Role of Design – response to APDL Design Online

Christian Duell, manager of the Asia Pacific Design Library posted an article on Design Online about the designer’s role in faciliating change in communities – Bottom Up, Top Down. His comments are important to consider in dealing with the complex challenges ahead. Here is my reflection: Christian’s article Bottom Up, Top Down brings up several important points,… Continue reading Role of Design – response to APDL Design Online

Design Redirected: the goal for a national design policy for Australia?

This article, below, was submitted to the State Library of Queensland, Asia Pacific Design Library’s new online initiative designonline.org.au . The intent is for the online content is to develop knowledge of design throughout the Asia Pacific region. For me, it has a larger capacity to engage designers, policy makers, consumers in conversations about the agency of design in… Continue reading Design Redirected: the goal for a national design policy for Australia?