Dr Mark Ian Jones

Dr Mark Ian Jones

Senior Lecturer

PhD (Design History) UNSW;

BArch (Hons 1) UTS

Arts,Design & Architecture
iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema Research

I am an architect and design history scholar in the Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture, School of Art and Design. I am best known for my single authored book, ‘Vicke Lindstrand On the Periphery: Mid-twentieth century Swedish design and the reception of Vicke Lindstrand’, published in the Figura Nova Series by Uppsala University Press in November 2016.

My current research examines transnational design relations between Australia and Scandinavia, and the role of the Australian retail sector in international design diplomacy. I have an extensive track record of outputs based on my research and archival interpretation that has been recognised through a number of grants and awards from local and international organisations that include Estrid Ericson’s Foundation Sweden, The Swedish Institute, Hallenbladska Fund Sweden, King Gustaf VI Adolfs fund for Swedish Culture, Swedish Royal Patriotic Society Grants Fund, Längmanska Fund Sweden, UNSW Art & Design Faculty Publication and Research Grants and the University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts Award for excellence in Post-Graduate Research. Between 2009-2012 I was a Swedish Institute Guest Researcher in the Department of Art History at Uppsala University, Sweden.

I have extensive curriculum and teaching experience across the major design schools in Sydney in the areas of Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Design History and Theory, and Design Practice, at undergraduate and postgraduate level. 

As a chartered architect, I have an extensive industry background as a design practitioner. I am principal of the Sydney based design studio, Jones Architecture, founded in 1995 that specialises in small to medium scale projects, including private houses, public buildings, multi-residential, retail, and interiors. Prior to establishing Jones Architecture, I held senior positions in commercial architectural practices in the UK and Australia. To date, I have completed over AUD $40.0m of built projects. Since my first public commission by Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Sydney for the design of The Palm Grove Centre shop and visitor centre, completed in 2000, I has completed a further 26 built projects. My practice continues to work with both public and private clients on a number of small, medium and large scale projects in Sydney and my projects have been published internationally.

Location
UNSW Art & Design Paddington Campus
  • Books | 2016
    Jones MI, 2016, Vicke Lindstrand, On the Periphery: Mid-twentieth Century Swedish Design and the Reception of Vicke Lindstrand, Acta Universitatis Uppsalienis, Uppsala Sweden, http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:1037369&dswid=6455
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    Jones M, 2023, 'MARK IAN JONES', in Cahill L (ed.), Design Isolate: The Pandemic Through a Creative Lens, Australian Design Centre, Sydney, pp. 154 - 169, https://shop.australiandesigncentre.com/products/book-design-isolate-the-pandemic-through-a-creative-lens
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Jones MI, 2023, 'Nordic Design Down Under. Swedish Modern and Scandinavian design in Australia', in Kallestrup S; Ashby C (ed.), Nordic Design in Translation: The Circulation of Objects, Ideas and Practices, Peter Lang, Oxford, Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, New York, pp. 211 - 238, https://www.peterlang.com/document/1307782#document-details-anchor
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Jones MI, 2018, 'Beyond the Capstone: Design, Global Issues and Grand Challenges', in Rourke A; Rees V; Forsyth G (ed.), Beyond Graduate Attributes: Embedding Work Integrated Learning into undergraduate degrees, Common Ground, Champaign, Illinois, USA, pp. 55 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/978-1-86335-120-1/CGP
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Jones MI, 2015, 'Vicke Lindstrand, the Transitionary Professional: A Case Study', in Rourke A; Rees V (ed.), Moving from novice to expert on the road to expertise : developing expertise in the visual domain, Common Ground, Champaign, Illinois, USA, pp. 224 - 271
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Jones MI, 2009, 'The Agency of Networks. The (in)visible consequences of Scandinavian Design', in Hackney F; Glynne J; Minton V (ed.), Networks of Design: Proceedings of the 2008 Annual International Conference of the Design History Society (UK) University College Falmouth, 3-6 September, Universal-Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida USA - 2009, pp. 443 - 448, http://www.universal-publishers.com/book.php?method=ISBN&book=1599429063
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Jones MI, 2023, 'A Fleeting Glimpse? ‘Sweden’s Shop Window in Sydney’ - the Sweden at David Jones’ Exposition of 1954', Fabrications: the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2023.2282294
    Journal articles | 2023
    Jones MI, 2023, 'Book Review: Nordic Design Cultures in Transformation, 1960–1980: Revolt and Resilience', Scandinavian Studies, 95, pp. 414 - 418
    Journal articles | 2023
    Jones MI, 2023, 'Nordic Design Cultures in Transformation, 1960-1980: Revolt and Resilience. Ed. Kjetil Fallan, Christina Zetterlund, and Anders V. Munch. New York: Routledge. 2022. Pp. 298. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003309321', Scandinavian Studies, 95, pp. 414 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/21638195.95.3.06
    Journal articles | 2015
    Jones MI, 2015, 'The visibility of divergence: Vicke Lindstrand – Swedishness, Scandinavianness and the “other”', Konsthistorisk tidskrift/Journal of Art History, 85, pp. 208 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00233609.2015.1074280
    Journal articles | 2005
    Bramley D; Riddell T; Whittaker R; Corbett T; Lin R-B; Wills M; Jones M; Rodgers A, 2005, 'Smoking cessation using mobile phone text messaging is as effective in Maori as non-Maori', NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 118, pp. 74 - 83, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000421138800009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
  • Conference Presentations | 2023
    Jones MI, 2023, 'A Tale of Two Chairs - Swedish design Narratives in the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Collection', presented at Powerhouse Research Symposium, 07 November 2023 - 07 November 2023, https://powerhouse.com.au/program/powerhouse-research-symposium
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Jones MI, 2023, '“Chic, poised and intelligent.” Marisa Martelli and the 1955 Australian exposition Italy at David Jones’.', presented at VI International Conference of the Italian Association of Design Historians (AIS/Design) At the Roots of Expanded Design. What Futures for Design History? VI convegno AIS/Design, 2023, Politecnico Milano, 24 November 2023 - 25 November 2023, https://www.aisdesign.org/v2/verso-il-vi-convegno-ais-design/
    Conference Abstracts | 2023
    Mills E; Cassidy C; Watson KT; Jones MI; Goddard S; Vickers C, 2023, 'Leveraging innovation using MSTeams in mixed modal learning spaces to develop an equitable and engaged scalable cross-disciplinary teaching model', in HERDSA 2023 Annual Conference Onsite Oral Abstract Book, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, pp. 138 - 138, presented at Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Annual Conference, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 04 July 2023 - 07 July 2023, https://conference.herdsa.org.au/2023/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/HERDSA-2023-Onsite-program-abstract-book-2.pdf
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Jones MI; Jezowska K; Miller S; Strecker J, 2022, 'A case study of History Writing, Collaboration and Cultural Heritage: The role of David Jones’ in transforming design and culture in mid-century Australia', presented at 40th Australian Historical Association (AHA) Conference, Deakin University, 27 June 2022 - 01 July 2022, https://web-eur.cvent.com/event/510e58dd-b292-4701-b90f-ea8e3756162c/summary
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Jones MI, 2022, 'A Design Historian’s reflection on the Architect as collector or An Architect’s reflection on the Design Historian as collector', Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, the University of Copenhagen, presented at NORDIK 2022: COLLECTIONS, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, the University of Copenhagen, 25 October 2022 - 27 October 2022, https://nordikassociation.com/conference-2022/
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Jones MI, 2022, 'A Fleeting Glimpse? Sweden’s Shop Window in Sydney, 1954', presented at Design & Transience Design History Society Annual Conference 2022, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey, 08 September 2022 - 10 September 2022, https://www.designandtransience.com/
    Designs / Architecture | 2021
    Jones MI, 2021, Lewisham House, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Designs / Architecture | 2020
    Jones MI, 2020, Balmain East House, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2020
    Jones MI, 2020, Design Isolate Journal 2020, Design Isolate, Australian Design Centre, 26 November 2020 - 21 January 2021, at: https://australiandesigncentre.com/object-digital/design-isolate/mark-ian-jones/
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Jones MI, 2018, 'Nordic Myths Down Under. The Australian Design in Scandinavia exhibition of 1968', presented at [no title] — NORDIK XII Copenhagen 2018, University of Copenhagen Denmark, 25 October 2018 - 27 October 2018, https://nordikxii.dk/images/NORDIK_XII_-_Full_programme_2018.10.15_3.pdf
    Conference Abstracts | 2018
    Jones MI, 2018, 'Nordic Myths Down Under: The Australian Design In Scandinavia Exhibition of 1968', in [no title] NORDIK XII Copenhagen 2018, University of Copenhagen, presented at NORDIK XII Copenhagen - The Nordic Association for Art Historians 2019 [no title], University of Copenhagen, 25 October 2018 - 27 October 2018, https://nordikxii.dk/
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Yin L; Jones MI, 2018, 'Effect of Applied Pressure on Densification and Mechanical Properties of Sialon-ZrN Composites Fabricated Through a Reaction Bonding /Gas Pressure Sintering Process', in 2018 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES IN MANUFACTURING AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING (ATMME 2018), IOP PUBLISHING LTD, PEOPLES R CHINA, Harbin Inst Technol, Harbin, presented at 2nd International Conference on Advanced Technologies in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ATMME), PEOPLES R CHINA, Harbin Inst Technol, Harbin, 04 May 2018 - 06 May 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/389/1/012021
    Creative Written Works | 2017
    Jones MI; Jones MI, 2017, Vicke Lindstrand Pop-up @ MAAS
    Designs / Architecture | 2017
    Jones MI, 2017, Camperdown House, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Curatorial Outputs | 2017
    Jones MI, 2017, Vicke Lindstrand Pop-up @ MAAS, exhibited at: Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia, 11 May 2017 - 07 August 2017, http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/new-book-celebrates-vicke-lindstrands-art
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2016
    Jones MI; Holmér G, 2016, Mark Ian Jones om sitt arbete och Vicke Lindstrand, Öppna Kanalen Växjö, Växjö, Sweden, Video, Published: 02 December 2016, Duration: 00:03:14, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQNIslO3kOs
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Jones MI; Jones MI, 2016, 'Vicke Lindstrand On the Periphery', presented at Glaslördag på Sveriges glasmuseum (Glass Saturday at the Swedish Glass Museum), Kulturparken, Växjö, Sweden, 19 November 2016 - 19 November 2016, http://www.glasakademin.se/kalender/lordag-1911-glaslordag-pa-sveriges-glasmuseum/
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Jones MI, 2016, 'Väldigt mycket Vicke', presented at Glaslördag på Sveriges glasmuseum (Glass Saturday at the Swedish Glass Museum), Växjö, Sweden, 19 November 2016 - 19 November 2016, http://www.glasakademin.se/kalender/lordag-1911-glaslordag-pa-sveriges-glasmuseum/
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2016
    Jones MI, 2016, Vicke Lindstrand - I Utkanten, Öppna Kanalen Växjö, Växjo, Sweden, Video, Published: 03 December 2016, Duration: 00:45:00, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, http://okv.se/play/oppna-kanalen-vaxjo/vicke-lindstrand-i-utkanten
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2016
    Williams M; Jones MI, 2016, In celebration of Vicke Lindstrand and Swedish design, ABC Australia, Melbourne, Published: 05 November 2016, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/blueprintforliving/in-celebration-of-vicke-lindstrand-and-swedish-design/7987420
    Designs / Architecture | 2015
    Jones MI, 2015, Annandale House, Annandale NSW, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Designs / Architecture | 2015
    Jones MI, 2015, Glebe House, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Designs / Architecture | 2015
    Jones MI, 2015, Lewisham House 2015, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Conference Abstracts | 2015
    Jones MI, 2015, 'The power of periphery. Mapping nodes, networks and narratives in twentieth-century Sweden and Scandinavian design.', in Nordik 2015 Mapping Unchartered Territories, University of Iceland, University of Iceland, pp. 26 - 26, presented at Nordik 2015 Mapping Uncharted Territories, University of Iceland, 13 May 2015 - 16 May 2015
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Jones MI, 2014, 'Homogenising Discourses. Twentieth century constructions of Swedish and Scandinavian design identity', Yale University, presented at Yale Conference on Baltic and Scandinavian Studies 2014, Yale University, 13 March 2014 - 15 March 2014, https://scandinavianstudy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SASS2014.pdf
    Designs / Architecture | 2013
    Jones MI, 2013, Birchgrove Boathouse, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Designs / Architecture | 2013
    Jones MI, 2013, Birchgrove House, Publication: Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia, publication category: Designs / Architecture, http://www.jonesarchitecture.com.au/housebirchgrovenew1.html
    Designs / Architecture | 2013
    Jones MI, 2013, Lilyfield House, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Creative Written Works | 2013
    Jones MI, 2013, Vicke Lindstrand after Orrefors - in the shadow of streamlined perfection, DESIGN: Vicke Lindstrand, Uppsala Konstmuseum
    Creative Written Works | 2013
    Jones MI, 2013, Vicke Lindstrand and Swedish Modernism, College of Fine Arts, http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/incubate-magazine/
    Designs / Architecture | 2012
    Jones MI, 2012, Balgowlah Heights House, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Designs / Architecture | 2012
    Jones MI, 2012, Bellevue Hill House, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Jones MI, 2012, 'On the Periphery. Vicke Lindstrand Swedishness, Scandinavianness and the Other', Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, presented at Nordic Commitee for Art History, 10th Nordik Conference, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, 24 October 2012 - 27 October 2012, http://nordicarthistory.org/archives/nordik-2012-sessions/cultural-heritage-making-history-for-the-future-i
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2012
    Jones MI, 2012, Vicke Lindstrand, Cross Pollination, COFA Exhibition Space; COFA UNSW Paddington, 05 June 2012 - 08 June 2012, at: http://www.redobjects.unsw.edu.au/system/assets/275/original/Cross-Pollination_Catalogue_web.pdf
    Designs / Architecture | 2011
    Jones MI, 2011, Centennial Park House, publication category: Designs / Architecture, http://www.jonesarchitecture.com.au/housecentennial.html
    Theses / Dissertations | 2011
    Jones MI, 2011, On the periphery. An examination of Mid-Twentieth Century Swedish Design and the reception of Vicke Lindstrand, http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/51882
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Yu C; Cao P; Jones MI, 2011, 'Effect of Contaminants on Sintering of Ti and Ti-6Al-4V alloy Powders in an Argon-Back-Filled Graphite Furnace', in Qian M (ed.), POWDER METALLURGY OF TITANIUM: POWDER PROCESSING, CONSOLIDATION AND METALLURGY OF TITANIUM, TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS LTD, AUSTRALIA, Univ Queensland, Brisbane, pp. 139 - 144, presented at 1st International Conference on Powder Processing, Consolidation and Metallurgy of Titanium, AUSTRALIA, Univ Queensland, Brisbane, 04 December 2011 - 07 December 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.520.139
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Yu C; Cao P; Jones MI, 2011, 'Optimization of Parameters for Pressureless Sintering of Titanium and Ti-6Al-4V Powders by a Taguchi Method', in Zhou L; Chang H; Lu Y; Xu D (eds.), TI-2011: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON TITANIUM, VOL III, SCIENCE PRESS BEIJING, PEOPLES R CHINA, Nonferrous Met Soc China, Beijing, pp. 1719 - 1721, presented at 12th World Conference on Titanium (Ti-2011), PEOPLES R CHINA, Nonferrous Met Soc China, Beijing, 19 June 2011 - 24 June 2011, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000398128800005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Designs / Architecture | 2010
    Jones MI, 2010, Paddington House 2, publication category: Designs / Architecture, http://www.jonesarchitecture.com.au/housepaddington2.html
    Conference Presentations | 2009
    Jones MI, 2009, 'From Orrefors with love? A Swedish Design Family and their influence.', presented at Nordic Forum for Design Studies Symposium, National Museum, Oslo, Norway, 04 June 2009 - 06 June 2009
    Conference Presentations | 2009
    Jones MI, 2009, 'Vicke Lindstrand, artist, entrepreneur and innovator', presented at Fridags Seminarium, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, 27 November 2009 - 27 November 2009, http://www.nationalmuseum.se/sv/Om-samlingarna1/Forskning/Seminarier-och-forelasningar/Tidigare-forelasningar-och-seminarier/Mer-om-Mark-Ian-Jones-forelasnsing/
    Designs / Architecture | 2008
    Jones MI, 2008, Heart of Glass, Publication: Pacific Magazines, Sydney, Australia, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Designs / Architecture | 2008
    Jones MI, 2008, Paddington House #1, publication category: Designs / Architecture, http://www.jonesarchitecture.com.au/housepaddington1.html
    Designs / Architecture | 2008
    Jones MI, 2008, Queens Park House, Publication: The Images Publishing Group, Mulgrave, Victoria, publication category: Designs / Architecture, http://www.jonesarchitecture.com.au/housequeenspark2new.html
    Designs / Architecture | 2007
    Jones MI, 2007, Glass Act, Publication: Pacific Magazines, Sydney, Australia, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Designs / Architecture | 2007
    Jones MI, 2007, Poetic Space, Publication: Raj Nandan, Sydney, Australia, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Designs / Architecture | 2007
    Jones MI, 2007, Seaforth House, publication category: Designs / Architecture, http://www.jonesarchitecture.com.au/houseseaforth.html
    Conference Presentations | 2006
    Jones MI, 2006, 'A blind spot? The perception of the 1950s glass designs of Vicke Lindstrand', presented at Connecting: A Conference on the Multivocality of Design History & Design Studies, International Committee of Design History and Studies ICDHS 5th Conference & Nordic Forum for Design History Symposium, University of Art and Design Helsinki & Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, 23 August 2006 - 25 August 2006
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Jones MI, 2006, 'A blind spot? The perception the 1950s glass designs of Vicke Lindstrand.', in Korvenmaa P; Bellro P (ed.), Connecting: A Conference on the Multivocality of Design History and Design Studies, University of Art and Design Hilsinki, Finland and Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia, pp. 1 - 12, presented at Connecting: A Conference on the Multivocality of Design History and Design Studies, University of Art and Design Hilsinki, Finland and Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia, 23 August 2006 - 25 August 2006
    Conference Presentations | 2006
    Jones MI, 2006, 'Reinventing Tradition. Vicke Lindstrand and the Kosta Dilemma', presented at Design and Evolution, Design History Society Annual Conference, University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 31 August 2006 - 02 September 2006
    Designs / Architecture | 2004
    Longbottom CM; Jones MI; Jacques MD, 2004, Experiments (con)text, Editor: McDonough N, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Designs / Architecture | 2002
    Jones MI, 2002, Mosman Apartment, publication category: Designs / Architecture, http://www.jonesarchitecture.com.au/apartmentmosman.html
    Designs / Architecture | 2001
    Jones MI, 2001, Palm Grove Centre, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Publication: Architecture Review Australia, Melbourne, Australia, publication category: Designs / Architecture, http://www.jonesarchitecture.com.au/botanicgardens.html
    Designs / Architecture | 2000
    Jones MI, 2000, Palm Grove Centre Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, publication category: Designs / Architecture, http://www.jonesarchitecture.com.au/botanicgardens.html
    Designs / Architecture | 1999
    Jones MI, 1999, Modern Heart - Queens Park House, publication category: Designs / Architecture, http://www.jonesarchitecture.com.au/housequeenspark1.html
    Designs / Architecture | 1997
    Jones MI, 1997, Balmain House, publication category: Designs / Architecture, http://www.jonesarchitecture.com.au/housebalmainnew.html

YEAR

AWARD

 2022

UNSW Education Focussed School Grants Program (with Emma Mills, Karin Watson, Chloe Congdon, Carly Vickers and Stephen Goddard) $49,524.00

 2019

UNSW Art & Design Faculty Research Grant

 2018

UNSW Art & Design Faculty Research Grant

 2017

UNSW Art & Design Faculty Research Grant

 2016

UNSW Art & Design Faculty Travel Grant

UNSW Art & Design Faculty Publication Grant

Stiftelsen Längmanska kulturfonden, Stockholm, Sweden, Publication Grant

 2015

Kungl. Patriotiska Sällskapet Understödsfond, Stockholm, Sweden

Stiftelsen Konung Gustaf VI Adolfs fond för svensk kultur, Stockholm, Sweden

 2010

Hallenbladska Fonden Sweden, Research Grant

 2008

University of New South Wales Postgraduate Research Student Support (PRSS)

Swedish Institute Guest Scholarship, 2008 - 2011

 2007

Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse, Research Grant, Sweden

 2006

University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts Research Grant

2022 MAAS Powerhouse Museum Visiting Research Fellow

2022 SSP Leave

2021 UNSW ADA ARC Near Miss Award

2013 SDES Design Research Award for excellence in postgraduate research UNSW College of Fine Arts

My current research activity examines Swedish and Australian design history, and their intersections, transnational design exchange and design diplomacy between 1945 and 1975.

My previous contributions to the field of design history is new knowledge on Swedish design history, design as national identity and the Swedish designer Vicke Lindstrand - disseminated across a monograph, book chapters, journal and catalogue articles, exhibition and public programs in both Sweden and Australia. As a leading figure in Australia in research into post-war Swedish modernism, my research emerges from an extensive design industry practice and focuses on Swedish and Scandinavian design histories developed over the past 15 years. My scholarly monograph is published in the peer-reviewed Figura Nova academic series, dating from 1951. The book is held in numerous international collections including Swedish Royal Library, Powerhouse Museum Research Library, Yale University, Getty Research Institute and Institut national d'histoire de l'art Paris.

Lindstrand is a significant, yet underrepresented figure in twentieth-century Swedish and Scandinavian design histories. My research contributions have revealed the breadth and depth of his work and have repositioned Lindstrand as an important figure in twentieth century Swedish and Scandinavian design history through demonstrating that his work has not been critically examined because of inherent bias. My PhD dissertation and subsequent monograph are the first studies to critically examine his work within the social, cultural and political contexts of his time. The outcomes of this research were disseminated across a series of conference presentations, invited lectures, publications and exhibitions. This large knowledge gap in design history was first addressed in my PhD dissertation (which one Swedish examiner described as an “impressive achievement”) through an interrogation of Lindstrand, his ‘fit’ in official narratives and his peculiar fate. I have been researching Lindstrand since 2005 when I identified an important design innovator whose reception and significance had been compromised. I sought to understand how and why. My authority on Lindstrand’s life and work gained momentum and was recognised through the award of strategic funding from the Swedish Government, Swedish Royal Household and several Swedish philanthropic foundations. My publications are the first scholarly outputs on his life and work.

Re-evaluating Swedish design in Australia 1945-75 

This project aims to investigate Swedish-Australian design-cultural exchange through a new transnational design history of Sweden’s role as an exemplar for Australian design between 1945-75. By making accessible undocumented and at-risk knowledge held in Australian and Swedish archives, this untold history probes the emergence of this relationship at a critical time in the development of modern Australian design. The project expects to generate new knowledge of international design relations in a significant historical re-assessment that locates Australia in the current global re-evaluation of the mid-century period providing increased benefit to Australian-Swedish relations and wider understandings of design and cultural exchange. 

Design diplomacy at David Jones. Nation building through the diffusion of design ideas in post-war Australia

This project aims to investigate the transmission, diffusion and promotion of international design ideas and practises through Australian department store exhibitions between 1950-75. Positioning David Jones’ department store’s sustained program of international expositions, exhibitions, fairs and promotions as a case study, the project expects to advance understandings of the historical role of department stores as agents of change. By examining the impact of these events against nation building exercises and increased migration the project expects to advance important knowledge of their contribution to the broader cultural development of Australia. Expected outcomes include highlighting their ongoing legacy and resonances to today, the vital role of retail in the present and amplifying the social value and impact of Australian design exhibitions.

My Research Supervision

Architectural history

My Teaching

I have taught across the breadth of our Bachelor of Design and Master of Design programs, including studio, practice and theory. 

In 2017, as Deputy Head of School (Design) UNSW Art & Design, I initiated an innovative core of Design History and Theory courses for a new Bachelor of Design program launched in 2019. This involved an international academic recruitment process and overseeing the development of a suite of four courses. I now convene and teach across these core courses. 

Bachelor of Design (Integrated)

DDES1200 Design History and Theory 1: National Design Histories 

DDES1201 Design History and Theory 2: Global Design Debates

DDES2200 Design History and Theory 3: Positions in Design 

DDES3200 Design History and Theory 4: The Making of Design Cultures 

Master of Design

SAHT9143 Design History and Theory