Professor Mario Minichiello
Honorary Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- Email:mario.minichiello@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4921 5428
The creative link between research and impact
Professor Mario Minichiello is a world-renowned designer, illustrator, artist and academic. With a focus on cross-industry collaboration, his work is helping to find creative solutions to real-world problems.
Research is critical in developing solving the world’s biggest problems—from helping us deliver better patient care, to informing new environmental and societal interventions.
But uncovering new research findings is just one step in a much larger process. Once we have the research, how can we communicate it to the community? How can we develop the human interface to be able to use the technologies? And how can we use the research to change people’s behaviour?
As co-leader of research at SOCI FASTLAB, Professor Mario Minichiello is working to ensure new research discoveries become part of peoples everyday lives, their personal stories, implemented creatively and have real impact within society.
Mario and his team use visual communication tools and processes such as visualisation, design, animation, film, VX, UI gamification to develop a range of interventions such as children’s books, animations, user interface designs apps and more—to gather research data and deliver evidence-based solutions in a way that helps people engage, understand and respond.
This might include using clever infographics to share notable research data with the community. Or creating short films to support teenagers’ positive mental health.
By thinking outside the box, Mario is helping new research drive real change.
“While STEM (science, technology, engineering and medicine) makes the discoveries, the creative industries enculturates these discoveries into everyday human behaviour. We socialise new ideas through creative acts to ensure maximum impact.” (Minichiello:2011)
In the media
Mario has a strong international profile in the creative industries.
Over the years, he’s worked as a reportage illustrator for the BBC’s Newsnight and as an artist during the many conflicts around the world. He has created work for the Guardian, The FT, Amnesty International, the Terence Higgins Trust, Longmans, The Times and ITN News.
“The chance to influence how people in any society think and behave, even for a brief moment, is a positive intervention in a world that is increasingly concerned with mindless celebrity, consumerism and self-interest."
With a global following, Mario has received acclaim from many in the creative industry and beyond.
"Mario Minichiello's work grabs your eyes, your brain, your whole self," said BBC Worldwide Publishing Director Martin Mulloy.
"Some drawings impress with their emotion and humanity, others impress with their technique; Mario's do both and, what is even better, because of the nature of their questioning, they make even this most cynical old hack want to go out and draw the world afresh," said cartoonist Steve Bell.
Mario’s work is widely recognised for its influence in the cultural, political and academic domains. Using the power of creativity, Mario is also helping to take new research and ideas to the world.
“Due to its visual nature, my work can be disseminated much wider and further than most journal articles.
“One highly researched series of illustrations in the Guardian Newspaper could be seen worldwide by over 9 million readers—more than double the impact of many academic papers.”
Interdisciplinary partnerships
Mario’s interdisciplinary research often acts as a linchpin between industry, community and researchers. His work encourages collaboration, bringing the best minds together to tackle community and global challenges.
“We need genuine interdisciplinary research that uses the dynamic and impactful nature of the creative industries. All disciplines must work as equal partners to enhance Australian research and its global impact.”
This includes a real shift in the mindset of how we deeply think about our social services, moving from clinical thinking to empathic design thinking and co-design, a collaboration between the health services and those they serve. Teaming up with clinical teams from Birmingham children’s hospitals, Mario worked with children’s book illustrator Liz Anelli to help hospital staff gain children’s consent for liver transplant operations using visual design.
“Using illustrations, our research and development project helped the hospital discuss an important issue with children in a non-threatening way, bringing about higher rates of recovery and survival.”
Among other achievements, Mario’s work is also helping to develop the first interdisciplinary researched and developed stroke app, which has been clinically tested and revised.
“The app has the potential to improve both the survival and quality of life for people suffering from one of the most debilitating diseases in Australia.”
From ‘me to we’
There’s no doubt that Mario’s work is contributing to the promotion and dissemination of learning in Australia and worldwide.
Whether in research or education, Mario’s creativity and communications expertise are creating innovative and collaborative solutions for society. The changes he has made with his team in the content delivery of programs is helping to define the creative industries work future workforce.
“As a professor in the creative industries, I am committed to moving society from ‘an existing situation to a preferred one’ (Simon H, 1959).
“My role as a leader is to bring positive change and help us move our thinking from ‘me to we’.”
The creative link between research and impact
Professor Mario Minichiello is a world-renowned designer, illustrator, artist and academic. With a focus on cross-industry collaboration, his work is helping to find creative solutions to real-world problems.
A design coup
In 2012, world-renowned designer, illustrator, artist and academic Professor Mario Minichiello joined the University of Newcastle to help foster national and international collaboration.
Officially appointed as the Head of the discipline of Design, Professor Minichiello has a reputation for innovation, taking risks and developing different ways of thinking.
Although born in Italy, Professor Minichiello started his professional career in the United Kingdom. He worked for seven years for BBC Newsnight as a reportage illustrator making drawings for events such as the Spycatcher Trials, and pre-television coverage of the House of Commons, including the Guildford Four appeals and Beirut Hostage releases.
During his 15 year career he has also worked for the Guardian, The FT, Amnesty International, the Terence Higgins Trust, BBC Enterprises, Longmans, The Times and ITN News.
Professor Minichiello's most brazen post was when he worked as an artist during the Afghanistan War. During this time be created the book, The Art Of Conflict?, which is a record of reportage drawings of the war.
Professor Minichiello also covered the 2007 APEC Summit in Sydney with a range of drawings published in the Sun Herald.
In research, Professor Minichiello is focused on the role of design and visual communication in the areas of climate change, economic betterment and human behaviour.
"I went to art school to explore an irrepressible instinct to explain the world visually," he says. "I studied graphic design because I wanted to help change that world for the better."
Professor Minichiello says design and visual communication provides solutions to problems, promotes clarity of thinking and encourages creative ideas.
"In this way we are developing the human capacity to meet the challenges of our future. The chance to influence how people in any society think and behave, even for a brief moment, is a positive intervention in a world that is increasingly concerned with mindless celebrity, consumerism and self-interest."
Professor Minichiello has received acclaim from many in his industry and beyond.
"Mario Minichiello's work grabs your eyes, your brain, your whole self," said BBC Worldwide Publishing Director Martin Mulloy.
"Some drawings impress with their emotion and humanity, others impress with their technique; Mario's do both and, what is even better, because of the nature of their questioning, they make even this most cynical old hack want to go out and draw the world afresh," said cartoonist Steve Bell.
"The [Spycatcher Trials] case generated a flood of witty political cartoons, but one of the most memorable contributions were the sketches by Mario Minichiello of the court room drama. Mario Minichiello's work vividly recalls important happenings that are beyond the gaze of most members of the public in a world in which the camera continues to be excluded from the courtroom," said Law Lord Anthony Lester QC.
Professor Minichiello's current role is to lead the team of design staff to deliver world class research, as well as prepare the next generation of visual communications students for enriching and successful careers.
Since joining the University it hasn't taken Professor Minichiello long to make a name for himself. Minichiello is the man behind the striking range of illustrations for strategic documents such as The Innovator and NeW Directions Strategic Plan 2013-2015. Professor Minichiello is also the Head of the newly formed Hunter Centre for Creative Industries and Technology, a research cluster that brings together representatives from a industry, business, government and the university to develop research breakthroughs and new ways of thinking.
See more of Professor Minichiello's work
My War – Northern Stories (Hurricane films) - featuring some of Mario's illustrations.
More examples can be found at:
A design coup
In 2012, world-renowned designer, illustrator, artist and academic Professor Mario Minichiello joined the University of Newcastle to help foster national and in
Career Summary
Biography
My role at the University of Newcastle in Visual Communication Design is to ensure that we continue to be the leading Design school in Australia for graduate employment. And that we develop novel research that impacts positively on human behaviour, health, the environment and provides a competitive advantage to business and industry.
Research Expertise
My research is drawn from more than 20 years as a leading practitioner in the visual communication design industry and as a senior academic in four top-ranked international universities. Through my research activities I am able to better understand future trends, this is informed both by the current academic literature and the lived experience of practice in the industry, including working with health care providers.
Over the past 20 years, I have formed a number of research centres, which have attracted over five million pounds in external funding. My current research team are exploring a range of interdisciplinary problems related to aspects of human behaviour and societal challenge. Humans are increasingly influenced through their exposure to images and visual messages. A large part of my career in a range of industries has involved, developing, visualising and seeing ideas through to implementation, these activities impact society and help shape a better future. By nature, we are visual learners, visual cognition has become an interdisciplinary focus because it can be used to prompt behaviour modification. For example, neuroscientist Prof Vilayanur S. Ramachandranin his Reith Lecture ‘ Neuro-aesthetics’ described the impact of the 30 visual centres on how this drives human behaviour.
My research into this field has also been informed by the tacit knowledge used by industry to impact human behaviour often for purely commercial gain. However, this process can also be used as an effective way of encouraging behaviours that are desirable, have a positive impact on society, health, the economy and our environment. The focus of my research team over the past 3 years has been on the development and use of Smart Avatar design. Smart Avatar will be designed as co-creation entities that can mirror the users own emotional intelligence. They will be able to locate themselves using existing technologies that sense the nature of their environments and start learning from bio and other sensory feedback using emerging technology and design. The future use of carbon-based technology will allow the development of embodied cognition that services human-centred needs and the challenges of environmental changes.
To achieve this, we are taking an interdisciplinary approach using cutting edge science, physics, technology and design methodologies. In this way, we are working with international partners in health, economy and technology. To facilitate these relationships, we have formed the FASTLAB research centre at UON. This centre will draw on cutting edge science, design and technology in the areas of; Biomimicry, Biomechanics, bio reading sensors, co-design and design thinking and visualization, gamification, service and UX design and animation, empathy brain mapping, augmented reality and VR devices for healthcare.
http://fastlab.soci.org.au/
Administrative Expertise
- Head of School (Birmingham City Uni UK) - Academic Director (Loughborough University UK) - Member of University Governing body (Academic Director University School of Art & Design Loughborough University ) - Research review board (Common Ground Publishing) - Quality assurance in HE learning and teaching (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education UK)
Collaborations
My approach: Visual Communication Design is an agent of change (1); it’s the true impact on human behaviour can be revealed using a range of practice-based and lead qualitative and quantitative analytical methods. In undertaking this kind of research I wish to reveal new insights that would enable us to advance the understanding of design from the perspective of social responsibility and business efficiency. In investigating visual communication design as an innovative and creative practice it is possible to quantify its potential to transform societies and enhance human well-being. Inspired by Victor Papanek’s critical and cross-cultural approach to design culture, this inclusive approach to design challenges the purely commercial imperative of product culture. As designer and educator Victor Papanek stated, ‘the only important thing about design is how it relates to people I work with Prof Kelly and the clinical team where I am visiting Professor in Design at Birmingham Children’s Hospital UK, this started in 2008 when I helped to develop the first design interventions to ensure informed consent for very young children facing large scale surgery. I have published a number of peer-reviewed papers in this new field. In the UK I have been award two ARB/C grants - As the Academic Director at Loughborough I set up and helped gain funding from the EC for the Animation academy and the online drawing journal 'Tracy'. As Head of School at BIAD BCU I lead the applications for funding and research for practice lead and based research projects with industry through the Knowledge Transfer Partnership scheme. BIAD become the leader in KTP applications over my period as HOS. I oversaw the work of the school spinout company 'Open Advantage' which developed Design and IT for a Range of SME's in the UK using open-source software. This work resulted in the 'Birmingham made me' standing conference with the British manufacturing industry, this had a profoundly positive impact on industry and business in Birmingham and in the midlands. In summary: my research approach has been to investigate Visual communication in: • Examining the mechanisms underlying human vision and visual language-and the impact on individuals learning abilities • Studying the cultural evolution of visual languages under the influence of cognitive constraints • Investigating through design the human ability to cooperate with one another • Probing the psychological design and visual communications mechanisms underlying disorders related to body image • Developing art and graphics in environments as part of recovery and pre-medical preparations. • Understanding how different behavioural norms emerge in different social contexts through co-design and wayfinding. Understanding disruption and provocation through practice and by understanding advertising and lifestyle communication has constructed the social environment. • Understanding the impact of practice and the repositioning of Art and Design into wider social and intellectual paradigms. • Developing symmetry in Visual Communication Design • The application of cutting edge design and information technology to disrupt anti-social groups (child exploitation, abuse of women, racism and conflict management). • Developing impactful Reportage art that has political intent, such as the 'Art of conflict' work and the investigations for BBC and Guardian news services.
Teaching and PhD Supervision
I have taught all aspects of Visual Communication design, drawing, visualisation, filmmaking, animation, moving image, service and UX design, Design thinking and co-design. I have supervised over 90 RHD students (too many to list) and completed both MA and PhD candidates in the UK and AU.
Qualifications
- PhD, Loughborough University - UK
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Leicester Polytechnic - England
Keywords
- Advertising and Branding
- Animation and moving image, including filmmaking
- Biomimicry
- Children’s Book Illustration
- Co-Design
- Creative business development (start-ups/upstarts)
- Creativity through practice ‘doing’
- Critical thinking
- Design and art as provocation
- Design for effective human centre behaviour change
- Design thinking
- Designing for Gamification,applying game-design thinking to non-game applications
- Designing for behaviour change through New Media
- Drawing and visualisation
- Knowledge Transfer
- Practice based action research and phenomenology
- SME's
- Spin in entities
- Spin outs
- Ux and service design
- Visual Communication Design
- Visual Narrative development
- Visualisation and Prototyping
- Wayfinding
- sensing design
Languages
- English (Mother)
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
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| 330316 | Visual communication design (incl. graphic design) | 100 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
| Title | Organisation / Department |
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| Professor - Design | University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia |
Academic appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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| 1/1/2011 - 31/12/2018 | Fellow - Birmingham Children's Hospital Visiting Professor in Design Communication | Birmingham Children's Hospital visiting Professor in Design communication Australia |
| 1/1/2011 - | Editor - The Arts in Society | The Arts in Society United States |
| 1/1/2010 - 31/12/2016 | Membership - Vroom Lab Association of Illustrator UK | Vroom Lab Association of Illustrator UK United Kingdom |
| 1/1/2010 - 31/12/2016 | Fellow - DeMontfort University Visiting Professor in Design | DeMontfort University Visiting Professor in Design United Kingdom |
| 1/7/2007 - 1/7/2010 | Research Fellow | The University of Sydney Australia |
| 1/1/2007 - 31/12/2009 | Membership - Lunar Society Executive Committee | Lunar Society Executive Committee Australia |
| 1/1/2007 - 1/3/2011 | Head of School/Chair of Visual Communication | Birmingham City University Institute of Art and Design United Kingdom |
| 1/1/2005 - 31/12/2020 | Membership - Common Ground International Arts and Design Conferences Executive | Common Ground International Arts and Design Conferences Executive Australia |
| 1/1/2005 - | Editor - Common Ground Publishing | Common Ground Publishing United States |
| 1/1/2002 - 1/1/2007 | Academic Director | Loughborough University Loughborough College of Art and Design United Kingdom |
| 1/1/1999 - 31/12/2003 | Membership - The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (UK) | The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (UK) United Kingdom |
| 1/1/1998 - 1/1/2002 | Head of Department | Loughborough University Visual Communication School United Kingdom |
| 1/1/1998 - 1/1/2002 | QAA reviewer and National Subject Group Chair | Loughborough University United Kingdom |
| 1/1/1993 - 1/1/1998 | Head of Department | Loughborough University Loughborough College of Art and Design United Kingdom |
Professional appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/1/1987 - 1/1/1989 | Reportage Artist - BBC Newsnight | BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) United Kingdom |
Invitations
Participant
| Year | Title / Rationale |
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| 2008 |
Making Design That Sells Organisation: The Second International Conference on Design Principles and Practices Description: . |
Speaker
| Year | Title / Rationale |
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| 2012 |
Thinking Through Drawing: In STEAM Organisation: London College of the Arts Description: . |
| 2011 |
Drawing as Visual Communication Organisation: 6th UNIDCOM/IADE International Conference Description: . |
| 2010 |
The Future World Organisation: The Lunar Society Description: . |
| 2010 |
Employability conference Organisation: Birmingham City University and Regional Universities Group Description: . |
| 2010 |
Shadow Play: Alchemy, Redolence and Enchantment Organisation: University of Wales Description: . |
| 2008 |
'War and Conflict' The Annual Debate Organisation: Northampton University Description: . |
| 2008 |
Master of the Universe Organisation: Royal College of Art Description: . |
| 1998 |
Informed consent and the role of visual materials Organisation: Birmingham Children’s hospital Description: . |
Prestigious works / other achievements
| Year Commenced | Year Finished | Prestigious work / other achievement | Role |
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| 2015 | 2020 | Editor of the The Journal of Communication and Media Studies. http://commongroundpublishing.com/news/mario-minichiello-appointed-editor-of-the-journal-of-communication-and-media-studies | Chair |
| 2011 | 2011 | http://www.queenstreetstudios.net/shock-and-awe-contemporary-artists-at-war-and-peace/ book and online | Illustrator |
| 1987 | 1988 | BBC Spy catcher BBC News UK | Illustrator |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (7 outputs)
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| 2021 |
Hight C, Minichiello M, The Elephant s Leg : Adventures in the Creative Industries, Common Ground Research Networks (2021)
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| 2018 | Embury G, Minichiello M, Reportage Illustration Visual Journalism, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 184 (2018) [A1] | |||||||
| 2003 | Minichiello MA, Minichiello L, Klimowski A, Willis J, The art of conflict Afghanistan, European Illustration Gallery, Hull, United Kingdom, 30 (2003) [A1] | |||||||
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Chapter (16 outputs)
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Hight C, 'Fake news, synthetic media, misinformation, disinformation and a collapse in trust in everything: now what?', The Elephant s Leg : Adventures in the Creative Industries, Common Ground, Champaign, IL 241-255 (2021)
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Roxburgh M, 'I developed an interest in photography', The Elephant's Leg: Adventures in the Creative Industries, Common Ground, Champaign, Il 256-275 (2021) [B1]
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Matthews B, 'Future Creative Industries: media work in the Orgnet', The Elephant's Leg: Adventures in the Creative Industries, Common Ground, Champaign, IL 67-88 (2021)
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Meany M, 'The Making and the Made: The Intersection of Theory and Practice in the Creative Industries', The Elephant's Leg Adventures in the Creative Industries, Common Ground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois 345-359 (2021) [B1]
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Biggins F, 'Journalism, A Love Story', The Elephant s Leg: Adventures in the Creative Industries, Common Ground, Champaign, IL 276-289 (2021) [B1]
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Egglestone P, 'Imagine Better', The Elephant's Leg: Adventures in the Creative Industries, Common Ground, Champaign, Illinois 27-48 (2021) [B1]
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| 2019 | Minichiello M, 'Putting Theory into Practice', A Companion to Illustration Art and Theory, Wiley-Blackwell, USA 250-275 (2019) [B1] | |||||||
| 2015 | Minichiello MA, 'We support business start-ups', Graphic design for the curious: Why study graphic design?, The Curious Academic Publishing, - --- (2015) [B2] | |||||||
| 2014 | Minichiello MA, 'My arguments with the world', Recto Verso: Redefining the Sketchbook, Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey 177-189 (2014) [B1] | |||||||
| 2012 | Anelli L, Minichiello MA, 'Why do designers draw?', Design and Designing: A Critical Introduction, Berg Publishers, New York 82-96 (2012) [B1] | |||||||
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Journal article (19 outputs)
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| 2020 |
McBratney S, Minichiello M, Roxburgh M, ' Don t Read This on a Plane : a case study in microbudget feature filmmaking', Studies in Australasian Cinema, 14 144-159 (2020) [C1] This paper presents demonstrable insights from the creation of a microbudget feature-length narrative drama film with high production values. As a case study, I am using a feature... [more] This paper presents demonstrable insights from the creation of a microbudget feature-length narrative drama film with high production values. As a case study, I am using a feature film I have written and directed titled ¿Don't Read This on a Plane¿, which was filmed in 10 countries, produced on a budget of A$125,000 including all post-production, fees, and deliverables, and has been acquired for international distribution. I argue that by practicing pragmatism and bricolage, and by utilising a small professional crew who handle multiple roles, a microbudget filmmaker is able to transcend financial limitations. To support my argument, I detail my lived experience as a filmmaker from the project's conception in 2016 to its completion in 2020. In additional to describing my roles as the film's writer, co-financer, co-producer, director, editor, composer, and sound mixer, I also outline the involvement of key crew members. ¿Don't Read This on a Plane¿ embodies my tacit understanding of pragmatism and bricolage, and this paper shares my demonstrable approach to microbudget filmmaking.
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| 2020 | Minichiello M, TERRIS DAVID, FORD PETER, MEADWELL JAMES, 'Adaptable, Flexible Approaches to Integrating Vertically with SME s in New Product Development', dmi:ADMC 2020 impact the future of design Academic design management conference, 22 20-1097 (2020) | ||||||||||
| 2020 |
Ford P, Fisher J, Paxman-Clarke L, Minichiello M, 'Effective wayfinding adaptation in an older National Health Service hospital in the United Kingdom: insights from mobile eye-tracking', Design for Health, 4 105-121 (2020) [C1]
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| 2019 |
Tucker H, Minichiello M, Roxburgh M, 'Media and Hybrid Media', The International Journal of New Media, Technology and the Arts, 14 11-27 (2019) [C1]
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| 2019 |
Noorbergen TJ, Adam M, Attia JR, Cornforth D, Minichiello M, 'Exploring the design of mHealth systems for health behavior change using mobile biosensors', Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 44 944-981 (2019) [C1]
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| 2018 |
Minichiello MA, Tucker H, Roxburgh M, 'The Motion Comic: Neither something nor nothing', The Journal of Communication and Media Studies, 3 13-24 (2018) [C1]
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| 2015 | Minichiello MA, Gale C, 'Beauty, Emotion, and Globalization: How Images Came to be Ruled by Words', The International Journal of Arts Theory and History, 10 7-17 (2015) [C1] | ||||||||||
| 2014 | Minichiello MA, Anelli L, Kelly D, 'Drawing to aid recovery and survival', Tracey Special Issue: Drawing in STEAM, 1-15 (2014) [C1] | ||||||||||
| 2012 | Minichiello MA, 'Political illustration and propaganda in a mass mediated world', VaroomLab, 71-94 (2012) [C1] | ||||||||||
| 2012 | Minichiello MA, 'Drawing as a means of stimulating memory and aiding recovery', The International Journal of the Image, 2 179-193 (2012) [C1] | ||||||||||
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Conference (11 outputs)
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| 2022 |
Chand A, Howells A, Male A, Minichiello M, 'Illustration Research : Exploring the Role of Non-traditional Research Outcomes and Exhibition, Sixteenth international Conference on Design Principles and Practices', University of Newcastle (2022)
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| 2021 |
Kenke R, Trefz E, Roxburgh M, Minichiello M, 'The Art of Data Portraiture: Enabling a Public Debate on Self-surveillance', Art Machines 2: International Symposium on Machine Learning and Art 2021 Proceedings, Hong Kong (2021) [E1]
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| 2018 |
Kenke R, Roxburgh M, Minichiello M, 'Documenting a participatory installation', University of California at Berkeley, USA. (2018)
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| 2017 |
Aljaroodi HM, Adam MTP, Chiong R, Cornforth DJ, Minichiello M, 'Empathic avatars in stroke rehabilitation: A co-designed mHealth artifact for stroke survivors', Designing the Digital Transformation. 12th International Conference, DESRIST 2017, Karlsruhe, Germany (2017) [E1]
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| 2014 |
Simon, Cook B, Minichiello M, Lawrence C, 'Academic integrity: differences between design assessments and essays', Proceedings of DRS 2014: Design s Big Debates, Umeå, Sweden (2014) [E1]
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| 2014 |
Simon, Cook B, Sheard J, Carbone A, Johnson C, Lawrence C, Minichiello M, 'How well do academic integrity policies and procedures apply to non-text assessments?', Proceedings of the 6th International Integrity and Plagiarism Conference, Gateshead, UK (2014) [E1]
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| 2012 | Minichiello MA, 'Drawing for visual communication', Design Research Society (DRS) 2012, Bangkok (2012) [E3] | ||||||||||
| 2012 | Minichiello MA, 'On drawing in mass media contexts', Conference Proceedings: Design Research Society 2012: Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand (2012) [E1] | ||||||||||
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Creative Work (31 outputs)
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| 2020 | Minichiello M, Morgan C, MELOMANIA Exhibition of Artists using music to help to make artwork - the work presented here was commissioned by Sydney Morning Herald Weekend Newspaper for: 'Artists response to Lockdown'. in my case using the music and lyrics of Nick Cave's ' Into my Arms" as the means of making this work about the loss of my Father to Covid19 during this period., WATT space gallery, Newcastle and Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Art Blog and WATT SPACE (2020) | ||||
| 2020 |
Kenke R, Anelli L, Wright R, Minichiello M, Drummond J, O'Donnell L, et al., The House We Build, Newcastle City Council and GPT Group (AU) (2020)
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| 2020 |
Minichiello M, Egglestone P, Cuneo M, FASTlab online site, online; https://fastlab.soci.org.au/, https://fastlab.soci.org.au/ (2020)
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Wright R, Minichiello M, Minski K, Egglestone P, FASTlab Performance Experiment Newcastle, https://www.keplersgardens.info/project/5c1fa39a-b2d2-44f9-bc03-0b3f897a4cca, https://www.keplersgardens.info/project/5c1fa39a-b2d2-44f9-bc03-0b3f897a4cca (2020)
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| 2020 |
Minichiello M, Egglestone P, Cuneo M, FASTlab online site, online; https://fastlab.soci.org.au/, https://fastlab.soci.org.au/ (2020)
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| 2019 | Minichiello M, The Spring in An Alma Maters Step- one of the images in this book, Book Illustration in A Companion to illustration, New York USA (2019) | ||||
| 2018 |
Dickinson M, Minichiello M, O'Donnell L, Hildebrandt C, Bavinton N, Citizen Science; Back Yard Detectives, Newcastle Council Library public workshop (2018)
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| 2018 |
Dickinson M, Minichiello M, O'Donnell L, Hildebrandt C, Bavinton N, Citizen Science; Back Yard Detectives, Newcastle Council Library public workshop (2018)
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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 C, Cross K, Making It Known (2015) [J2]
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| 2014 | Minichiello MA, The Sleep of Reason, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK (2014) [J2] | ||||
| 2014 | Minichiello MA, Reportage, London (2014) [J2] | ||||
| 2013 | Minichiello MA, minichiello M, Reportage, London (2013) [J3] | ||||
| 2013 | Minichiello MA, Brazell D, Davies J, Becoming a Successful Illustrator, London (2013) [J3] | ||||
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Other (6 outputs)
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| 2020 | Minichiello M, Gibbon J, EMBURY GARY, 'Reportage drawing conference Royal college London', (2020) [O1] | ||
| 2020 | Minichiello M, Minichiello M, 'HARDLINES', HARDLINES ( pp.1-8). Richard Attenborough Centre UK: Richard Attenborough University of Leicester (2020) | ||
| 2020 | Minichiello M, Minichiello M, 'HARDLINES', HARDLINES ( pp.1-8). Richard Attenborough Centre UK: Richard Attenborough University of Leicester (2020) | ||
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Report (2 outputs)
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Minichiello M, Sobel-Read K, Connor C, Morgan C, Stewart L, Sansom J, 'Revolution 4.0; Hunter Water, the Workforce of the Future', Hunter Water, 40 (2020)
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Simon, Cook B, Sheard J, Johnson C, Carbone A, Lawrence C, Minichiello M, 'Plagiarism and related issues in assessments not involving text', Office for Learning & Teaching, 36 (2016)
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Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 20 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $10,583,635 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20213 grants / $5,173,000
ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health$5,000,000
This Hub aims to develop, manufacture and deploy high-tech, cyber-secure, medically-certified IoT sensors to global health markets by integrating disparate Australian capabilities into a productive end-to-end value chain. This Hub expects to position Australia at the forefront of connected health by integrating sensor science with cyber-secure data analytics, regulatory approval and certified manufacturing capabilities. Expected outcomes of this Hub include advanced manufacturing capacity for connected sensors, strategic partnerships and commercialisation skills to translate sensors research to create economic benefits such as jobs and locally-made products for domestic and export markets, as well as improving the health of Australians.
Research Investigator list:
Professor Chun Wang; Professor Nigel Lovell; Professor John Gooding; Professor Madhu Bhaskaran; Associate Professor Kim Delbaere; Professor Wenlong Cheng; Professor Yuantong Gu; Professor Jiangtao Xi; Professor Mario Minichiello; Dr Shuying Wu; Associate Professor Dewei Chu; Professor Branko Celler; Professor Sharath Sriram; Professor Tom Wu; Dr Binghao Li; Dr Liangzhi Kou; Dr Shuhua Peng; Dr Jin Zhang; Dr Thanh Nho Do; Professor Lynne Bilston; Dr Michael Stevens; Dr Rewa Wright; Professor Paul Egglestone; Associate Professor Guozhen Liu; Professor Guangzhao Mao; Dr Ahmadreza Argha; Associate Professor Raad Raad; Dr Zhaojun Han; Dr Andrew Brodie; Dr Damia Mawad; Dr Raymond Neff; Professor Stephen Lord; Professor Guan Yeoh; Dr Nicole Carroll; Professor Sridevan Parameswaran; Professor David Hill; Dr Vahid Mohabbati; Dr Mark Flynn; Mr Bill Dimopoulos; Dr David Penn; Professor Javad Foroughi; Dr Henry Gong; Mr Wei Huang; Dr Lim Wei Yap; Mr Jun He; Mr Matthew Howard; Dr Jason Hayes; Dr Sze-Yuan Ooi; Mr Peter Vranes; Associate Professor Ravi Chandra Bakaraju; Mr Davide Vigano; Dr David Lester; Mr Edmond Sorich; Adjunct Professor Robert Flower; Mr Hugues DE CARVALHO; Mr Antony Overstead; Professor Jane Butler; Mr Stuart Ross; Professor Mike Calford; Dr Dale Chapman; Professor Simon Gandevia; Ms Grace Lethlean; Mr Geoffrey Sizer; Ms Jane Evans; Mr Ross Richmond; Dr Auda Eltahla; Dr Ke Yan
Funding body: Arts and Humanities Research Council
| Funding body | Arts and Humanities Research Council |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Prof Mario Minichiello (UON lead CI), Prof Paul Egglestone (UON Co-Inv), Dr Nicole Carroll (UON Co-Inv), Dr Rewa Wright (UON Co-Inv), Prof Chun Wang (External lead CI), Prof Nigel Lovell, Prof John Gooding, Prof Madhu Bhaskaran, Assoc Prof Kim Delbaere |
| Scheme | Industrial Transformation Research Hubs 2021 |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2021 |
| Funding Finish | 2023 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | C1200 - Aust Competitive - ARC |
| Category | 1200 |
| UON | N |
Newcastle City Night-Space Activation$168,000
Funding body: Newcastle City Council
| Funding body | Newcastle City Council |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Professor Paul Egglestone, Associate Professor Craig Hight, Associate Professor Susan Kerrigan, Doctor Simone O'Callaghan, Associate Professor Jon Drummond, Professor Mario Minichiello, Doctor Clare Irvine, Dr Bavinton Nathaniel |
| Scheme | Research Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2021 |
| Funding Finish | 2021 |
| GNo | G2100573 |
| Type Of Funding | C2400 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Other |
| Category | 2400 |
| UON | Y |
Transdisciplinary Research Network in Art and Interface Technology (TRAIT)$5,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
| Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Dr Rewa Wright (Lead); Dr Andrea Cassin; A/Prof Jon Drummond; Dr Ralph Kenke; Prof Mario Minichiello; Dr Nicole Carroll; Dr Clinton Warkins (Auckland Uni of TEchnology); Dr Alison Bennett (RMIT) |
| Scheme | Strategic Network and Pilot Project Grants Scheme |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2021 |
| Funding Finish | 2021 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20202 grants / $176,750
Singleton Laneways Activation$140,000
Funding body: Singleton Council
| Funding body | Singleton Council |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Professor Paul Egglestone, Professor Mario Minichiello, Doctor Andrew Howells, Doctor Kristefan Minski, Associate Professor Jon Drummond, Doctor Nicole Carroll, Doctor Jane Shadbolt, Doctor Ralph Kenke, Doctor Zi Siang See, Doctor Ari Chand |
| Scheme | Research Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2020 |
| Funding Finish | 2021 |
| GNo | G2001494 |
| Type Of Funding | C2300 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Own Purpose |
| Category | 2300 |
| UON | Y |
Future of Work at Hunter Water Scope Market and Literature review$36,750
Funding body: Hunter Water Corporation
| Funding body | Hunter Water Corporation |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Professor Mario Minichiello, Doctor Kevin Sobel-Read, Mrs Cassie Connor |
| Scheme | Research Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2020 |
| Funding Finish | 2020 |
| GNo | G2001262 |
| Type Of Funding | C2400 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Other |
| Category | 2400 |
| UON | Y |
20191 grants / $6,000
2019 International Research Collaboration Scheme$6,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
| Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Scheme | FEDUA IRCS |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2019 |
| Funding Finish | 2019 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20173 grants / $80,455
Uncertainty, Insight and Creativity Research Project$45,455
Funding body: nib Health Funds
| Funding body | nib Health Funds |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Professor Mario Minichiello, Associate Professor Mark Roxburgh |
| Scheme | Research Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2017 |
| GNo | G1701046 |
| Type Of Funding | C3100 – Aust For Profit |
| Category | 3100 |
| UON | Y |
Addressing societal problems in health $20,000
Funding body: Nib Health Care
| Funding body | Nib Health Care |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Mario Minichiello, Mark Roxburgh, David Cornforth, Marc Adam, Paul Dastoor, John Attia, Michael Nilsson, |
| Scheme | Nib funding |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2018 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Contract - Aust Non Government |
| Category | 3AFC |
| UON | N |
SMARTDESIGN Interdisciplinary Research Network$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Prof Mario Minichiello, Dr Mark Roxburgh, Prof Chris Levi, Prof John Attia, Dr David Cornforth, Dr Marc Adam |
| Scheme | FEDUA Strategic Networks and Pilot Projects (SNaPP) |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2017 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20151 grants / $10,000
Pilot Mobile App for Stroke - a mobile health device for the self-management of chronic disease$10,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Professor Mario Minichiello, Doctor David Cornforth |
| Scheme | Linkage Pilot Research Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2015 |
| Funding Finish | 2015 |
| GNo | G1501195 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20141 grants / $20,000
Matters directly relating to crucial networking associated with the planned EU grant application.$20,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Science & IT
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Science & IT |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Professor Mario Minichiello |
| Scheme | Strategic Initiative Research Fund (SIRF) |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2014 |
| Funding Finish | 2014 |
| GNo | G1401041 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20132 grants / $272,430
City Evolutions Project - Watt Street$262,430
Funding body: Newcastle City Council
| Funding body | Newcastle City Council |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Chris Tucker, Conjoint Professor Mark Balnaves, Dr NING Gu, Mr Ramsey Awad, Professor Mario Minichiello, Associate Professor Stephan Chalup, Doctor Keith Nesbitt |
| Scheme | Research Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2013 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | G1201004 |
| Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - Local |
| Category | 2OPL |
| UON | Y |
Digital Public Space: new architectures and finance models for public service media$10,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Conjoint Professor Mark Balnaves, Professor Mario Minichiello |
| Scheme | Linkage Pilot Research Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2013 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | G1300806 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20121 grants / $201,000
Plagiarism and related issues in assessments not involving text$201,000
Funding body: Office for Learning and Teaching
| Funding body | Office for Learning and Teaching |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor .. Simon, Professor Mario Minichiello, Mr Roger Quinn, Mr Chris Lawrence |
| Scheme | Commissioned Strategic Projects |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2012 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | G1200799 |
| Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Commonwealth |
| Category | 1CS |
| UON | Y |
20072 grants / $3,860,000
Open Advantage spinout company $3,000,000
Funding body: DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
| Funding body | DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY |
|---|---|
| Project Team | five |
| Scheme | DTI regional business aid scheme UK |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2007 |
| Funding Finish | 2009 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Not Known |
| Category | UNKN |
| UON | N |
Knowledge transfer partnerships with Industries $860,000
Funding body: KTP UK
| Funding body | KTP UK |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Shane Wilson- Mario Minichiello - various industries and businesses in the UK |
| Scheme | Department of trade and industry knowledge transfer scheme UK |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2007 |
| Funding Finish | 2010 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Not Known |
| Category | UNKN |
| UON | N |
20021 grants / $12,000
Conflict Drawing - Reporting the war$12,000
Funding body: AHRC
| Funding body | AHRC |
|---|---|
| Project Team | mario minichiello |
| Scheme | AHRC |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2002 |
| Funding Finish | 2003 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Grant - Aust Non Government |
| Category | 3AFG |
| UON | N |
20011 grants / $12,000
Reportage drawing and investigation$12,000
Funding body: ARB/C Great Britain
| Funding body | ARB/C Great Britain |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Mario Minichiello |
| Scheme | ARC |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2001 |
| Funding Finish | 2001 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | International - Competitive |
| Category | 3IFA |
| UON | N |
19971 grants / $700,000
Academy of Animation Loughborough University$700,000
Funding body: Arts and Humanities Research Council
| Funding body | Arts and Humanities Research Council |
|---|---|
| Project Team | John Grace, Mario Minichiello |
| Scheme | Unknown |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 1997 |
| Funding Finish | 2004 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Not Known |
| Category | UNKN |
| UON | N |
19951 grants / $60,000
informed consent in young children for major surgery $60,000
Funding body: TLRP, EPSRC and ERSC
| Funding body | TLRP, EPSRC and ERSC |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Prof D Kelly - Birmingham Clinical Team -Liz Anelli - M Minichiello |
| Scheme | TLRP TEL |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 1995 |
| Funding Finish | 1995 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Not Known |
| Category | UNKN |
| UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | PhD | Technology Developments are Deliberately Starting to Interfere with Human Nature by Design. | PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2019 | PhD | 'Ecstatic Truth’ & the Everyday 9-5: Elucidating ‘the Ecstatic Truth’ in the Everyday Pursuits of People to Make a Life Not a Living | 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 | Designing mHealth Systems for Behaviour Change | PhD (Information Systems), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2020 | Masters | Can the Principles of Entropy, with a Focus on Climate Change, be explored through Art? | M Philosophy (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2020 | PhD | Exploring the Panel: Producing a Feature Length, Horror-Themed Motion Comic Based on a Comic and Screenplay | PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2020 | PhD | A Creative Study on Data Portraits: The Visualisation Process of Self-Surveillance as an Indicator of Datafication of Social Life | PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2020 | PhD | The ROVA Project | PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2018 | PhD | Habitus, Tacit Knowledge and Design Practice: The Context of the Designer as Illustrator | PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2018 | PhD | Shoestring Theory: Pragmatism and Bricolage in Microbudget Feature Filmmaking | PhD (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2015 | Masters | Hand Rendering in Contemporary Visual Communication | M Philosophy (Design), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2008 | PhD |
The in-betweeners: Irish animation as a postcolonial discourse <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;background-color:#ffffff;">The in-betweeners: Irish animation as a postcolonial discourse</span> |
Graphic and Design Studies, Loughborough University | Co-Supervisor |
| 2003 | Honours |
Children literature an color in Illustration <p>http://www.stephenwaterhouse.com</p><p><span style="color:#0099ff;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;background-color:#f2f2f2;">written and illustrated my own series of books for Bloomsbury children’s books called ‘Get Busy This Christmas!’, ‘Get Busy This Summer!’ and ‘Get Busy, Dad’s Back!’ These books are about the adventures of a family of penguins.</span></p> |
Graphic and Design Studies, Loughborough University | Sole Supervisor |
| 2002 | Honours |
Fashion Illustration <p>developing commercial forms of fashion Illustration</p><p>http://www.lucytruman.com/portfolio</p> |
Graphic and Design Studies, Loughborough University | Principal Supervisor |
| 2001 | Honours |
Children Story, narrative structures <p>http://www.childs-play.com/illustrator/johnson_richard.html</p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.4em;color:#333333;font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">After some painful years of leading the life of a struggling 'fine art' student, which can be quite depressing, I realised what I really wanted to do was simply to design and draw and I discovered the Visual Communication department. A few enjoyable years later and I'd graduated from Loughborough University School of Art and Design with a first in illustration. My tutor was Mario Minichiello, who made a big impression on my rationale as a wannabe illustrator, as he does with many of his students.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.4em;color:#333333;font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">So I left with a little talent and a lot of determination and was thrust into the sink or swim world of the ASDA produce section, which nearly undid all Mario’s good work. Fortunately my determination pulled me through, and very slowly illustrative commissions started to come my way.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.4em;color:#333333;font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Now I am almost all grown up and I’m lucky enough to be able to do what I always wanted to do for a living - make pictures!</p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.4em;color:#333333;font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">I like to try and work in as many areas of printed illustration that clients will allow me to, from ideas-based commissions with a quick turnaround to larger projects, sequential imagery and character development. Previous jobs have included creating imagery for advertising, packaging, posters, cards, magazines, newspapers and children’s publishing.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.4em;color:#333333;font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">After a few years as a practising illustrator I slowly developed my visual language into this area and my first children’s picture book won a Silver Medal in the Best of British Illustration exhibition, presented to me by the Association of Illustrators. Since then I have worked on lots of other books for children.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.4em;color:#333333;font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Recently I have turned my attention to developing my own stories. My first self-written book, My Grandpa’s Amazing Inventions is to be published by Templar later this year, while the next one is waiting to be set free from the confines of my sketchbook!</p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.4em;color:#333333;font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">I currently live in Lincolnshire with my partner who is a jewellery designer. </p><p style="margin-bottom:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.4em;color:#333333;font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">When I’m not making pictures I like to fly my kites or explore the woods where I live; there are plenty of stories waiting to be found just around the next tree. I also like a drink or two with my pals and enjoy looking after my partner’s grandparents garden, but probably not in that order. I am also fond of collecting things, I like strange and old toys, and hunting down interesting imagery on my travels.</p><p></p> |
Graphic and Design Studies, Loughborough University | Principal Supervisor |
| 1997 | Honours |
Drawing methods and approaches <p>Drawing, Illustration and Animation Project that led to book publication on drawing:</p><p>http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/aed/undergraduate/graphic-communication-illustration/</p> |
Graphic Arts & Design Studies, Loughborough University UK | Principal Supervisor |
| 1997 | Honours |
Exploring expression in drawing <p><span style="color:#7a7a7a;font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;">In 1993, after being disillusioned with my American art school experience, I decided to leave it all behind and go to England. I went to </span><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#7a7a7a;font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;">Loughborough College of Art Design</em><span style="color:#7a7a7a;font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"> and threw myself into a new illustration program conceived by the mad genius Mario Minichiello. After learning the value of drawing on location, I developed a drawing language that is the closest, most personal, and most direct expression of what I want to say. This has been the basis of all my work. In fact, many of the characters that populate my drawings are people I have seen and covertly documented. Since 1997 I have been illustrating for magazines, books, interactive presentations and for the web.</span></p><p>https://corruptioncomics.com/about-2/</p><p>https://lifestooshortfornuance.com/httpwww-louisnetter-combook-html/</p><p></p><p><span style="color:#7a7a7a;font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;"></span></p> |
Graphic and Design Studies, Loughborough University | Principal Supervisor |
| 1991 | Honours |
Commercial Illustration <p style="color:#333333;font-size:15px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">now an internationally recognised illustrator, Andrew's work has appeared in newspapers, on billboards and on the covers of major corporate reports for nearly two decades, including campaigns for Nike, Accenture, British Gas and Eurostar. His iconic and thought-provoking illustrations have consistently been selected by&nbsp;<em>3x3: The Journal of Contemporary Illustration, Society of Illustrators&rsquo; of New York, Society of Illustrators&rsquo; of Los Angeles</em>,&nbsp;<em>American Illustration&nbsp;</em>and the&nbsp;<em>Association of Illustrators&rsquo; Images</em>&nbsp;juried exhibitions and annuals. His work is held in public and private collections in the United States, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia. Andrew was commissioned to illustrate the influential covers for&nbsp;<em>The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Journal</em>&nbsp;(Amsterdam: Elsevier) in 2015 and has recently illustrated a deluxe World Atlas as part of the&nbsp;<em>Lonely Planet Adventures&nbsp;</em>series for children.<br /></p><p style="color:#333333;font-size:15px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">As Associate Dean for Enterprise, Andrew works with agencies and organizations to commercialise research undertaken in the School and to facilitate networks with partners who share cultural and creative expertise. These partners include not for profit organizations, commercial companies, international HE institutions and individuals. We are always interested in working with like-minded partners who value and recognize the global communication possibilities of the creative and cultural industries.</p> |
Graphic Arts & Design Studies, De Montfort University Leicester UK | Sole Supervisor |
| 1991 | Honours |
Reportage and human visual studies This student has progressed after his studies to become a Leader in portraiture and chair pf the Royal Portent society UK- among many others, he recently painted Tony Blair official portrait. |
Graphic Arts & Design Studies, DeMontfort University Visiting Professor in Design | Sole Supervisor |
| 1990 | Honours |
commercial illustration folio <p>developing commercial Illustration visual language </p><p>http://www.debutart.com/artist/frazer-hudson</p> |
Graphic and Design Studies, De Montfort University Leicester UK | Co-Supervisor |
Research Projects
Mobile health systems: REGAIN Trails - multi disciplinary research through FASTlab https://fastlab.soci.org.au 2016 - 2020
Hospital trials and first stage Beta Prototype has been developed and tested - second stage is the UX and design/ visual assets.
The Regain app. will apply knowledge from data science and human factors in computing to offer an ergonomic solution to stroke rehabilitation, and will enhance medical processes currently in place. Regain will develop seamless and simple design strategies that will assist with connecting users to their data ( in the form of rehabilitation videos interactions between the app. and its potential users).
The role of the Regain app. is to provide medical professionals with a better system than what is currently available, to support them in assisting patients toward a robust and sustainable recovery.
Playable Livable Cities 2021
This transformation of city locations into playful spaces is part of a broader urban design and civic engagement agenda being pursued by a number of cities globally (see https://www.playablecity.com/). Our approach draws on civic agency to aid the design of localised spaces, enhance both a sense of place and the liveability of the inner-city environment, and explore how citizens define ‘play’ within this context. The data generated by citizens’ engagement in specific digital experiences (‘playing’ with the pieces of infrastructure we design), together with feedback and input from the local community, will generate new knowledge around civic engagement and the localised design of spaces within Newcastle. ASTLab is working with the City of Newcastle its industry partners at Design Anthology and NewIe Ventures to develop prototype Lightboxes (or ‘henges’) that'll create interactive digital experiences in three locations across Newcastle's CBD. We're developing opt-in playful interactions that foster wellbeing in the community and also have the potential collect anonymised data that can be used for further development of smart technologies. The three target sites will be used to assess if the innovative infrastructure-based, design-led strategy for creating interactive engagement aids in community accessibility, usage and re-imagining of the possibilities of these spaces. Insights gained through these elicitation methods, together with data generated by the interactions themselves, will inform design iterations of the Lightboxes for placement including in other Newcastle locations.
The project will also contribute more broadly to new knowledge in the field of ‘playful’ cities.
The team are interested in the transferability of these results, and the project has been set up to ensure that the research is highly reproducible and transferable. The design-led innovations can be replicated, the civic-centred research approach to generate rich levels of engagement and feedback from local communities, can be commercialised and/or offered to other smart city regions (in Newcastle and the Hunter region and throughout Australia).
Citizen Scientist: BackYard Detectives 2019 - 2020
Airborne particulate matter is a known health risk. Coal dust has been found at the level of human cell wall permeation and is considered particularly damaging to biological processes. The coal dust is being blown off the top of uncovered coal wagons during transportation, and from the mountainous slopes of open-air storage sites. Despite health warnings, it is unclear at this stage what potential and future health issues citizens living in the vicinity of these transport routes and stores are experiencing, because it is undetermined how much coal dust is affecting these residential areas. It’s well understood that breathing in PM2.5 particles can affect your health. PM2.5 particles are small enough to breath them deeply into your lungs. They're actually about 30 times smaller than the diameter of a single human hair. Coal dust has been found at the level of human cell wall permeation and is considered particularly damaging to biological processes. The coal dust is being blown off the top of uncovered coal wagons during transportation, and from the mountainous slopes of open-air storage sites. Despite health warnings, it is unclear at this stage what potential and future health issues citizens living in the vicinity of these transport routes and stores are experiencing, because it is undetermined how much coal dust is affecting these residential areas.Our practical objective for this project is to develop a fine grain sensor-based DIY kit that can read how much coal dust is dispersed into the atmosphere from uncovered coal train loads. The project will design and deploy Internet of Things (IoT) sensor-based technologies to enable crowd-sourced data as a citizen science project. The IoT core sensor kit will be so simple that a 5 year old can assemble it, and be designed to be supplemented by everyday household items (toilet rolls, coat hangers, pvc pipe etc). The DIY and tech hardware components will be supported by an online dashboard where participants can log in their home coal dust kit and monitor the aggregated data as the project progresses. The dashboard will be designed utilising 'gamification' design principles to encourage repeat visitation, ongoing participation, and ultimately an educative process. The project will engage families via school-age children who are able to assemble kits during workshops and according to open source instructions, to create a particulate matter sensor for measuring coal dust. Citizens' will install the kits across the region to crowdsource the desired data
Hunter water Future of work Literature Review and action research plan 2020
Review of academic and business literature - Workshops with lego smart play as a research tool- action research and scope of works for setting up further research and ARC linkage
The House we built 2020 - 2021
Game based research using Animation, Sound and Games design with Housing developers and Newcastle Council.
Australia is changing and so is Newcastle with new industries, business and a growing vibrant community. But where are these people going to live? And how can we plan to accommodate them? After all they could be our grown up children, our grandchildren, or people who will bring their skills and ambitions to Newcastle. The question is, how do we make the choices that enable all this to happen without losing what we love about the place we live?
To address this, FASTlab worked as an R and D team with the Council of Newcastle to deliver an online exhibition to engage the public in the process. The FASTlab team designed an animation with a voice over and music, a game and soundscape. The game has defined goals where players create virtual homes, parks and other assets in the live-able environment. In this way members of the public experience having to balance all the challenges and joys of building a city one home at a time.
https://thehousewebuild.soci.org.au/
Living Laneways 2020 - 2021
The Living Laneways project is funded by the NSW Government Streets as Shared Spaces grant. The laneway activations are powered by the University of Newcastle’s Future Art, Science and Technology Lab (FASTlab) in partnership with Art Thinking Australia and Ars Electronica.
Designed to use public art as a means of community engagement, over the course of 2021, residents will be painting a new picture of Singleton, using the streets and laneways in the town centre as their canvas. From interactive displays with shadows and thought-boxes, to video projections, murals and sound devices, the Singleton Living Laneways project brings spaces to life through a suite of engaging, high-impact activations that celebrate creative life and identity.
The activations are:
Shadowgram Singleton
Burkes Arcade, Singleton, 15 March – 29 March 2021
Inspired by 19th century photogenic drawings, Shadowgram brings a unique image making process to the digital age. Audiences generate their own shadowgram portraits and display them with a connected statement. Shadowgram seeks for audiences to respond to a provocation through igniting ideas in text and image, discussion, and new enquiry.
Singleton community members will have the opportunity to join the social brainstorming. Using Shadowgram, they will be able to create a silhouette image of themselves and paste it on a landscape painting of Singleton, providing engaging insights into how they see the Singleton of tomorrow.
Vision Alley
Burns Lane, Singleton, 12 April – 2 July 2021
FASTlab researcher and German-born Media Artist, Ralph Kenke (DE/AU), is developing a new work specifically for Singleton that will be the highlight activation of Burns Lane. Ralph recently was awarded a national portraiture prize for his work Selfie Factory - a joint project with colleague, Elmar Trefz.
Vision Alley is a process-driven artistic research project that will be updated with further details shortly.
Beehive
Evidence Lane, Singleton, 22 June 2021
In 2013, FASTlab researcher and industry partner, Kristefan Minski, developed the Bienenstock (Beehive) project for the Ars Electronica Festival. The original intention sought to create a unique, crowd-sourced video tool for capturing large events through the lens of the event community. Bienenstock has since had many other iterations, most prominently becoming a powerful and playful tool for citizen engagement in different cities. It was recently a feature activation for the EU culture capital of Mons and as part of the Maltese EU Presidency programs.
The Singleton Beehive is a process-driven artistic research project that will be updated with further details shortly.
Acoustic Alley
Tre Bella Laneway, 26 July – 18 August 2021
FASTlab researchers and audio ecology and experimental sound experts, Jon Drummond (AU) and Nicole Carroll (US), are developing a bespoke sonic feast for the residents of Singleton. Jon is a leading figure in the field of computational music spanning more than two decades and Nicole is an instrument inventor that has toured extensively across the US and Europe.
Acoustic Alley is a process driven artistic research project that will be updated with further details shortly.
CREDITS
Produced and presented by the University of Newcastle’s Future Art Science and Technology FASTLab in partnership with Singleton Council, Art Thinking Australia and Ars Electronica
SINGLETON LANEWAYS
- FASTlab Chief Investigators: Professor Paul Egglestone, Professor Mario
- Minichiello and Dr Kristefan Minski
- FASTlab Project Manager: Zoe Carlton
- FASTlab Media and PR: Christy Hay
- FASTlab Technical Production Support: Luke O’Donnell, Danielo Pati & Neale Davy
- FASTlab Special Thanks: Adrienne Lindsay
SHADOWGRAM SINGLETON
- Producer: Dr Kristefan Minski
- Wall Artwork: Dr Ari Chand
- Singleton Shadowgram Chief Investigators (FASTlab): Dr Ari Chand and Dr Kristefan Minski
SHADOWGRAM BACKGROUND IP CREDITS
- Shadowgram Original Idea and Concept:
- Ars Electronica Futurelab / Roland Haring, Matthew Gardiner, Christopher Lindinger, Hide Ogawa
- Shadowgram Original R&D Team:
- Ars Electronica Futurelab / Roland Haring, Hideaki Ogawa, Christopher Lindinger, Emiko
- Ogawa, Matthew Gardiner, David Stolarsky, Martina Mara
- Shadowgram Australia Fabrication Design and Production: davisthomas
HARDLINES touring global exhibtion 2021 - 2022
It showcases aspects of his career as a political as well as a reportage documentary artist. His award-winning work for Guardian newspaper, BBC, Al Jazeera (among many others) as well as book and new media work is in collections around the world. This work is both beautiful and challenging, (Molly BBC Director 1999). Building on a Dadaist approach his work explores the questions; “How can traditional art forms be used to develop pictorial narratives that enable new ideas and ways of thinking and seeing the world’. Building on his solo show HARDLINES at the Duckrabbit Studio in Sydney, this new exhibition; ‘The Quick and the Dead’, explores our shared struggling with the unfolding challenges in our world. Mario’s work strives to be vigilant and questioning our assumptions about the everyday things we see around us. This exhibition explores art-making as the conscious extension of Dadaism’s line of cultural questioning. By looking more carefully at the things that we accept as normal and often take for granted.
In this way, Mario uses his skills as an artist to question a range of subjects, from the commodification of humans; activities as such love, conflict, The assumptions of normality: industry’s impact on the city our ecology, landscapes, and the human relationship to machine intelligence.
This is peer-reviewed by Common Ground international and curated Clyde street studios- All artwork is for sale for the first time in Newcastle, with 10% of all sales going to landmine clearance – critics have said :
“Some drawings impress with their emotion and humanity, others impress with their technique; Mario's do both and, what is even better, because of the nature of their questioning, they make even this most cynical old hack want to go out and draw the world afresh." Steve Bell Political cartoonist Guardian.
“LIKE THE BERLIN of Grosz, Mario Minichello's Amsterdam shows the hardness, the human pain and the ugliness of the red light zone. A world of weary whores and lap dancers, customers and clients with stricken faces, and malevolent pimps. It shows their places of work — crowded clubs full of contorted male faces, bare rooms with a crumpled bed and billowing net curtains and streets full of garish menace. Mario Minichello's work grabs your eyes, your brain, your whole self”. Martin Mulloy Director BBC WorldWide
“Minichiello makes powerful historically significant work”. Prof Pat Kirkham Brad Graduate Centre NY.
The Quick and the dead- Beautiful things 2021 - 2022
Beautiful things.
For the past thirty years, Liz Anelli and I have made pictures together. It started at art school where we met and has continued throughout our professional careers. We have worked in different places around the world. We are naturally curious people so when we were invited by Muswellbrook council to work as artists in residence we jumped at the chance.
When we arrived in Muswellbrook, we were surprised by a landscape that looked like it had come from the film Lord of the Rings, ‘Mordor’. We looked deeper and beyond the mines that seemed to dominate every view.
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As artists, we bring our enthusiasm for what the visual arts can bring to everyday life. We have all seen through the recent lockdowns that all forms of art are essential for humanities well-being and happiness. The impact of art has been researched by scholars from every discipline throughout history as Scientist John Lubbock states.
“Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colours flowers, so does art colour life.” (John Lubbock scientist, 1864)
Furthermore, the research suggests that creativity is a natural part of being human. It can be compared to preparing and consuming food. We all want to eat food that tastes good and is healthy. Being good at cooking does not make you a chief, for that you need the training to develop your talents. The same is true for Artists. Art Schools offer a specialist education process, the results can be seen online, in picture books, graphic novels, games, newspapers and in Art galleries. Art galleries are still important to communities as they allow people to encounter and connect to the imagination of others. The ability to imagine seems to be a uniquely human trait, to think about something that does not exist and then make it real:
“Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso.
Art communicates to the brain’s emotional centres, it makes things understandable without recourse to words, it is a language of practised simplicity:
“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.” (Charles Bukowski poet, novelist, 1967)
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An artist can be seen as a translator of both the inner (the self) and outer (observed) world. In this way artists create novel things, the common starting point of this is drawing. Drawing is a form of kinesthetic-tactile learning, it also builds our visual memory. So, if you write a shopping list by hand and forget to take it to the shops with you the chances are you will still remember most of it.
Drawing is also a means of questioning what you see. Questioning and trying to find answers through your work is an ever-changing process. For example, as John Carey states in his book; “What good are the Arts’, that the question, ‘What is a work of art? “Could not have been asked before the late 18th century, because prior to this time no works of art existed.
I do not mean that objects we now regard as works of art did not exist, but they were not regarded as works of art in our sense. Most pre-industrial societies did not even have a word for art as an independent concept, and the term ‘work of art ‘as we use it would have been baffling to all previous cultures, including the civilizations of Greece and Rome and of western Europe in the medieval period”. (Carey 2006)
The idea of elevating “makers” (artists and designers as they are now known) into superstars would have been unthinkable at that time. “Instead, beautiful things were created by groups of craftspeople spread throughout the wider community. There was a greater “universal artistic practice”, which centred on making beautiful artefacts” (Carey).
Even the term “aesthetics” which is believed to have been used first by Alexander in 1750, was only really discussed in a formal academic sense by Kant, in his ‘Critique of Judgement (1781). Kant developed the terms that would come to underpin the ideas of creative thinking in the West for the next two hundred years. Creative thinking and in particular notions of ‘beauty and the aesthetically pleasing’ has had an enormous influence on global trade and industry and is why the creative industries are essential to our economy. Beauty has been and is a driver of trade and industry around the world. This is not a new trend, although the creative industries seem to have been recently ‘discovered by the Australian government’ (as their net worth is more than mining) these industries are as old as the world trade routes themselves. Creativity seems to be built into our brains, as John Berger notes: “We know that it is the right hemisphere of the human brain ‘reads’ and stores our visual experience. This is significant because the areas and centres where this takes place are strictly identical with those in the left hemisphere, which process our experience of words. The apparatus with which we deal with appearances is identical with that with which we deal verbal language- And this again prompts one to conclude that appearances possess some of the qualities of a code” (Berger 1972). In other words, art is a language and can be learnt, visual cognition can be developed. This then is the role of the art school systems and explains why, at some point in history, some far-sighted government built Art Schools and conservatoriums of music in most towns in regional Australia. Just as humans have a natural thirst for knowledge, so we have a natural in-built connection to connecting to the world through meaningful images. In his 2003 Reith Lectures ‘The emerging mind’, Vilayanur S Ramachandran, Director of the Centre for Brain research at Cambridge University, spoke about the minds need to ‘find meaning’. This might explain our innate fascination with pictures and their components of colour, line, texture, and all forms of hand-drawn images. These seem to hold experiences and stories that connect to use in ways that words cannot and become part of our memories and help to define who we are as people.
Horizon 2020 - European Commission application 2014 - 2015
Horizon 2020was the largest ever European funding programme for research and innovation. It has a budget of 79 billion euros and will run throughout 2020. Horizon 2020 aims to: ensure that Europe produces world-class science. we applied with 9 Eu partners but did not win any funding this time around
Leicester Demontfort Univerwity and the National Health service UK 2019 - 2020
wayfinding in hospitals undertaken first study and formal Paper
Horizon 2020 Sweden, Ducth, Spanish and German Partners 2021
Horizon 2020 programme is running from 2014 to 2020 with a €80 billion budget. It provides research and innovation funding for multi-national collaboration projects as well as for individual researchers and supports SMEs with a special funding instrument.
HARDLINES ouring exhibtion peer reviewed by Common Ground Illinois USA 2021 - 2022
Mario Minichiello HARDLINES and My life in Bad Behaviour touring exhibition
Singapore NAFA conferences 2018 - 2021
working with Prof Jasvin to deliver creative international workshops
Stuttgart University Germany Games and Deign Communication exhanges 2018 - 2022
working with the University in Germany across all creative industries
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Professor Mario Minichiello
Position
Honorary Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
College of Human and Social Futures
Contact Details
| mario.minichiello@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | (02) 4921 5428 |
| Mobile | 0400541594 |
Office
| Room | X-445 |
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| Building | NeW Space |
| Location | City Campus , |
NEWS • Jul 22.2021
Design at the he(art) of $24M hub to advance personalised medicine
In a win for the nation’s personalised healthcare capability, the University of Newcastle has been announced as a key partner in the establishment of a new $24 million Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub led by the University of New South Wales.
NEWS • May 13.2016
UON PhD candidate's film to have world premiere in Hollywood
A PhD in Design at UON can take you anywhere, including Hollywood. Filmmaker Stuart McBratney has written, directed, composed a feature film
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