About this Event
As Melbourne’s population grows and urban growth boundaries expand, the question must be asked, how would you like to get around? Will the comfort and convenience of the car be outweighed by the lack of space to park them? Will public transport become a more enticing option with services so frequent and appealing that you just show up and go? Could walking and cycling grow to be more than a footnote on Melbourne’s modeshare statistics with children and adults doing more than a Saturday afternoon stroll or ride? These questions will be debated and possible futures explored by a panel of experts.
This year, Monash Design will extend Monash University’s Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture’s commitment to ‘creativity for purpose’, by examining and demonstrating design’s key role in actioning this ambition. Through a series of workshops, interactive engagements, exhibitions and guest lectures, this series of events will showcase the Australian-made design projects with a strong focus on design futures that demonstrate design’s diverse contribution to the world through responsible, thoughtful, inclusive and accountable approaches to design research and practice. It will draw on the extensive and highly respected research of its core research labs, including the Emerging Technologies Lab (designing quantum futures), XYX Lab (queer film stories); and Mobility Design Lab (accessing our cities through improved public mobility systems). Individual researchers and practitioners will contribute to vital discussions and demonstrations such as: sustainable futures and designing research translations. Both Postgraduate and undergraduate student projects and design methods will also feature.
Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Visit designweek.melbourne to view the full program.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Victorian Pride Centre, 81 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Australia
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