Melbourne Design Week - DESIGN FOR WORK BEYOND 2021

In 2021, Melbourne Design Week explored the theme ‘Design the world you want’ and asked designers to consider how they could collaborate to create a better and healthier future. In 2022, the program continues with this call-to-action to celebrate the diverse ways design can work towards this better future. Two pillars – civic good and making good – provide a focused exploration of the main theme.

Using the RMIT Design Archives collection as a springboard for the discussion, this session focuses on the changing nature of work and its implication for designing for amenity, flexibility, well-being and the environment. Associate Professor Simon Lockrey, RMIT University will chair this session. The guest speakers are: Professor Usha Iyer-Raniga, RMIT University; Thami Croeser, a PhD student, RMIT University; and Alexis Kalagas, Head of Public Programs, Molonglo. They will reflect on shifting strategies for the workplace in a post COVID-19 environment.

This event encourages participation for the audience by including key related objects from the RDA’s collection, including the 3-D model of Schiavello’s Hot Desk designed with Schiavello by RMIT’s Centre for Design in the 1990s. Be prepared to nominate your favourite work context!