THE UNWRITTEN HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN MODERNISM. Most histories treat modernism in Australia as a phenomenon of ?fine art,? or simply painting. This project will instead reveal modernism's highly public impact across a range of media (design, photography, advertising, architecture and art). This new history will better explain how modernist visual idioms became ubiquitous in everyday contemporary design and our built environment after their initial, often hostile reception. The project will provid ....THE UNWRITTEN HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN MODERNISM. Most histories treat modernism in Australia as a phenomenon of ?fine art,? or simply painting. This project will instead reveal modernism's highly public impact across a range of media (design, photography, advertising, architecture and art). This new history will better explain how modernist visual idioms became ubiquitous in everyday contemporary design and our built environment after their initial, often hostile reception. The project will provide an integrated research analysis of the extensive, but disparate, archives on Australian modernism. It will communicate its research findings through a new scholarly study, a major large-scale travelling public exhibition, a CD, and a website.Read moreRead less
A Design History of Australian HIV/AIDS Public Health Campaigns 1983-2004. This project investigates the differing roles of governments and community organisations as influential factors in the formulation of graphic representations which characterise the prevention campaigns used in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Australia 1983-2004. It explains how graphic representations, functioning as an index of official and public responses to the epidemic, impact on the aesthetic and professional autonomy of t ....A Design History of Australian HIV/AIDS Public Health Campaigns 1983-2004. This project investigates the differing roles of governments and community organisations as influential factors in the formulation of graphic representations which characterise the prevention campaigns used in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Australia 1983-2004. It explains how graphic representations, functioning as an index of official and public responses to the epidemic, impact on the aesthetic and professional autonomy of the designer. Complimenting existing quantitative assessments this study uses a textual-visual analysis and triangulation method to demonstrate the agency of these institutional constraints placed within the broader range of material forms relating to the campaigns including brochures, posters, and videos.Read moreRead less
Fashion, Identity and the City: Making an 'Australian Style' in fashion, Sydney in the 1970s-80s. The Australian Textile Clothing and Footwear industry provides over 48,000 jobs and contributes $2.8 billion to the national economy. Innovation at the 'high end' or 'designer' end of the market is especially important in establishing and maintaining the idea of Australia as an originator of innovative ideas and desirable fashionable style. Insight into how this happens resides within an historical ....Fashion, Identity and the City: Making an 'Australian Style' in fashion, Sydney in the 1970s-80s. The Australian Textile Clothing and Footwear industry provides over 48,000 jobs and contributes $2.8 billion to the national economy. Innovation at the 'high end' or 'designer' end of the market is especially important in establishing and maintaining the idea of Australia as an originator of innovative ideas and desirable fashionable style. Insight into how this happens resides within an historical context and cannot be simply conjured up. The project's findings will enhance our understanding of the conditions leading to Australian design and style innovation, contributing to National Priority Three by creating a better understanding of the conditions conducive to innovation.Read moreRead less