Dr Caelli Brooker
Lecturer - Design
School of Creative Industries
- Email:caelli.brooker@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:+61 2 4921 6368
Career Summary
Biography
As an early career researcher and active visual communication design and fine arts practitioner, Caelli Jo Brooker's research interests have evolved primarily from her professional experience in commercial design, creative pedagogy and the cultural and creative industries.
Exploring the nexus between design and art, and arriving at an approach that incorporates both practice-led and practice-based research through traditional and digital print media, Brooker's current work examines visuality, visual thinking, typography, image-making, abstraction, artists' books and print production. Bridging the analogue and digital spheres, her research posits the exploration of traditional print production methods as complementary to the understanding and embodiment of the material, theoretical and historical contexts for contemporary typography and page design. It also proposes visual methodologies and paradigms of design as generative methods of creative discovery, navigation, and analysis, in linking thought to its representations and visual interpretations.
As a mode of creative and conceptual aesthetic engagement, Brooker's research practice examines the interdisciplinary and multifaceted nature of creative design research, the connective multiplicities inherent in design, and its context within the broader research landscape.
Research Expertise
Visual art; mark-making; drawing; painting; print media; artists books; graphic design; typography; hapticity: practice as research; visual research methodologies; materiality; visuality; visual literacies; the nexus between art and design; art and design pedagogy; art theory and the philosophy of art and design.
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)
Keywords
- Art and Design
- Artists' Books
- Graphic Design
- Creative Pedagogy
- Imaging
- Typography
- Drawing
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Practice-based Research
- Creative Research
- Metal Music Studies
- Collaboration
- Print Culture and Technology
- Visual Methodologies
- Art
- Design
- Visual Communication Design
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
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| 120307 | Visual Communication Design (incl. Graphic Design) | 50 |
| 190599 | Visual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classified | 50 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
| Title | Organisation / Department |
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1/01/2010 - 1/12/2013 | Teacher | Hunter TAFE Faculty of Creative Industries Australia |
| 1/03/2009 - 1/12/2013 | Sessional Academic | University of Newcastle School of Creative Arts Australia |
Membership
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/01/2007 - 1/08/2017 | Membership - National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) | National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) Australia |
Awards
Distinction
| Year | Award |
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| 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 |
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. |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
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) |
Journal article (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2016 |
McAuley M, Brooker C, 'Novice visual communication design students' awareness of design process', International Journal of Design Education, 11 1-10 (2016) [C1] © 2016 Common Ground Research Networks. This article reports the outcomes of an inquiry which set out to assist novice, first year visual communication design students to develop ... [more] © 2016 Common Ground Research Networks. 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.
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Conference (5 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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| 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] | ||
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Creative Work (62 outputs)
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| 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)
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| 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]
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| 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]
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| 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]
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| 2015 |
Brooker C, Cross K, Making It Known (2015) [J2]
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| 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]
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| 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]
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| 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, 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, 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]
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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) |
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 6 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $118,112 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20172 grants / $82,884
Early Career Researcher (ECR) Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Scholarships$80,884
This programme supports the University’s commitment to fostering and developing Early Career Researchers’ research and research leadership through the provision of fully funded Higher Degree by Research scholarships to applicants, attached to UON ECRs.
Funding body: The University of Newcastle
| Funding body | The University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Scheme | Early Career Researcher (ECR) Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Scholarships |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2020 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Faculty of Education and Arts - Conference Travel Grant$2,000
This funding supported the presentation of a research paper at the Modern Heavy Metal Conference 2017, Helsinki, Finland, 28 June - 2 July 2017
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
| Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Scheme | FEDUA Conference Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2017 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20152 grants / $9,000
Faculty of Science & Information Technology - New Staff Grant$7,500
This grant was used to support a proposal for Analogue/Digilogue, a design and letterpress studio renewal project.
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Scheme | FACULTY OF SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY New Staff Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2015 |
| Funding Finish | 2015 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Copyright Agency of Australia Career Fund$1,500
With Career Funding Dr Caelli Jo Brooker has undertaken a specific program of intensive practical workshops and mentored studio access to develop skills and knowledge in the discipline of letterpress.
Funding body: Manning Clark House/Copyright Agency of Australia
| Funding body | Manning Clark House/Copyright Agency of Australia |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Dr Caelli Jo Brooker |
| Scheme | Career Fund |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2015 |
| Funding Finish | 2015 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Non Commonwealth |
| Category | 1NS |
| UON | N |
20111 grants / $2,500
National Association of Visual Arts Australia - Marketing Grant$2,500
This grant supported the promotion of Happily Ever After: alternative destinies in contemporary feminine narrative, an exhibition of artists’ books curated by Caelli Jo Booker and Helen Hopcroft. The exhibition is conceived as an interdisciplinary collaboration between local, national and international, artists, writers and craftspeople invited to work together to create handmade books which explore female narratives within the fairytale genre. While the classic fairytale ending ‘happily ever after’ envisages a single, finite destiny, the contemporary feminine experience encompasses a multiplicity of roles, expectations, endings, beginnings and relationships. Thus the exhibition theme is probably best conceptualised as a celebration of diversity within destiny, with the fairytale genre used as the narrative vehicle to explore this idea. John Paynter Gallery, 10 – 26 June 2011 Cox Rayner Gallery, Artspace Mackay, 29 July – 28 October 2011 Manly Library, 3 December 2011 – 29 January 2012
Funding body: National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA)
| Funding body | National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA) |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Caelli Jo Brooker and Helen Hopcroft |
| Scheme | NAVA Marketing Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2011 |
| Funding Finish | 2012 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Not Known |
| Category | UNKN |
| UON | N |
20091 grants / $23,728
Australian Postgraduate Award$23,728
This funding supported a PhD (Fine Art) research project entitles Lost in Translation: The Materialisation of the Mark in the Digital Age.
Funding body: Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
| Funding body | Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Caelli Jo Brooker |
| Scheme | Australian Postgraduate Award |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2009 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Commonwealth |
| Category | 1CS |
| UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Completed7
Current5
Total current UON EFTSL
PhD2.1
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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| 2018 | PhD | The Impact of Graphic Design on Environmental Concerns: How Visual Communication Can Change Behaviours | PhD (Design), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2017 | PhD | Story Design in Contemporary Children's Picture Books: How Narrative and Meaning are Constructed | PhD (Design), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2016 | PhD | A study in cognitive ecology for a print-mediated artistic practice | PhD (Fine Art), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2016 | PhD | Art and Biloela: A Conceptualisation of Girls Incarcerated on Cockatoo Island, 1871-1880 | PhD (Fine Art), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2015 | PhD | Re-Conceptualising the Utilisation of the Comic Book's Properties as an Artefact and Format for Narrative Purpose | PhD (Design), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
| Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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| 2017 | Honours |
Speculative Memories / Speculative Futures: creative technological advancements in augmented realities <span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">This practice based experimental design project explores memory, experience and alternate futures through an auto-ethnographic framework of personal and public spheres. It undertakes the research, exploration and creation of digital artifacts that investigate the repeated processes of memory construction, retrieval and projection, as well as personal and social constructions of identity within virtual spaces and digital realities.</span> |
Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
| 2017 | Honours |
Mottainai: New cycles of textile practice The word Mottainai is a Japanese phrase used to express the sense of regret you feel over waste; it is the emotion felt when being confronted with the amount of textile waste being produced around the world by companies and households daily. Fashion has become the norm and contributes to this excess of waste within our society. This project explores the need for change, and examines slow fashion and sustainable clothing choices, using practice-based research methods in transforming discarded clothing into new. |
Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2017 | Honours |
Narrative, Aesthetics and Mechanics: A Study of Interconnected Elements <span style="font-face:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">This design&nbsp;research project entails the development of a two-player board game entitled 'Sun and Shroud'. The title&nbsp;represents&nbsp;opposing forces whose differing characters, aesthetics and game mechanics are central to the game's look, play and feel. Three integral aspects of game design</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">: narrative; aesthetics; mechanics,</span><span style="font-face:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">are addressed through practice-based methods in order to balance and successfully incorporate them into the design and enhance the the experience of play that is central to game design and explored through out this project.</span></span> |
Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2016 | Honours |
The Status and Future of Print Design <span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">This practice-based research project examines the contemporary status and potential of print design through the creation of a series of print artefacts that use the sensory metaphors of the five tangible senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. Each sense was </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">associated with </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">corresponding aspect of print design</span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">&nbsp;in order to create a useful research framework within which to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">explore key aspects of the experience, design, production and consumption of print media</span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">.</span> |
Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
| 2016 | Honours |
Shifting Tides - Cinemagraphic book cover designs for New Adult audiences <span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Acknowledging the importance of book covers in enticing audiences and communicating content, this research responds to and incorporates technology, design and genre, to explore shifting, cinemagraphic book cover design as a contemporary visual tool in enriching reader experiences and communicating digital book covers to New Adult audiences. Researching through media production, photography, creative writing, design layout and typography, this project also uses the thematic framework of archetypal narratives to imagine a series of genre themed story concepts through which to research and design.</span> |
Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | Honours |
Coal Magazine - Visual Strategies that can Sustain Readership and Attract Audience <span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">In focusing on the potential of harnessing audience analysis in shaping the visual elements of magazine design, the outcome of this research project is a magazine publication entitled COAL. This research explores how an examination of magazines is able to inform visual strategies that can sustain readership and attract audiences. The research will also explore how publication design and subsequent redesigns have helped to increase the readership, and how knowledge gained from an interrogation of target audience can impact on design outcomes.&nbsp;</span> |
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 <span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">The hybrid novel offer a multi-modal form of the novel, incorporating multiple visual strategies and combining different semiotic systems; the linguistic and the visual, in occupying a communication space where both word and image are present, and contribute to the formation of meaning.&nbsp;This alternative publication design research project explores the possibility of constructing further meaning outside of the understood conventions of the novel, through the design and production of a mini-hybrid novella.</span> |
Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
News
Humanities workshop kicks off design start-up
July 18, 2017
A Humanities Startup Workshop has assisted in the creation of a design service and research studio within the School of Creative Industries.
Dr Caelli Brooker
Position
Lecturer - Design
School of Creative Industries
Faculty of Education and Arts
Contact Details
| caelli.brooker@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | +61 2 4921 6368 |
| Link | Personal webpage |
Office
| Room | D.206 |
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| Building | Design Building |
| Location | University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |
NEWS • Jul 18.2017
Humanities workshop kicks off design start-up
A Humanities Startup Workshop has assisted in the creation of a design service and research studio within the School of Creative Industries.
