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Accessible bathroom Seating available Wheelchair accessibleThe event offers a window into how designers and researchers from various design disciplines are engaging with new and emerging artificial intelligence technologies in their creative practices.
With the recent public dissemination of text-to-image, image-to-image, text-to-video and text-to-model technologies among others, designers have been presented with a broad range of novel capacities. Both local and international creative practitioners from a range of design disciplines present and discuss how their engagement with these capacities augments their creativity. The event will also be an opportunity to reflect on the larger considerations of how AI may affect the ways in which we design and create the worlds that we want. While discussions centre on how it is currently used in the creative process and what the future transformations may be, it is also intended as a space to speculate on how this sustains or transforms existing design practices and lineages.
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Leire is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne’s School of Design, where she is also a co-director of the ADD+F Research hub. She is co-author of the books: Systems Upgrade: (Re)Fabricating Tectonic Prototypes (Actar 2022), Architecture and Waste: A (Re)Planned Obsolescence (Actar 2017), and Lifestyled: Health and Places (Jovis 2016). She has taught at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, at London’s Architectural Association School of Architecture, and at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. Her creative works have been published and exhibited internationally, including at the Royal Academy in London, Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, Melbourne Design Week, and the Tallinn Architectural Biennale.
David is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne’s School of Design. He is co-author of the books: Systems Upgrade: (Re)Fabricating Tectonic Prototypes (Actar 2022) and Lifestyle: Health and Places (Jovis 2016). He has taught at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, at London’s Architectural Association School of Architecture, and at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. His creative works have been published and exhibited internationally, including at the Royal Academy in London, Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, Melbourne Design Week, and the Tallinn Architectural Biennale.
Dr. Nic Bao is a Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University. His research explores design methodologies for establishing a complementary relationship among architecture, computational design, structural engineering, behavioural algorithms, floating structures, robotic fabrication, and additive manufacturing. Nic is a registered architect in Australia and US, and a UK RIBA Chartered Architect. Nic is the director of BDW Architects, co-founder of FormX, and partner of Ameba Tech. Nic holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Engineering from RMIT where he received the RMIT Research Excellence and Impact Awards in Design and gained a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from RMIT. Nic is also a Committee Member of the CAADRIA and DigitalFUTURES Associations. Nic serves as a scientific peer reviewer, session chair, and workshop leader for international conferences including CAAD Futures, CAADRIA, ASCAAD, eCAADe, and DigitalFutures, and has been appointed as an editorial board member of the Architecture Intelligence journal and Sustainable Structures journal. His work has been exhibited and published widely, including Hong Kong BoDW, Digital FUTURES exhibition, IASS Expo, Shenzhen Biennale (UABB), Melbourne Design Week, NGV, Venice Biennale, etc. Recently Nic received the 2022 IAI Design Award – Digital Architecture, 2021 Grand Prix Design Paris – Gold Award, 2021 Muse Design Award, 2021 Young CAADRIA Award, 2020 RMIT Engineering Publication & Impact Prize, First Prizes of the 5th International 3D Printing & Design Competition (3DPDC) in 2020 and First Prize of the 3rd National Competition on Aerospace Structure Optimization & Additive Manufacturing (China) in 2019.
Gabby Bush is the Centre and Programs Manager at the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics (CAIDE). With a background in International Development, Gabby is interested in the intersection of human experience, policy, and technology.
Hilary Campilan is an Australian content director, exploring experimental forms of AI animation and stills. She is a senior creative at ABC, and the former head of design at MTV.
Hilary enjoys working in any medium, from live action, motion graphics, stop motion, to that new thing everyone is talking too much about, AI. Her passion is collaborating with dancers or musicians, to make short music videos, using AI as part of the creative process.
Patrick Macasaet is a Lecturer and Ph.D. candidate at RMIT University, School of Architecture & Urban Design, and Principal of SUPERSCALE, a research and ideas‐led experimental architecture studio operating between the nebulous terrains of speculation and reality; experimental and pragmatic; between fiction and non‐fiction. His research interests lie in the bridging of meta‐typological and procedural design-driven techniques and their engagement with contemporary cultural concerns through gaming, open‐world environments, speculative projects, and pedagogy. In 2022, he was awarded the AASA Education Prize for Early Career Academics for his work in venturous digital and online learning pedagogy that integrates gaming intelligence and technologies. His work has been exhibited at various architectural and design events including Shenzhen Architecture Biennale, Venice Architecture Biennale, ACMI Audience Lab, Melbourne Design Week, and Biennale of Sydney.
Mond Qu is a multidisciplinary designer and the founder of United Make (www.unitedmake.com) – a creative studio that specializes in human experiences, products and stories. Mond pushes the frontiers of design through the act of making; from deep materials research, visceral immersive experiences, interactive artworks or modular furniture, to large-scale speculations. Being an international keynote speaker from TedX, Wired For Wonder, and Universities Mond challenges designers to innovate and embrace the challenges of the 21st century.
J. Rosenbaum is an artist exploring the boundaries of technology and art. Their most recent works examine the nature of non-binary transness and their gender and sexuality. They create technologically based art using physics-based rendering, Deep Neural Networks, and Augmented Reality. They are continuing their research into computer perceptions of gender with their Ph.D. at RMIT.
Vei Tan is Co‐founder and Business Development Director of SUPERSCALE. With an interest in narrative‐driven images, compositions, architectural drawings, and animations, Vei questions every day through mixed media digital explorations; taking viewers through oblique narratives and surreal landscapes. Her entrepreneurial approach has led to notable invited collaborations and mentorships to include Etsy Australia, Etsy New York, and Federation Square. Vei’s work has been exhibited as part of Melbourne Design Week, the Venice Architecture Biennale, and the Biennale of Sydney. Vei has taught and lectured at multiple tertiary institutions including RMIT University School of Architecture and Urban Design, Monash University Art Design & Architecture, and Melbourne University School of Design within the disciplines of architecture, interior architecture, and collaborative design.
Date
Tickets
Venue
Access
Accessible bathroom Seating available Wheelchair accessibleThe event offers a window into how designers and researchers from various design disciplines are engaging with new and emerging artificial intelligence technologies in their creative practices.
With the recent public dissemination of text-to-image, image-to-image, text-to-video and text-to-model technologies among others, designers have been presented with a broad range of novel capacities. Both local and international creative practitioners from a range of design disciplines present and discuss how their engagement with these capacities augments their creativity. The event will also be an opportunity to reflect on the larger considerations of how AI may affect the ways in which we design and create the worlds that we want. While discussions centre on how it is currently used in the creative process and what the future transformations may be, it is also intended as a space to speculate on how this sustains or transforms existing design practices and lineages.
Participants
Leire is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne’s School of Design, where she is also a co-director of the ADD+F Research hub. She is co-author of the books: Systems Upgrade: (Re)Fabricating Tectonic Prototypes (Actar 2022), Architecture and Waste: A (Re)Planned Obsolescence (Actar 2017), and Lifestyled: Health and Places (Jovis 2016). She has taught at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, at London’s Architectural Association School of Architecture, and at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. Her creative works have been published and exhibited internationally, including at the Royal Academy in London, Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, Melbourne Design Week, and the Tallinn Architectural Biennale.
David is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne’s School of Design. He is co-author of the books: Systems Upgrade: (Re)Fabricating Tectonic Prototypes (Actar 2022) and Lifestyle: Health and Places (Jovis 2016). He has taught at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, at London’s Architectural Association School of Architecture, and at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. His creative works have been published and exhibited internationally, including at the Royal Academy in London, Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, Melbourne Design Week, and the Tallinn Architectural Biennale.
Dr. Nic Bao is a Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University. His research explores design methodologies for establishing a complementary relationship among architecture, computational design, structural engineering, behavioural algorithms, floating structures, robotic fabrication, and additive manufacturing. Nic is a registered architect in Australia and US, and a UK RIBA Chartered Architect. Nic is the director of BDW Architects, co-founder of FormX, and partner of Ameba Tech. Nic holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Engineering from RMIT where he received the RMIT Research Excellence and Impact Awards in Design and gained a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from RMIT. Nic is also a Committee Member of the CAADRIA and DigitalFUTURES Associations. Nic serves as a scientific peer reviewer, session chair, and workshop leader for international conferences including CAAD Futures, CAADRIA, ASCAAD, eCAADe, and DigitalFutures, and has been appointed as an editorial board member of the Architecture Intelligence journal and Sustainable Structures journal. His work has been exhibited and published widely, including Hong Kong BoDW, Digital FUTURES exhibition, IASS Expo, Shenzhen Biennale (UABB), Melbourne Design Week, NGV, Venice Biennale, etc. Recently Nic received the 2022 IAI Design Award – Digital Architecture, 2021 Grand Prix Design Paris – Gold Award, 2021 Muse Design Award, 2021 Young CAADRIA Award, 2020 RMIT Engineering Publication & Impact Prize, First Prizes of the 5th International 3D Printing & Design Competition (3DPDC) in 2020 and First Prize of the 3rd National Competition on Aerospace Structure Optimization & Additive Manufacturing (China) in 2019.
Gabby Bush is the Centre and Programs Manager at the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics (CAIDE). With a background in International Development, Gabby is interested in the intersection of human experience, policy, and technology.
Hilary Campilan is an Australian content director, exploring experimental forms of AI animation and stills. She is a senior creative at ABC, and the former head of design at MTV.
Hilary enjoys working in any medium, from live action, motion graphics, stop motion, to that new thing everyone is talking too much about, AI. Her passion is collaborating with dancers or musicians, to make short music videos, using AI as part of the creative process.
Patrick Macasaet is a Lecturer and Ph.D. candidate at RMIT University, School of Architecture & Urban Design, and Principal of SUPERSCALE, a research and ideas‐led experimental architecture studio operating between the nebulous terrains of speculation and reality; experimental and pragmatic; between fiction and non‐fiction. His research interests lie in the bridging of meta‐typological and procedural design-driven techniques and their engagement with contemporary cultural concerns through gaming, open‐world environments, speculative projects, and pedagogy. In 2022, he was awarded the AASA Education Prize for Early Career Academics for his work in venturous digital and online learning pedagogy that integrates gaming intelligence and technologies. His work has been exhibited at various architectural and design events including Shenzhen Architecture Biennale, Venice Architecture Biennale, ACMI Audience Lab, Melbourne Design Week, and Biennale of Sydney.
Mond Qu is a multidisciplinary designer and the founder of United Make (www.unitedmake.com) – a creative studio that specializes in human experiences, products and stories. Mond pushes the frontiers of design through the act of making; from deep materials research, visceral immersive experiences, interactive artworks or modular furniture, to large-scale speculations. Being an international keynote speaker from TedX, Wired For Wonder, and Universities Mond challenges designers to innovate and embrace the challenges of the 21st century.
J. Rosenbaum is an artist exploring the boundaries of technology and art. Their most recent works examine the nature of non-binary transness and their gender and sexuality. They create technologically based art using physics-based rendering, Deep Neural Networks, and Augmented Reality. They are continuing their research into computer perceptions of gender with their Ph.D. at RMIT.
Vei Tan is Co‐founder and Business Development Director of SUPERSCALE. With an interest in narrative‐driven images, compositions, architectural drawings, and animations, Vei questions every day through mixed media digital explorations; taking viewers through oblique narratives and surreal landscapes. Her entrepreneurial approach has led to notable invited collaborations and mentorships to include Etsy Australia, Etsy New York, and Federation Square. Vei’s work has been exhibited as part of Melbourne Design Week, the Venice Architecture Biennale, and the Biennale of Sydney. Vei has taught and lectured at multiple tertiary institutions including RMIT University School of Architecture and Urban Design, Monash University Art Design & Architecture, and Melbourne University School of Design within the disciplines of architecture, interior architecture, and collaborative design.
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