lis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2011, pp. 16–18.
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By: James Ratsasane -
Year: 2018
- Keywords:
- Reflective Practice
- Publication Design
- Manifesto
- User Experience
- Practice-Based Research
Loco Devanagari
While typography incorporates optimising its readability, legibility and graphic balance, it is in enormous part, about its purpose and functionality. In wayfinding design, typography plays a major role by displaying information, and good typography …Read more
1. Dalvi, G., 2008, Anatomy of Devanagari Typefaces, viewed 14 July.
2. Govindaraju, Venu., and Setlur, Srirangaraj., 2010, Guide to OCR for Indic Scripts Document Recognition and Retrieval. 1st Ed. 2010. ed. London: Springer London: Imprint: Springer, Web.
3. Naik, Bapurao S., 1971,– ‘Typography of Devanāgarī, Volume II. Mumbai: Directorate of Languages.
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By: Janhavi Nikharge -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- Type Design
- Devanagari script
- LED Matrix Display
- Wayfinding in India
- Railway Indicator
- Matrix Typeface
- Indic scripts
Zordi Dime? Designing the Mauritius of Tomorrow, in Creole
Language is never neutral. It carries histories of power, marks of identity, and possibilities for belonging. In Mauritius, Mauritian Creole is spoken by more than 90% of the population and is the language through which everyday life is lived; in …Read more
Eisenlohr, P 2011, ‘Creole public spheres: Language, media, and visual culture in Mauritius’, Language & Communication, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 221–231.
Poonoosamy, M 2010, ‘The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in post-colonial Mauritius: reaffirming local identities and knowledges’, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 15–30.
Rajah-Carrim, A 2007, ‘Mauritian Creole and language attitudes in the education system of multiethnic and multilingual Mauritius’, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 51–71.
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By: Jeremie Yeung -
Year: 2025
- Keywords:
- Decolonization
- Mauritian Creole
- Identity and Belonging
- Speculative Design
- Communication Design
How to use service design to achieve a win-win situation for merchants, consumers and the environment?
In this project, I explore ways to achieve a balance between the benefits of supermarket, consumers and the environment through the research questions guiding this investigation: How to use service design to achieve a win-win situation for …Read more
1. Adi, W, Dorith, T & Mark, S 2013, ‘Sustainability as service’, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, vol. 4, pp. 103-114.
2. Akama, Y, Ivanka, T, Duque, M, Sanin, J & Jacob, V 2014, Designing future designers: a propositional framework for teaching sustainability, RMIT Learning and Teaching for Sustainability Fellowship, Melbourne.
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By: Jiayi Zhang -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- Service Design
- Sustainability
Explore Approaches to Evoke Happiness in Photography and Typography
Inspired by documentary photography, I observed and recorded life in detail for a month in this project. Every time I feel emotional fluctuations, I freeze the picture by taking photos with mobile phone and record the moments that make me feel happy …Read more
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Carrión U (2001) The new art of making books.
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Norman D A (2004) Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things, Perseus Books Group.
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Vaughan L & Akama Y (2009) Engaging with ku: From abstraction to meaning through the practice of noticing, in Thomas Daniell, Stanley Russell, Benoit Jacquet (ed.) Proceedings of The Architecture of Phenomenology Conference 2009, Japan, 26-29 June, 2009, pp. 1-16.
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By: Jie Ji -
Year: 2022
- Keywords:
- photography
- typography
- emotion
- publication
A storytelling experience to engage children with environment sustainability
This research investigates nature bonding as a strategy to foster pro-environmental behaviours in children; it ventures to design a storytelling experience for children aged five to eight in Victoria, Australia, to engage them with environmental …Read more
1. Akama, Y, Hagen, P & Whaanga-Schollum, D 2019, ‘Problematizing Replicable Design to Practice Respectful, Reciprocal, and Relational Co-designing with Indigenous People’, Design and Culture: The Journal of the Design Studies Forum, vol.11, no.1, pp.59-84.
2. De Bretteville, SL & Lupton, E 2020, ‘Care and Inclusion’, in L Wood & B Haylock (eds), One and many mirrors: perspectives on graphic design education, Occasional Papers and The Physics Room, pp. 24-31.
3. Kahn, PH & Weiss, T 2017, ‘The Importance of Children Interacting with Big Nature’, Children, Youth and Environments, vol.27, no. 2, pp. 7-24, viewed 14 April 2021, JSTOR.
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By: Josephine Hermanto -
Year: 2021
- Keywords:
- educational design
- human-centred design
- storytelling
Marketing Greater Social Justice
The current research, Marketing for Greater Social Justice explores the most effective approaches for designers to work with social enterprises, in establishing and maintaining strong marketing and brand presence. The practice-based research …Read more
1. Asgari, M 2019, ‘Entrepreneurial Marketing: The Missing Link in Social Enterprise Studies’, Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, vol. 9.1, pp. 1-12. Web.
2. Hume, C & Hume, M 2015, ‘The Critical Role of Internal Marketing in Knowledge Management in Not-for-Profit Organizations’, Journal of Non profit & Public Sector Marketing, vol.1.
3. Powell, M, & Osborne, P 2015, ‘Can marketing contribute to sustainable social enterprise?’
Social Enterprise Journal, vol. 11.
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By: Jožka Horak -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- Critical Design
- social enterprise
- social justice
- branding
- marketing
- design thinking
How to design a feedback mechanism to improve communication between players and developers during early stage of game development.
This project explores how feedback mechanisms can improve communication between players and developers during the early stages of game development. It investigates why communication often fails by identifying issues such as fragmented feedback, …Read more
Archer, GR (2018), A brief overview of The Lean Startup by Eric Ries (2011), SSRN, Accessed 2 November 2025. https://ssrn.com/abstract=3217403
Ries, E (2011), The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, Crown Business, New York.
Faisal,S (2025), How to create a feedback loop: step-by-step guide + best practices, Userpilot, Accessed 2 November 2025. https://userpilot.com/blog/how-to-create-a-feedback-loop/
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By: Kexiang Tan -
Year: 2025
- Keywords:
- Game development
- Feedback mechanisms
- Human-centered design
- Service design
- Lean Startup
Redesigning WeChat for Seniors
This research project investigates how to design apps on smartphones based on user-centred design theory to improve the experiences of seniors. Based on my grandfather's terrible experience with WeChat, a Chinese social network, I investigated …Read more
1. Subramanyam, A., Singh, S. & Raut, N. 2018, "Mobile phone use in the elderly: Boon or bane?", Journal of Geriatric Mental Health, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 81-83.
2. Kammerhofer, D. & Scholz, J. 2020, "An Approach to Decompose and Evaluate a Complex GIS-Application Design to a Simple, Lightweight, User-Centered App-Based Design Using User Experience Evaluation", ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 505.
3. Brhel, M., Meth, H., Maedche, A. & Werder, K. 2015, "Exploring principles of user-centered agile software
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By: Lei Zhang -
Year: 2021
- Keywords:
- seniors
- user-centered design
- empathy
- simplification
Cultural Convergence in Australian Chinese Food through Communication Design
This study explores how communication design can present the integration and dislocation of Melbourne's Chinese food culture in a cross-cultural context. The research analyzes the changes in visual forms such as menus, signs, naming methods and …Read more
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Candy, L, & Edmonds, E, 2018. Practice-Based Research in the Creative Arts: Foundations and Futures from the Front Line. Leonardo 51(1), pp 63-69. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/686137
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Kok Cheow Y (2017) ‘The Golden Dragon Wok: A Visual Survey of the Evocative Essence of Chinese Restaurant Signage Designs in an American Chinatown’. The International Journal of Visual Design, 11(2):1-17, DOI:10.18848/2325-1581/CGP/v11i02/1-17
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McNiff, J. & Whitehead, J., 2011. All you need to know about action research. Sage Publications.
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By: Li Yuxuan -
Year: 2025
- Keywords:
- Visual misalignment
- Publication design
- Chinese food culture
- Cross-cultural communication
- Identity construction
Chinese symbols in Australia
This practice-based research has focused on the Chinese symbols in Australia. It was the first attempt to explore and reveal Asian historical and cultural symbols in non-Asian countries. It started with the inquiry to the use of Chinese symbols in …Read more
1. Burks, A, 1958, The Collected Papers. Volumes 7 & 8. Ed. Cambridge M.A.: Harvard University Press.
2. Arvatu, A, 2011, “Spectres of Freud: The Figure of the Archive in Derrida and Foucault”, Mosaic: a journal for the interdisciplinary study of literature.
3. Geertz, C, 1985, Local Knowledge: Further Essays In Interpretive
Anthropology, Basic Books; 3rd ed. edition
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By: Longwen Wei -
Year: 2021
- Keywords:
- Communication design
- book design
- symbols
- local knowledge
- chinese culture
Second Life: Vietnamese Pickling as Preservation
Aesthetic standards and cosmetic specifications enforced within the food supply chain are a significant cause of overall food waste. It does not only affect the moment we purchase food in the supermarket but also affects us making decisions at home. …Read more
Watson M and Meah A (2012) 'Food, Waste and Safety: Negotiating Conflicting Social Anxieties into the Practices of Domestic Provisioning', The Sociological Review, 60(2_suppl):102-120, doi:10.1111/1467-954X.12040.
Watson M and Meah A (2012) 'Food, Waste and Safety: Negotiating Conflicting Social Anxieties into the Practices of Domestic Provisioning', The Sociological Review, 60(2_suppl):102-120, doi:10.1111/1467-954X.12040.
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By: Mai Truc Quynh Nguyen -
Year: 2025
- Keywords:
- Food Waste
- Vietnamese Pickling
- Communication Design
- Cultural Practices
- Visual Storytelling
Challenging Women’s Beauty Standards in Media Through Type Design
Various cultures have different definitions of beauty. However, due to mass media having an outsized role in conveying cultural norms about what is deemed beautiful, the distinct representation of beauty in many cultures may have been muddled. …Read more
1. Givhan, R & Morales, H 2020, The idea of beauty is always shifting. Today, it’s more inclusive than ever., National Geographic, viewed 17 September 2021, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/beauty-today-celebrates-all-social-media-plays-a-role-feature.
2. Grogan, S 2016, Body Image : Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women and Children, 3rd edn, Taylor & Francis Group, Melbourne, Australia.
3. Soulellis, P 2021, What is queer typography?, Soulellis, viewed 21 October 2021, https://soulellis.com/writing/tdc2021/.
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By: Marleena Tedja -
Year: 2021
- Keywords:
- human-centred design
- beauty standards
- women
- media
- experimental
Speculating on Plausible Manipulation of Personal Data Experience trailer, Ali 2029
This project is undertaking the Speculative Design methodology to investigate how personal data may be manipulated in the future. Data is a powerful tool for narrating stories and predicting the future. Since personal data on Facebook has been …Read more
1. Auger, J 2013, Speculative Design: Crafting the Speculation, Digital Creativity, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 11-35.
2. Dunne, A & Raby, F 2013, Speculative Everything : Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming, The MIT Press, Cambridge, US.
3. Foucault, M 1980, Language, counter-memory, practice: Selected essays and interviews, Cornell University Press, New York, US.
4. Greengard, S 2018, Weighing the impact of GDPR Greengard¡, Samuel Communications of the ACM, vol.61, pp.16-18.
5. Karlberg M, 2005, The Power of Discrouse and The Discrouse of Power: Pursuing Peace through Discourse Intervention¡¯, International Journal of Peace Studies, vol.10, no.1, pp.1-25.
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By: Melena Juzheng Wang -
Year: 2019
- Keywords:
- Personal Data
- Speculative Design
- Experience Trailer
- User Experience.
How can service design make students/newcomers visit more often in the traditional food market? (Queen Victoria Market)
In great aspects, the traditional market is the epitome of a country (Putra & Rudito 2015). Due to urbanization, the structural changes of society lead to the increasing negligence of the social fabric, which has accumulated over the years (Kim, …Read more
1. Akama, Y, Cooper, R, Vaughan, L, Viller, S, Simpson, M, & Yuille, J 2007, ‘Show and tell: Accessing and communicating implicit knowledge through artefacts’, The Interaction of Practice and Theory, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 172-181
2. Barlow, Mike, Lévy‐Bencheton & Cornelia 2018, Human‐Centered Design. In Smart Cities, Smart Future, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, USA
3. Blomkvist, J & Holmlid, S 2011b, ‘Prototype Evaluation in Service Design: A Case Study at an Emergency Ward. In N. M. Roozenburg’, LL Chen & PJ Stappers (eds), Proceedings of IASDR2011, the 4th World Conference on Design Research, Delft, the Netherlands, pp. 11.
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By: Nicholas Shu -
Year: 2019
- Keywords:
- traditional market
- service design
- shopping behaviour
- ethnography
- human centred design
Daily News: A digital Platform for Local Journalism
With the rapid development of information technology and the integration of media industry and Internet technology, the speed of news and information dissemination is getting faster and faster, and the scope of dissemination is getting wider and …Read more
1. PBS NEWS HOUR (2020) Local newsrooms across the country are closing. Here’s why that matters, Mather website, accessed 10 October 2022. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/local-newsrooms-across-the-country-are-closing-heres-why-that-matters
2. Lionel Barber (2022) Digital transformation in media: why digital content is enhancing print content | FT services for organisations, Financial Times website, accessed 18 October 2022. https://enterprise.ft.com/en-gb/blog/digital-transformation-media-why-digital-content-enhancing-print-content/
3. Bertin Martens, Luis Aguiar, Estrella Gomez-Herrera & Frank Mueller-Langer (European Commission) (2018) The digital transformation of news media and the rise of disinformation and fake news, Europawebsite, accessed 13 October 2022. https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/communities/sites/jrccties/files/dewp_201802_digital_transformation_of_news_media_and_the_rise_of_fake_news_final_180418.pdf
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By: Ningzehui Han -
Year: 2022
- Keywords:
- application
- service design
A study of Japanese influenced packaging design for Thai products
Over the past decade until now, Japanese design has been playing a significant impact on Japanese packaging design industry, and it has become more and more a substantial trend in nowadays. Good packaging is an essential part of any product. …Read more
1. Chung, WJ & Shin, CS 2016, ‘Japanese Packaging Design: An Approach Through Ideogram Language’, Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design, vol. 483, pp. 447-456.
2. Smith, P & Taylor, J 2004, ‘An integrated approach’, Marketing Communications, vol. 4, pp.
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By: Pandada Vanichpanya -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- Packaging
- Japanese design
The Science Behind Design
The Science Behind Design is a practice-lead project based on visual communication within healthcare. An illustrated story was design and written based on the ‘Human Allergic Response’ as an example of a communicative effort between …Read more
1. Graham, S & Brookey, J 2008, ‘Do Patients Understand?’, Permanente Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 67-69.
2. Houts, P, Doak, C, Doak, L & Loscalzo, M 2006, ‘The role of pictures in improving health communication: A review of research on attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence.’, Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 173-190.
3. Paulovich, B 2012, ‘Designing for Health Education: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Visual Communication’, viewed 19 August 2020, ResearchGate database.
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By: Pettigrew, Alexandra -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- visual communication
- allergic response
- health literacy
- storytelling
Rebellious Asian Kid(t): Humour as compassion and resistance in Asian Families
Rebellious Asian Kid(t) is a practice-based research project exploring how humour can challenge hierarchy and foster safe spaces for dialogue within Asian families. Grounded in the cultural context of filial piety, saving face, and emotional …Read more
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Bedford O and Yeh KH (2019) 'The History and the Future of the Psychology of Filial Piety: Chinese Norms to Contextualized Personality Construct', Frontiers in Psychology, vol 10, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00100.
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Briciu B, Michel S and Chavez R (2024) Safe Space for Dialogue—A Practice for Connected Consciousness and Compassion, Research Gate, accessed 20 September 2025. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382156804_Safe_Space_for_Dialogue_A_Practice_for_Connected_Consciousness_and_Compassion
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Martin RA (2007) The Psychology of Humor: An Integrative Approach, Elsevier Academic Press, Burlington.
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By: Rosie Yip -
Year: 2025
- Keywords:
- Humour in Communication Design
- Asian Family Hierarchy
- Filial Piety
- Safe Space for Dialogue
- Speculative Design
Designing a national branding for Malaysia
National branding is always a challenging task especially when designing a simple logo that communicates about a country’s identity and sending the message to the world to see. It is the primary focus on the research. It is to create a design …Read more
1. Olins, W, 2014, ‘Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come’, Chapter 7 National Prosperity and Nation Branding, pp 132-153; Thames & Hudson, original published in 2014.
2. Donnie, K, 2008, ‘Nation Branding: Concepts, Issues, Practice’, Chapter 1: The Relevance, scope and evolution of nation branding, pp 13-30; Butterworth-Heinemann original published in 2008.
3. Jordan, P, 2014, ‘Nation Branding: A Tool for Nationalism’, Journal of Baltic Studies, original published 2014.
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By: Rubinden Kumar -
Year: 2018
- Keywords:
- identity design
- national branding
- branding
- malaysia
How can communication design use print as a medium to resist algorithmic colonisation in contemporary reading systems
Off-Piste explores how publication design can create alternative reading systems that resist algorithmic optimisation. The project responds to the loss of deep, independent reading in a culture shaped by recommendation engines and data-driven …Read more
Birhane A (2020) ‘Algorithmic Colonization of Africa’, SCRIPT-Ed, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 389–409, https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.170220.389.
Drucker J (2014) Graphesis: Visual Forms of Knowledge Production, Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
Tweedie-Cullen L (2025) ‘Publishing in the Platform Age: Between Presence and Disappearance’, RMIT Design Archives Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 44–51.
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By: Shen Elki -
Year: 2025
- Keywords:
- Algorithmic colonisation
- Publication design
- Reader agency
- Interdependent publishing
- Resistance strategy
Co-Design for Community Create Public Policy
Amplifying the voices of citizens in the community is a priority for both public and community-based organisations, however, encouraging those who aren’t active and regular voices within those public realms is one of the larger shared …Read more
1. Better Reykjavik 2009, Better Reykjavik, The City of Reykjavik, Citizens, viewed 3 September 2020, https://betrireykjavik.is/domain/1.
2. Centre for Public Impact 2018, Enablement: how governments can achieve more by letting go, viewed 1 September 2020, https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/the-enabling-state-how-governments-can-achieve-more-by-letting-go/.
3. OECD 2019, Embracing Innovation in Government: Global Trends 2019, viewed 3 October 2020, https://www.oecd.org/gov/innovative-government/embracing-innovation-in-government.pdf.
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By: Simon Scougall -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- co-design
- Service Design
- participatory design
- human-centered design
Stakito: Multi-sensorial game-based learning for Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a neurobiological disorder that can strike anyone at any age but is most commonly diagnosed at early ages of childhood. There are several interventions available in various fields but one of the most common interventions through design …Read more
1. Vasalou, A, Khaled, R, Holmes, W, & Gooch, D 2017, Digital games-based learning for children with dyslexia: A social constructivist perspective on engagement and learning during group game-play, Computers & Education, Vol. 114, pp. 175–192.
2. Ritchey, Kristen D, Goeke, Jennifer L 2011, Orton-Gillingham and Orton-Gillingham Based Reading Instruction: A Review of the Literature, The Journal of special education, Vol. 40(3), p. 171-183.
3. Egenfeldt-Nielsen, S 2007, Third Generation Educational Use of ComputerGames, Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 16(3)
4. Kalmpourtzis, G 2018, Educational game design fundamentals: A journey to creating intrinsically motivating learning experiences, Chapman and Hall, CRC
5. Holmes, W 2011, Using game‐based learning to support struggling readers at home, Learning, Media and Technology, 36(1)
6. Mayer, R. E 2011, Multimedia learning and games, Computer games and instruction, Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC, pp. 281–305
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By: Sumit Saha -
Year: 2021
- Keywords:
- dyslexia
- service design
- game-based learning
- accessibility Design
Up? Down? Left? Right? - Experiencing Vietnamese diacritics in the type design process
Designers and typographers nowadays have more options to choose typefaces in their design compared to one-hundred years ago as the typeface design industry is growing fast recently. New font families are released every day from sans-serif to display …Read more
1.Gaultney, V 2002, Problems of diacritic design for Latin script text faces, UK thesis, SIL International Publications, viewed 1 September 2019, https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/9816.
2.Trương, D 2018, Vietnamese Typography, Donny Trương, viewed 23 July 2019, https://vietnamesetypography.com.
3.Microsoft, 2017, Character design standards - Diacritics for Latin 1, Microsoft, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/develop/character-design-standards/diacritics.
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By: Thy Ha -
Year: 2019
- Keywords:
- type design
- typography
- diacritics
- Vietnamese typography
- Vietnamese diacritics
Machine learning assisted design: a design exploration of my generative symbol design practice
Machine learning (ML) is utilized in many fields, but it threatens to replace humans in some occupations where ML is a cheaper alternative. Communication design is one such area. The development of a large body of work over many decades, much of …Read more
1. Fayek, H, Lech M, Cavedon L, 2017, Evaluating Deep Learning Architectures for Speech Emotion Recognition, Neural Networks 92, pp. 60-68
2. Carnahan, B & Dorris, N, 2004, User-Centered Symbol Design through Human-computer Collaboration, Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society, 48th, pp. 808-811
3. Jordan, Mitchell, 2015, Machine learning: Trends, perspectives, and prospects, Science, Artificial Intelligence, p.255
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By: Tianyi Chen -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- machine learning
- symbol design
- generative design
Designing for Healthy Workspaces: Bridging Body Balance and Workplace Wellness Through UI/UX
In an age where desk-based work dominates, musculoskeletal discomfort has become a widespread issue. Inspired by the structure of the spine’s structure—cervical, thoracic, and lumbar—this project reimagines how communication design …Read more
Hernandez-Martinez, J.; Cid-Calfucura, I.; Herrera-Valenzuela, T.; Fritz-Silva, N.; Mello, J.B.; Perez-Carcamo, J.; Vásquez-Carrasco, E.; Merellano-Navarro, E.; Branco, B.H.M.; Valdés-Badilla, P. Xbox Kinect Sports vs. Nintendo Switch Sports and Their Effects on Body Composition and Physical Performance in Older Females: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13, 4987.
Kuru, A. (2016). ‘Exploring Experience of Runners with Sports Tracking Technology’, International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 32(11), pp. 847–860.
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By: Tina Hui -
Year: 2024
- Keywords:
- UI/UX Design
- Mind-body connection
- Musculoskeletal diseases
- Workplace wellness
- Spinal mobility
Sustaining a Lifelong Career in Communication Design for Mid-Career Designers Navigating Industry Shifts
Communication design is evolving at an unprecedented pace. New tools, trends, and expectations emerge rapidly, sometimes monthly. For mid-career designers like me, this raises a critical question: how can we sustain relevance and career longevity …Read more
Frost, V. 2014. Design Your Life. Austria: Penguin Random House.
Victoria's creative economy. 2025. Australian Bureau of Statistics, National Institute of Economic and Industry Research, Creative Victoria, Creative Victoria Website, accessed in 29th March, 2025 https://creative.vic.gov.au/resources/data-insights/victorias-creative-economy
Hekkert, P., & Dijk, M. van. 2011. Vision in design: a guidebook for innovators. BIS Publishers.
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By: Travis Ma -
Year: 2025
- Keywords:
- Practice-Based Research
- Publication Design
- Career Sustainability
- Designer Interviews
- Communication Design
Localising the UN Sustainable Development Goals through Tabletop Gaming
This research explores how we might promote localized engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Melbourne through communication design and tabletop game design. It builds on existing university work that I have done, responding to …Read more
Schön, Donald A. (1983). The reflective practitioner: how professionals think in action. New York: Basic Books. ISBN. OCLC 8709452.
Stegmaier, J 2020, ‘10 Steps to Design a Tabletop Game (2020 version)’, YouTube, views 20 April, https://youtu.be/VgEt7PysQgc?si=m7oKU_LKcQVW2rgG
Greater Melbourne City Portrait, 2024, viewed 15 April, https://doughnut.regen.melbourne/
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By: Wei Wang -
Year: 2024
- Keywords:
- Community Engagement
- Sustainable Development
- Localized Design
- Tabletop Game Design
- Communication Design
Present and future:Explore future lifestyles through speculative design
This research project is intended to provide preliminary support for the exploration of future links between speculative design and modern lifestyle. In contemporary cities, the fast pace of life and the rapid elimination of materials make people …Read more
1. Hausen, JE 2019, Minimalist life orientations as a dialogical tool for happiness, British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 47:2, 168-179, DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2018.1523364
2.Viswanathan, L & George, V 2018, Greening of business: A step towards sustainability. Journal of Public Affairs, 18(2), e1705–n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1705.
3.Wright, C. 2010, Minimalism explained [Blog post]. Retrieved from
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By: Xiaolu Zhang -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- Speculative Design
- minimalism
- future lifestyle
- consumerism
- experience trailers
How can we create a more homely and playful children’s hospital waiting room environment?
Healthcare waiting experiences may cause trauma for children (SilavUtkan 2012, p.112; Lerwick 2016, p.143). Lerwick (2016, p.143) states that in the healthcare waiting room, children will feel anxious to a certain extent, and these experiences will …Read more
1. Engvall, G, Lindh, V, Mullaney, T, Nyholom, T, Lindh, J & Angstrom-Brannstrom, C 2018, ‘Children’s experiences and responses towards an intervention for psychological preparation for radiotherapy’, Radiation Oncology, vol. 13, no.9, viewed 9 September 2020, Springer Nature database.
2. Buxton, B 2010, Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design. 1st ed. San Francisco, Calif: Morgan Kaufmann.
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By: Xiaoyu Zhang -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- Service Design
- Children
- Healthcare waiting room
- homely and playful
Indigenous seasons interpretation with the comparison between different culture background
Cross-culture design is worth to be explored for designers and audiences. Designers face the challenge to understand and interpret the different cultural ideas and audiences choose to receive and accept the implication designers convey. Difficulties …Read more
1.Ezio, M, 2015, Design in the transition phase: a new design culture for the emerging design<http://ezproxy.its.rmit.edu.au/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2034 184809?accountid=13552>
2.Julier, G, 2015, From Design Culture to Design Activismhttps://doi.org/10.2752/175470813X13638640370814
3.Leong, BD, Clark, H, 2003, Culture-Based Knowledge Towards New Design Thinking and Practice—A Dialogue Benny Ding Leong in conversation with Hazel Clark< https://www-mitpressjournals-org.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/doi/pdf/10.1162%2F074793603768290838>
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By: Xingyu Liu -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- Communication Design
- Cross-culture
- indigenous season
- calendar
- graphic design
- illustration
Retail Experience Design for Consumption in Our New Era
In recent years, consumers are demanding more and more from the 'home' in their homes. These consumers are also looking forward to life and organising and decorating their 'homes'. This project is a comprehensive, in-depth and …Read more
1.Knee, C 2002, 'Learning from experience: five challenges for retailers', International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, vol. 30, no. 11
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Pine, J & Gilmore, J 1998, Welcome to the Experience Economy, Harvard Business Review.
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Pullman, ME & Gross, MA 2004, 'Ability of Experience Design Elements to Elicit Emotions and Loyalty Behaviors', Decision Sciences, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 551-578.
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By: Xinwei Du -
Year: 2022
- Keywords:
- pastel
- warm
- wood
- modern
- comfortable
When music meets Design: Integration of design and music as a creative artistic interactive tool to help people alleviate negative emotions
Today, more and more people are experiencing anxiety and depression for a variety of reasons. These issues do not just refer to major psychological or mental illnesses but are negative emotions that most people will encounter and need to address in …Read more
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By: Xu Luyang -
Year: 2024
- Keywords:
- Music and emotions
- Design integration
- Emotional enhancement
- Negative emotions
- Communication design
Pop-up Book for Kids
Nowadays, with the rapid development of digital media, people are harassed by endless information every day. I am thinking that perhaps the most important thing in this era is not how to get more information, but how to read the information better. …Read more
1. Wulandari, N 2020, ‘Development of Pop-Up Book Media Based on Balanced Literacy Approach to Improve Skills of Reading Class 1 Students Basic School’, International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding, vol. 7, pp.619-627.
2. Vate-U-Lan, P 2011, ‘Augmented Reality 3D pop-up children book: Instructional design for hybrid learning’, ICELIE, November 2011, pp. 95-100.
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By: Yan Liu -
Year: 2020
- Keywords:
- Publication Design
- paper engineering
- children
- Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Towards healthy sleep: Exploring persuasion theory in User Interface design
The development of the Internet and technology has changed people's work and life, and people's work efficiency has been improved, while sleep disturbance has become increasingly prominent. Affected by electronic products, young people are …Read more
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By: Yu Liu -
Year: 2022
- Keywords:
- User experience design
- User interface design
- application design
- insomnia
Caring beyond human: Fostering compassion through communication design in children's picture books on animal rights.
The goal of this research project is to find out whether children's picture books foster compassion towards animals and raise awareness of animal rights. Animals face many threats in today's society, and the lack of attention to animal …Read more
Regan, T. (2010). ‘The case for animal rights.’ University of California Press.
Fortenbaugh, W. (2006). ‘Animal rights: What everyone needs to know.’ Oxford University Press.
Marino, L. (2020). Mental health issues in captive cetaceans. In ‘Mental health and well-being in animals.’
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By: Yvette Li -
Year: 2024
- Keywords:
- Animal Rights
- Illustration
- Empathy
- Children's Literature
- Storytelling
Histories in Comics
'Histories in comics' was a research aiming to investigate the relationship between comic design and primary school students' history education. History usually was regarded as a complex subject for young students. Previous research …Read more
1. Eiser, W 1985, COMICS & SEQUENTIAL ART, POORHOUSE PRESS, U.S.A.
2. McCloud, S 1993, Understanding Comics : the Invisible Art, Northampton, MA: Tundra Pub.
3. Zagkotas, V 2019, 'Are comic books appropriate for teaching History? Three suggestions for Greek Primary Education', Education 3-13, Vol. 47, no. 3, pp.358-365.
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By: Zhen Xiong -
Year: 2021
- Keywords:
- comics
- history
- children's education
- Illustration
Incorporating Empathy in the Design of a Vegetarian Restaurant
This research project aims to focus on the connection between the approach to designing a vegetarian restaurant and the process of integrating designers to empathise with customers, exploring all the empathy designers need to have when designing a …Read more
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Bonacho, R, de, SAP, Viegas, C, Martins, JP, Pires, MJ, & Estêvão, SV (eds) 2018, Experiencing Food, Designing Dialogues : Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Food Design and Food Studies (EFOOD 2017), Lisbon, Portugal, October 19-21 2017, Taylor & Francis Group, Milton.
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By: Zihan Gu -
Year: 2022
- Keywords:
- vegetarian restaurant
- empathy
- customer experience
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