Dr Caelli Brooker

Career Summary

Biography

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Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle
• Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts, TAFE (NSW)
• Diploma of Graphic Design, TAFE (NSW)
• Bachelor of Fine Art, University of Newcastle
• Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of Newcastle
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, TAFE (NSW)

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Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
330316	Visual communication design (incl. graphic design)	50
360602	Fine arts	50

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Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title	Organisation / Department
Lecturer - Design	University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia
Lecturer - Design	University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia
Lecturer - Design	University of Newcastle School of Design Communication and IT Australia

Academic appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
1/1/2010 - 1/12/2013	Teacher	Hunter TAFE Faculty of Creative Industries Australia
1/3/2009 - 1/12/2013	Sessional Academic	University of Newcastle School of Creative Arts Australia

Membership

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
1/1/2007 -	Membership - National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)	National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) Australia

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Awards

Award

Year	Award
2020	Joint Winner – We The Makers: Design for the Future – Sustainable and Ethical Textiles and Fashion National Wool Museum
2019	Highly Commended – Collaboration Excellence – Academic Division Awards University of Newcastle, Academic Division - Newcastle

Distinction

Year	Award
2019	Selected Artist – The Bender 2019 @ The Lock-up The Lock-Up Contemporary Art Space
2016	Finalist - Libris Awards 2016 Artspace Mackay, QLD
2015	Selected Artist - Between the Sheets: Artists’ Books 2015 Gallery East
2012	Selected Artist - Between the Sheets: Artists’ Books 2012 Gallery East + Midland Junction Arts Centre
2011	Selected Artist - Mattara Festival Outdoor Art Exhibition Mattara Festival
2010	Finalist - 2010 Libris Awards: The Australian Artists’ Book Prize Artspace Mackay, QLD
2009	Finalist - Text: 5th International Artist’s Book Triennial The International Artist’s Book Triennial
2008	Selected Artist - The Utopian Library Project The Utopian Library Project | Luoghi Dell’utopia Festival | Italy

Prize

Year	Award
2012	Winner - People’s Choice and Best Mid-candidature Research Poster Award UoN FEDUA Student Research Festival
2008	Winner (Painting Section) Brian & Rhoma Cummins Award University of Newcastle
2007	Winner (Section D) Farrow Wyatt Maitland Art Prize Maitland Art Prize
2007	Highly Commended (Sections A & B) Farrow Wyatt Maitland Art Prize Maitland Art Prize

Recipient

Year	Award
2012	Residency - Gunyah Artist in Residence Program Gunyah AIR

Recognition

Year	Award
2009	Faculty Medal (Faculty of Education and Arts) University of Newcastle

Scholarship

Year	Award
2013	Margaret Olley Friends of the University Postgraduate Scholarship in Fine Art Friends of The University
2009	Australian Postgraduate Award Commonwealth Government
2008	Deputy Vice Chancellor Honours Scholarship University of Newcastle
2008	Provisional Honours Postgraduate Scholarship University of Newcastle

Teaching Award

Year	Award
2013	Hunter TAFE Staff Awards - Excellence in Customer Service Award - Design Centre TAFE NSW
2010	Hunter TAFE Staff Awards - Team Award - Design Centre TAFE NSW

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Invitations

Speaker

Year

Title / Rationale

2015

Speaker - The Outstanding Field: Artistic Research Emerging from the Academy The symposium showcases the most outstanding PhD projects to have emerged from the Creative Arts in Australia and New Zealand over the last decade. All presenters are PhD graduates whose thesis projects have been recognized for their quality and excellence. This recognition includes Chancellors Awards for excellence, national and international prizes and other external recognition of the innovation and impact of their artistic research. Presenters for this symposium have been sponsored by Creative Arts institutions from across Australia and New Zealand. It will be an invaluable experience for academics in Creative Arts programs, PhD supervisors in practice-led creative arts disciplines and students enrolled in creative arts PhD and MFA programs.

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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

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Chapter (1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2018	Sage M, Brooker CJ, 'Manifold Intensities: Musical Identities in Contemporary Antipodean Metalcore and Post-Hardcore', Sounds of Origin in Heavy Metal Music, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK 141-168 (2018) [B1]

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Journal article (2 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2021	Chand A, Brooker C, 'Building Cultural Capital in Design Education: Framing Undergraduate Visual Communication Design students' approaches to visuospatial inquiry', The International Journal of Design Education, (2021) Co-authors Ari Chand
2016	McAuley M, Brooker C, 'Novice visual communication design students' awareness of design process', International Journal of Design Education, 11 1-10 (2016) [C1] This article reports the outcomes of an inquiry which set out to assist novice, first year visual communication design students to develop awareness of their design process. To fa... [more] This article reports the outcomes of an inquiry which set out to assist novice, first year visual communication design students to develop awareness of their design process. To facilitate this, a learning intervention was incorporated into the teaching structure. This took the form of a design process diary/journal which enabled students to track their design activities during a six-week assignment. The key component of the diary was the inclusion of a six-stage design process model devised by Swann in 2002. Findings suggest that many of the students found the model allowed them to develop a more explicit understanding of the stages they went through while designing and that their previous understanding of design process had been advanced through the use of the process model. DOI 10.18848/2325-1581/CGP/v11i01/1-10

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Conference (6 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2019	Brooker C, Catanzaro M, Hodgson B, Kenke R, Morgan C, Sandbach K, 'Not just for show: identity, engagement, and work integrated learning through design graduation exhibitions', https://acuads.com.au/conference/conference-2019/, School of Art and School of Design, RMIT University, and the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne (2019) [E1] Co-authors Ralph Kenke, Bettina Hodgson
2017	Sage M, Brooker CJ, 'Vulnerable Intensities: an Exploration of the Contemporary Antipodean Metalcore Phenomenon', Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland (2017)
2017	Sullivan Y, Brooker CJ, 'Art and Design as Agent for Change - iJADE Conference 2017', National College of Art and Design, Dublin (2017)
2015	Brooker CJ, 'Pinteresting Times: the use and abuse of images in creative research', Newcastle University, UK (2015) [E3]
2015	Brooker CJ, 'Lost in Translation: the materialisation of the mark in the digital age', University of Melbourne (2015) [E3]
2014	Sullivan Y, Brooker CJ, 'Collaboration: you're doing it wrong', TATE Liverpool, UK (2014)
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Creative Work (77 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2020	Neilson F, Drabsch B, Brooker C, Penn G, McMahon B, Foong R, et al., Six Seasons (Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future), National Wool Museum, Geelong, VIC, Australia, Geelong (2020) Co-authors Bernadette Drabsch, Faye Neilson
2020	Golledge L, O'Donnell L, Chand A, Brooker C, DiTA Website. (2020) Co-authors Ari Chand
2020	Brooker C, Sullivan Y, Seven Eyes to Weave, Puente Siete Ojos Eucalyptus Forest, Orgiva, Spain (2020)
2020	Brooker C, Sage M, Sentiment (Happy F***ing Birthday), Watt Space Gallery (2020)
2020	Golledge L, Kenke R, Brooker C, Hodgson B, Thompson W, Morgan C, et al., Design Pool website, Newcastle, NSW (2020) Co-authors Bettina Hodgson, Ari Chand, Ralph Kenke
2020	Brooker C, Zulumovski V, Wilson-Adams P, Smith K, Dreaming in Black and White, Gallery 139 (2020)
2019	Brooker C, Sullivan Y, Reorient (horizontal) and Reorient (vertical), Gallery East and Gallery Central (North Metropolitan TAFE), Perth, WA, Between the Sheets: Artists Books Exhibition 2019 (2019)
2019	Brooker C, Sage M, Metal Refrain (repeat pattern), Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle, Australia (as part of the Newcastle Music Festival) (2019)
2019	Brooker C, Sage M, Bodman S, Butler A, Florance C, Read With Me, Study Room Gallery, Bower Ashton Library, Bristol, UK (2019)
2019	Brooker C, Smith A, Wells A, Fugitive (revisited), Newcastle Art Space Gallery Tighes Hill, NSW, On Her Shoulders, an exhibition in support of the National Gallery of Australia's #KnowMyName initiative (2019)
2019	Brooker C, Smith A, Wells A, Fugitive, The Bender @ The Lock-Up (2019)
2019	Brooker C, Smith A, Wells A, Interstice, Factory 49 (2019)
2018	Cunningham T, Brooker CJ, Collison A, Gordon E, Baroque Backstage, Newcastle Theatre Company (2018)
2018	Brooker CJ, Wells A, Smith A, Embedded, Gallery 139 (2018)
2017	Brooker CJ, Smith A, Wells A, Conditional, Acrux Art Gallery (2017)
2017	Hatton M, Brollo D, Brooker CJ, Hunter A, Bull M, Tompkins S, et al., Beyond the Book, Acrux Art Gallery (2017)
2017	Catanzaro M, IN/SITE, The University Gallery, The University of Newcastle (2017)
2016	Piva B, Thompson W, Brooker CJ, Falla D, Vergotis M, Harvey C, et al., First Impressions (2016)
2016	Hopcroft H, Brooker CJ, Chorlton A, Anderberg A, Cannibalism, crossdressing and consumption: a feminist retelling of Ulysses, NewMac conference (2016)
2016	Minett D, Starrett E, Brooker C, Brollo D, Hunter A, The Expanded Print, Watt Space Gallery (2016)
2016	Brooker CJ, Penn G, Nashe B, Strutt C, Strutt J, Hall M, et al., Not Just Collage, Gallery 139, Hamilton NSW (2016)
2016	Brooker CJ, O'Callaghan SP, Shadbolt J, Brollo D, Catanzaro M, Sandbach K, et al., Techne: Crafting Technology Exhibition, University of Newcastle Gallery (2016) Co-authors Jane Shadbolt, Simone Ocallaghan
2016	Brooker CJ, Shaw G, Hopcroft H, Brollo D, Hunter A, Weekes T, et al., Pagination: the book as object, The University Gallery, The University Gallery (2016)
2016	Brooker CJ, Wells A, Smith A, Turning Over, Art Systems Wickham (2016)
2016	Brooker CJ, O'Callaghan SP, Shadbolt J, Brollo D, Catanzaro M, Sandbach K, et al., Techne: Crafting Technology Exhibition, University of Newcastle Gallery (2016) Co-authors Jane Shadbolt, Simone Ocallaghan
2016	Brooker CJ, Shaw G, Hopcroft H, Brollo D, Hunter A, Weekes T, et al., Pagination: the book as object, The University Gallery, The University Gallery (2016)
2015	Brooker CJ, Cross K, Minichiello M, Roxburgh M, Howells A, Atkins D, et al., Making it Known, Curve Gallery, http://www.making-it-known.com/catalogue/ (2015) [J2] Co-authors Ralph Kenke, Bettina Hodgson, Michael Dickinson, Andrew Howells, Mark Roxburgh, Jane Shadbolt, Mario Minichiello, Ari Chand
2015	Brooker CJ, Stones (series), Cstudios (2015) [J2]
2015	Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Thought Structures, Curious Projects, Eastbourne, UK (2015) [J2]
2015	Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Mapping Collaboration: a participatory art project exploring working together, 310 NXrd Gallery, New Cross, London, UK (2015) [J1]
2015	Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Scaled Downs, Gallery East and Gallery Central (Central Institute of Technology), Perth, WA, Between the Sheets: Artists Books Exhibition, 2015 (2015) [J2]
2015	Brooker C, Cross K, Making It Known (2015) [J2] Co-authors Bettina Hodgson, Jane Shadbolt, Mark Roxburgh, Michael Dickinson, Ari Chand, Andrew Howells, Mario Minichiello
2015	Brooker CJ, Words and Origami, Gallery 139, Hamilton, NSW, Australia (2015) [J2]
2015	Brooker CJ, Six Wrapped Vessels, Gallery 139, Hamilton, NSW, Australia (2015) [J2]
2015	Brooker CJ, Cross K, Minichiello M, Roxburgh M, Howells A, Atkins D, et al., Making it Known, Curve Gallery, http://www.making-it-known.com/catalogue/ (2015) [J2] Co-authors Andrew Howells, Mario Minichiello, Michael Dickinson, Ralph Kenke, Mark Roxburgh, Jane Shadbolt, Bettina Hodgson, Ari Chand
2015	Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Mapping Collaboration: a participatory art project exploring working together, 310 NXrd Gallery, New Cross, London, UK (2015) [J1]
2015	Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Scaled Downs, Gallery East and Gallery Central (Central Institute of Technology), Perth, WA, Between the Sheets: Artists Books Exhibition, 2015 (2015) [J2]
2015	Brooker C, Cross K, Making It Known (2015) [J2] Co-authors Jane Shadbolt, Michael Dickinson, Mario Minichiello, Andrew Howells, Bettina Hodgson, Ari Chand, Mark Roxburgh
2014	Brooker CJ, Jenolan Caves (exhibited as part of a Group Exhibition - Cooks Hill Galleries' 40th Birthday), Cooks Hill Galleries (2014) [J2]
2014	Brooker CJ, Tilley L, Smith A, Wells A, Roxburgh B, Joy P, McLaughlin A, Abstraction Now, Newcastle Art Space (NAS) (2014) [J3]
2014	Brooker CJ, Lost in Translation: the materialisation of the mark in the digital age, The University Gallery (2014) [J1]
2014	Brooker CJ, Typographic Origami Newcastle (exhibited as part of a group exhibition - Art City - Watt Space Gallery 25th Anniversary Exhibition), Watt Space Gallery (2014) [J2]
2013	Brooker CJ, Graphicality: new work, Greenway Gallery, Morpeth (2013) [J1]
2013	Brooker CJ, Shaw G, Tilley P, Murland A, Rey U, Chaffey N, et al., Popped, The Lock-Up, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2013) [J2] Co-authors Una Rey
2013	Brooker CJ, Murland A, Elliot-Ranken M, Osmotherly M, Smith B, Out of Hand: abstraction in monochrome and colour, The Depot Galleryt, Waterloo, NSW, Australia (2013) [J2]
2013	Brooker CJ, Hopcroft H, Year of the Bird: a celebration of hybridity, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2013) [J3]
2012	Brooker CJ, Weeks C, Murphy J, Kenning B, Feltham C, Maher P, et al., Open House, Podspace (2012)
2012	Wilson G, Brooker CJ, Thompson W, Snape B, Smith A, Tome M, et al., 2020 Vision: twenty people, twenty visions of Newcastle in the year 2020, Art Systems Wickham (2012)
2012	Brooker CJ, Marked Difference, Shopfront Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2012) [J2]
2012	Brooker CJ, The Cave: A Dialogue, Gallery East and Midland Junction Arts Centre, North Fremantle, WA, Australia (2012) [J2]
2012	Brooker CJ, Hopcroft HF, The Year of the Bird: A Celebration of Hybridity, Maitland Art Gallery, Maitland, NSW< Australia (2012) [J2]
2011	Brooker CJ, Sage M, Thompson W, Smith A, Thompson R, PRINT, Shopfront Gallery (2011)
2011	Brooker CJ, Coast Lines, Cooks Hill (2011) [J1]
2011	Brooker CJ, Hopcroft HF, Happily Ever After: Alternative Destinies in Contemporary Feminine Narrative, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2011) [J3] Supanova Co-authors Caroline Webb
2011	Brooker CJ, Suspended Void, Bacchus, Newcastle (2011)
2011	Sullivan Y, Brooker CJ, Peazine, Goldsmiths College, University of London UK (2011)
2011	Brooker CJ, Douglas L, Matchbox Zine Project, online exhibition http://www.australianbookartsjournal.com, http://www.australianbookartsjournal.com/ (2011)
2010	Brooker CJ, Re@D, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle (2010)
2010	Brooker CJ, To The Cave: A Pilgrimage, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle (2010)
2010	Delforce B, Brooker CJ, Plate-Up, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle (2010)
2010	Sullivan Y, Brooker CJ, PractisePractice: artist/educators respond to notions of place, Blank Gallery, Brighton UK (2010)
2010	Brooker CJ, Roberts E, Audrins L, Sheridan S, Randall M, Degan A, PixelPerfect, Podspace (2010)
2009	Brooker CJ, Unedition: Hello Blackbird, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle (2009)
2009	Vasiliunas K, Brooker CJ, Text: 5th International Artist s Book Triennial, Leipzig, Germany & Vilnius, Lithuania (2009)
2009	Brooker CJ, Booth N, Light and Earth, Cooks Hill Galleries (2009)
2009	Horsnell T, Brooker CJ, Liou R, In Search of Spirit, Newcastle Art Space (2009)
2009	Brooker CJ, Testing (Sub)Stance, Shopfront Gallery,Newcastle (2009)
2008	Brooker CJ, Booth N, Abstraction 08, Cooks Hill Galleries (2008)
2008	Brooker CJ, Mote(if), University Gallery | Newcastle (2008)
2008	Brooker CJ, Reading Leaves, Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle (2008)
2008	Brooker CJ, Line A, Roberts E, Soft, Podspace Gallery (2008)
2008	Delforce B, Brooker CJ, Devine B, Raffan T, Press-It, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle (2008) Co-authors Brian Devine
2007	Brooker CJ, Domestic Mythology, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle (2007)
2007	Brooker CJ, Chinese Whispers, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle (2007)
2007	Brooker CJ, Retroscope, The Front Room Gallery (2007)
2007	Brooker CJ, Booth N, Five Can t Draw, Watt Space Gallery (2007)
2006	Sullivan Y, Brooker CJ, Projections of Guilt (2006)
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Thesis / Dissertation (1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics	Link
2014	Brooker CJ, Lost In Translation: the materialisation of the mark in the digital age, The University of Newcastle (2014)

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Grants and Funding

Summary

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20211 grants / $14,770

20202 grants / $10,085

20192 grants / $19,000

20172 grants / $82,884

20152 grants / $9,000

20111 grants / $2,500

20091 grants / $67,500

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Research Supervision

Current Supervision

Commenced	Level of Study	Research Title	Program	Supervisor Type
2020	Honours	Room For Error: Provoking Typographic Design Through Deconstruction	Graphic Arts & Design Studies, The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor
2020	PhD	Can Human Geography, Ecology and Contemporary Art be Combined Through Installation Art Practices to Share the Concept of the Human Self as Part of the Environment?	PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor
2019	PhD	Learning, Creativity and Motivation in Visual Communication Professional Practice	PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor
2018	PhD	The Impact of Graphic Design on Environmental Concerns: How Visual Communication Can Change Behaviours	PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor
2017	PhD	Story Design in Contemporary Children's Picture Books: How Narrative and Meaning are Constructed	PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle	Principal Supervisor

Past Supervision

Year	Level of Study	Research Title	Program	Supervisor Type
2021	PhD	A Study in Cognitive Ecology for a Print-mediated Artistic Practice	PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle	Principal Supervisor
2021	Masters	Losing Control of Comics: New Narrative Function in Comic Book Design	M Philosophy (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle	Principal Supervisor
2019	PhD	Biloela: Afore and Beyond	PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle	Co-Supervisor
2017	Honours	Speculative Memories / Speculative Futures: creative technological advancements in augmented realities	Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle	Sole Supervisor
2017	Honours	Mottainai: New cycles of textile practice	Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle	Principal Supervisor
2017	Honours	Narrative, Aesthetics and Mechanics: A Study of Interconnected Game Elements	Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle	Sole Supervisor
2016	Honours	The Status and Future of Print Design	Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle	Sole Supervisor
2016	Honours	Shifting Tides - Cinemagraphic book cover designs for New Adult audiences	Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle	Sole Supervisor
2014	Honours	Coal Magazine - Visual Strategies that can Sustain Readership and Attract Audience	Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle	Principal Supervisor
2014	Honours	Hybrid Novels: The New Novel? Graphic Devices Contributing to New Ways of Reading	Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle	Principal Supervisor

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Research Projects

HAPPILY EVER AFTER PROJECT 2011 - 2013

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Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future 2019 - 2020

The Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future – Six Seasons Collection is supported by the University of Newcastle, School of Creative Industries RAPID program. RAPID is a series of research sprints that sees industry partners and research collaborators work together fast on problems that matter. The Six Seasons range is a collaboration between High Tea With Mrs Woo (a small-run clothing label by Rowena, Juliana & Angela Foong) and team of creative researchers from The University of Newcastle (Faye Neilson, Bernadette Drabsch, Giselle Penn, Brett McMahon, and Caelli Jo Brooker).


Six Seasons
The Six Seasons collection is grounded in the desire to create environmentally sustainable garments that inclusively fit a range of body shapes, are gender neutral, and flexibly adapt to changing climate conditions. 

The Low Waste, Slow Fashion Future team's fashion collection is inspired by a love of the environment and a desire to protect it – helping to solve fast fashion with low waste slow and sustainable alternatives. The team seeks to contribute to a local fashion industry that is sustainable and eco-friendly, using low and zero-waste pattern layout and customised, purposeful digital printing. We want to create designs that are free from gender, durable and timeless, and inspired by the seasonal colours and patterns of the Australian bush. We want to show respect to the Indigenous knowledge of these seasonal changes and create a collection that reflects their frugality and connection with the land. Our designs will be made specifically for the Australian environment, being cool, loose and protective in summer and cosy in winter. Our tags and labels will be made out of fabric scraps, with the labels embedded with local, endemic seeds, so they can be planted after purchase to help restore our local biodiversity. We want to design for the future, using smart, sustainable design choices to challenge the fast, disposable fashion ethos that currently exists.

We The Makers
Joint Winner – We The Makers: Design for the Future – Sustainable and Ethical Textiles and Fashion
National Wool Museum – 27 June to 22 November 2020

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Dr Caelli Brooker

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