Makushla Harper

Todd Ward, 2021

Joandita Centika, 2018

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joandita/

My design semantics is the combination of the playful and the minimalist. I hope to bring the element of surprise with my work. I am confident at finding links and making connections of narratives, cultures, and user behaviours. At the end of the day, I aspire to practice design as a living with the spirit of childhood retained to fuel my enthusiasm. 

Ryan Tilly, 2018

Young Social Pioneer 2018 || Design Engineer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanktilley/

I am a young designer and engineer using my craft to create and develop innovative products and hardware in the space of assistive technology. I am driven by wanting to make an impact on the lives of individuals who are less mobile - those that are experiencing disability or the effects of age.

Sherry de Leon, 2018

Olivia Pranic, 2022

Shashank Rathore, 2023

Arnav Mane, 2023

Project: Enabling Co-Presence

Renee Ackers, 2018

Co Supervisor: Juliette Anich

This project is a human-centered, participatory design project developed to explore the personal and mental health experiences of Forensicare patients. Embedded within Forensicare and the Thomas Embling hospital, I have designed an intervention that responds to the need for alternative communication rehabilitation for patients.

To support this intervention, I have developed a series of postcards. Which will provide a safe environment and conditions for all to write and express their feelings during their journey of hope. This can establish a beautiful connection which has created a culture shift in the practice of care and safety, by supporting all parties through diverse sensitive stages and circumstances. The postcards humanize dignity, by bringing back an element of normality through message expression. Understanding that nobody is perfect or has crystal clear communication 100% of the time. Time goes on and people misunderstand each other, which is normal. Communication is a working progress and a skill needed to be learned during the recovery of well being.

http://idprojects.rmit.edu.au/project/enabling-co-presence/

@ Forensicare, http://www.forensicare.vic.gov.au/

Employing Culture

Alexander Tatoulis, 2018

Co Supervisor: Juliette Anich

Embedded within Co-Health, I have designed, developed and tested a series of interventions which supports newly arrived displaced people in the capacity building of bi-cultural skills in order to gain meaningful employment.

Newly arrived displaced people experience barriers when gaining employment due to language skills and cultural understanding (Refugee Health Network, 2012). Access to meaningful employment has been identified as a critical barrier to seeking health care services within Australia (Australian Institute of Health and Wealthfare, 2016). My research identified that this could be alleviated by improving employment opportunities for refugee people.

http://idprojects.rmit.edu.au/project/employing-culture/

@ CoHealth, https://www.cohealth.org.au/

Benjamin Tang, 2023

Ash Smith, 2012

Business Director at Popcorn Global

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashsmith/

Lucy Fraser, 2012

Senior Social Innovator at The Australian Centre for Social Innovation 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-fraser-1599b720/

As a trained industrial designer with experience ranging from community co-design to product development and manufacture, I practice an iterative and human-centred approach to design and innovation. 

Charlotte Hannah, 2012

Manager | Experience Design & Strategy at Deloitte Digital 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlottehannah/

Charlotte is an experienced strategist, passionate about bringing the customer to the forefront of organisations, to deliver great experiences and sustainable business value. She focuses on the creation of innovative and actionable strategies, with particular interest in how a design-led approach can lead to greater customer and business outcomes. 

Tank

@ https://architectureau.com/articles/hansgrohe-award-2013/

Charles Skender, 2012

Charles Skender graduated from RMIT’s Industrial Design program in 2012. His work brings together art and technology in innovative and practical ways, while promoting minimal resource use. His design, Tank, is a shower monitor Installed between the showerhead and pipe, to collect information on the consumption habits of individual users. When the shower is in use, Tank displays the volume of water used, average consumption and amount of water saved on an LCD screen. The jury praised Tank for the ease with which it could be retrofitted, its ability to raise awareness of water use and its well resolved construction.

Occhi

Richard Picciani, 2014

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/young-melbourne-designers-products-displayed-20141112-11kfdq.html

Richard Picciani's Ochi provides the personal healthcare market with an app to monitor the retina as the early onset of diseases can be seen through indicators in the eye.