Innovation Hub
A collaborative problem-solving space at the core of the faculty. What problem would you like us to solve?
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About us
​​​​​​The Innovation Hub is an interdisciplinary problem-solving initiative at the heart of ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø’s most diverse faculty, the faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA). Established in 2021, the ADA Innovation Hub brings together our unique mix of expert knowledge from across six schools, six research centres, and multiple other labs, studios and galleries to solve problems, respond to opportunities and facilitate positive change.
Each year, the Innovation Hub, led by DrÌýCarly Vickers,Ìýundertakes a selection of projects proposed by our students, staff, industry or community partners.ÌýThrough carefully curated interdisciplinary teams of ADA staff and students, we work inclusively and collaboratively to find creative solutions to the diverse and complex issues of our time.
Our projects
Meet the team
From left to right, we are:
Joanne Chiang - Research Assistant
Rogaya Alkaff - Administrative Officer
Baron Chau - Graphic Designer
Carly Vickers - Academic Lead (on leave for 2024)
Michaela Turner - Manager
Emma Peters - Lead Design Strategist 2024
Project alumni
The ADA Innovation Hub has welcomed over 400 project alumni since March 2021! If you would like to join our growing list of project alumni please contact usÌýto find out how.
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Rebecca Green, Academic Lead
Sally Smythe, Project Manager
Carmel O'Connor, Project Manager
Anna Tow
Sarah Liu
Nicole MatherProject Partner
Digital Grid Futures Institute
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Tema Milstein, Academic Co-Lead
John Carr, Academic Co-Lead
Nicole Suniary, Project Manager
Michael Donahue, Graphic Designer
Thanh-Van Viviane Nguyen
Valentina Campos
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Jill Bennett, Academic Lead
Jennifer Tyler, Project Manager
Gail Kenning
Chloe Cassidy
Katherine Bond
Volker Kuchelmeister
Alina Wirtz
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Sara Padgett Kjaersgaard, Project Co-Lead
Tessa Carnegie, Project Co-Lead
Colleen Nash, Project Manager
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Charlotte Adams, Project Co-Lead
Bronte Contador-Kelsall, Project Co-Lead
Emma Mills, Project Facilitator
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Emma Kirby, Project Co-Lead
Josh Wiesberger,ÌýProject Co-Lead
Emma Peters, Design Strategist
Ash Watson
Aves Parsemain
Charlotte Allan
David Curzon
Jace Dent
kylie valentine
Lewen Wei
Lydia Gitau
Rogaya Alkaff
Thuy Giang
Wanning Cai
Xiaohan (Hannah) Gong
Yasmin Malak
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Project Sponsors:
Claire Annesley, Dean, Arts, Design & Architecture
Carly Vickers, Innovation HubAcademic Leads:
Jill Bennett, Director, The Big Anxiety
Michael Balfour, Head of School, School of the Arts & MediaProject Manager/s:
Michaela Turner, Innovation Hub
Dennison LindbergProject Team:
Katherine Bond
Chloe Cassidy
Ellen Clapin
Gail Kenning
Lydia Gitau
Volker Kuchelmeister
Jennifer TylerGraphics Design:
Baron Chau, Innovation HubCollaborators:
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
Big Anxiety Research Centre
Nigel Lavender, Momentum Arts
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Project Sponsors:
Claire Annesley, Dean, Arts, Design & ArchitectureÌý
Carly Vickers, Innovation Hub
Emma Peters, Innovation HubProject Manager:
Rogaya Alkaff, Innovation HubEvent Manager:
Emma SnowdenProject Team:
Michaela Turner, Innovation Hub
Baron Chau, Innovation Hub
Charlotte Adams, Innovation HubCollaborators:
Frost*collective
Kartini Ludwig, Kopi Su Studio
Joel Pearson, Future Minds Lab
Jules Munro, Simpsons
Shelly Simpson, Mud Australia
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Art & Design
Professor Frederik Anseel, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Business School
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Project Sponsors:
Claire Annesley, Dean, Arts, Design & Architecture
Sven Rogge, Dean, ScienceAcademic Lead:
Carly Vickers, Innovation HubProject Team:
Michaela Turner, Innovation Hub
Rogaya Alkaff, Innovation Hub
Baron Chau, Innovation Hub
Joanne Chiang, Innovation HubCollaborators:
Pippa Corry, philo & co
Veena Sahajwalla, Director, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍøDesign Sprint Facilitators:
Baron Chau, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Ashley Eriksmoen, ANU
Matthew Harkness, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Emma Mills, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
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Project Management Team
Claire Annesley, Dean
David Cami, Faculty Executive Director
Carly Vickers, Innovation Hub
Michaela Turner, Innovation Hub
Rogaya Alkaff, Innovation Hub
Joanne Chiang, Innovation Hub
Emma Mills, School of Art & Design
Trea Murphy, Division of External Engagement
Emma Snowden, Division of External Engagement
Cheyenne Bardos, Division of External Engagement
Nicolle Fierro, Dean's Unit
Colleen Nash, Dean's Unit
Acceleration Team
Claire Annesley, Dean, Arts, Design & Architecture
John Carr, School of Humanities & Languages
Chloe Cassidy, School of Art & Design
Matthias Haeusler, School of Built Environment
Timothy Heffernan, School of Built Environment
Clair Hill, School of Humanities & Languages
Paul Matthews, Creative Practice Lab
Rickie-Lee McLaurin-Smith, School of Social Sciences
Tema Milstein, School of Humanities & Languages
Vanessa Traynor, Arts, Design & Architecture
Michaela Turner, Dean's Unit
Carly Vickers, School of Art & DesignClimate Team
Jane Cameron, School of Art & Design
Melody Framp, Arts, Design & Architecture
Rebecca Green, School of Art & Design
Matthias Haeusler, School of Built Environment
Tony Loughland, School of Education
Paul Matthews, Creative Practice Lab
Rickie-Lee McLaurin-Smith, School of Social Sciences
Carmel O'Connor, Arts, Design & Architecture
Sara Padgett Kjaersgaard, School of Built Environment
Emma Peters, School of Art & Design
Christina Silk, School of Built Environment
Dean Utian, Arts, Design & ArchitectureHealth TeamÌý
Jill Bennett, National Institute for Experimental Arts
Katherine Bond, School of Art & Design
Chloe Cassidy, School of Art & Design
Clair Hill, School of Humanities & Languages
Reside Oya Demirbilek, School of Built Environment
Mariano Ramirez, School of Built Environment
Vanessa Traynor, Arts, Design & ArchitecturePower Team
Srinjoy Bose, School of Social Sciences
John Carr, School of Humanities & Languages
Nicole Crouch, School of Art & Design
Uros Cvoro, Arts, Design & Architecture
Farnaz Fattahi, School of Built Environment
Paola Favaro, School of Built Environment
Timothy Heffernan, School of Built Environment
Melody Li, School of Art & Design
Damien March, Arts, Design & Architecture
Tema Milstein, School of Humanities & Languages
Trea Murphy, Arts, Design & Architecture
Chanah Wainer, School of EducationTranslation Team
Emma Mills (Lead), School of Art & Design
Charlotte Adams, School of Art & Design
Josh Anstee, School of Art & Design
Virginie Aubard, School of Built Environment
Max Booker, School of Art & Design
Sam Carman, School of Art & Design
Hannah Carthew, School of Art & Design
Josephine Seri Collins, School of Built Environment
Bronte Contador-Kelsall, School of Art & Design
Leah Guo, School of Art & Design
Olivia Halmarick, School of Art & Design
Mark Isichei, School of Art & Design
Jiaying (Nina) Lai, School of Built Environment
Kyah Lawson, School of Art & Design
Jordan Lewis, School of Art & Design
Sarah Liu, School of Art & Design
Amy Munns, School of Art & Design
Ciara O'Reilly, School of Art & Design
Jiaying Qian, School of Art & Design
Alexianna Stephenson, School of Art & Design
Narnia Tanious, School of Art & Design
Maria Thaddea, School of Art & Design
Hana Thomson, School of Art & Design
Oliver van den Bogaerde, School of Art & Design
Alina Wirtz, School of Art & Design
Lisiqi Zhang, School of Built EnvironmentVisual Comms Facilitators
Baron Chau, School of Art & Design
Vivien Sung, School of Art & Design
Michael Donahue, School of Art & Design
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A collaborative performance by Massive Change Network and ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Arts, Design & Architecture
Written and Directed by Bruce Mau
Executive Producers
Claire Annesley, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
David Cami, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Aiyemobisi Williams, MCNProducers
Carly Vickers, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Paul Matthews, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Amaris Galea-Orbe, MCNScript Writer
Cathy DeRonne, MCNComposer
Alister Spence, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍøMusicians, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Alistair Johnston tenor saxophone
Ben Phipps double bass
Blaize Calavera Sivis baritone saxophone
Emma Korell soprano, alto saxophone
Fergus Spencer electric bass
Hayden White violin
Lara Van Den Holder viola
Madeline Maher voice
Michael Brady electric guitar, voice
Xinghan Feng clarinetVisual Design and Animation Team
Melody Li, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø (Lead)
Anna Tow, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø (Lead)
Jacob Rendina, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Wenjie Wang, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍøChoreography
Paul Matthews, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍøGraphic Design
Briedy Mahar, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Michail Vlasopoulos, MCNMask Production
Design Futures Lab, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍøEvent Manager
Emma Snowden, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍøCommunications Strategy
Trea Murphy, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍøProduction Team
Nicolle Fierro, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Joanne Chiang, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Maria Thaddea, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Joe Eyre, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Zhuoya Wang, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Gretchen Gsceidle, MCN
Jessica Fenner, MCN
Brea Graber, MCNSpecial Thanks
Roundhouse Theatre, ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø
Big Picture
Indigigrow
Benji & Jono Bergmann
Itamar Kubovy
Carbon8
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Academic Lead
Ramaswami HarindranathTheme Leadership
Andrew Brooks
Astrid Lorange
Katherine Thompson
Mengistu Amberber
Rose Amazan
Srinjoy BoseAdvisory Board
Andrea Durbach
BJ Newton
Stephen Loo
Anna MunsterProject Participants
Amjid Ali Khan
Md Badiuzzaman
Monika Barthwal-Datta
Keiko Bostwick
Helen Caple
Jose Da Silva
Keren David
Jamilla de Jonge
Tanja DreherÌý
Awni Etaywe
Roanna Gonsalves
Ruby Hamad
Finnegan Hassey
Bianca Hester
Chi Chi Huang
Amani Kasherwa
Ilan Katz
Diana Kreemers
Sujith Kumar
Jung-Sook Lee
Scarlett Li-Williams
Damien March
Tierney Marey
Mohammad Mojtahedi
Aneshka Mora
Bonaventure Munganga
Maimuna Musarrat
Sylvester Okeke
Aves Parsemain
James Perez
Shima Saniei
Mitchell Whitehead
Joyce Wu
Xiaxia Zhang
Anthony ZwiCollaborators
Dakota Smith
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Project Sponsors:Ìý
Associate ProfessorÌýSimon McIntyre (Director, Educational Innovation, PVCESE)
Dr. Carly Vickers (Academic Lead, ADA Innovation Hub)Based on a Concept by:Ìý
Patience Loh (ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Alumni and Industry Designer)Director andÌýAcademic Lead:Ìý
Dr.ÌýAmin Palangi (Lecturer, School of Arts and Media)°Â°ù¾±³Ù±ð°ù²õ:Ìý
Yasmin Malak (Undergraduate student, School of Arts and Media)
David Curzon (MPhil Student, Script Writer and Director, Sessional Academic - School of Arts and Media)​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦±ð°ù:Ìý
David CurzonProject Manager:Ìý
Melody FrampÌý(ADA Innovation Hub)Technical ±Ê°ù´Ç»å³Ü³¦±ð°ù:Ìý
Graham Hannah (Manager, Immersive technologies, PVCESE)Technical Team and Editors:Ìý
Brian Landrigan (Manager, Educational Media and Immersive Technologies)
Dr. XueqingÌýLu (Immersive Technology Specialist)Music and Sound Design:Ìý
Dr.ÌýAdam Hulbert (Senior Lecturer, School of Arts and Media)​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹Graphic Design:Ìý
Baron Chau (Sessional Academic, School of Art and Design)Project Administrative Support:Ìý
Rogaya Alkaff (ADA Innovation Hub)​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹National Institute Dramatic Arts - Actors:
Nickin Alexander
Alec Dalzeil
Arvin Bhattacharya
Attu Ngor
Elodie Westhoff
Hugo Liu
Sarabi Gristwood Sponza
Sovanarry Chan
Swanika Ramkumar
Tawanda MuzendaÌý
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Project Lead
Scott Brown, School of Art & DesignResearch Lab Directors
John McGhee, Director, 3DVAL & EPICentre
Mari Velonaki, Director, Creative Robotics Lab
Tomasz Bednardz, Past Director, EPICentreXR Dance Studio
Matt Cabanag, Academic Mentor, School of Art & Design
Shiya Lu, ADA Student
Robert Lawther, Technical Advisor
Facility:
EPICentre LabObject Image Making
Bic Tieu, Academic Mentor, School of Art & DesignÌý
Penny Zhang, ADA Student
Ethan Jones, Technical Advisor
Facility:
3D Visualisation Aesthetics LabVirtual Characters Vs Social Robots
Eduardo Sandoval, Academic Mentor, School of Art & Design
Max Tintner, ADA Student
Benjamin Bailey, Technical Advisor
Facilities:
3D Visualisation Aesthetics Lab
Creative Robotics LabÌýHeightened Perceptions
Haider Akmal, Academic Mentor, School of Art & Design
Jonathan Shaw (Zeyu Xiao), ADA Student
Sarita Herse, Technical Advisor
Facility:
Creative Robotics LabUCE2030 Future Users and Generators of Clean Energy
Stephen Loo, Academic Mentor, School of Art & Design
Ilpo Koskinen, Academic Mentor,ÌýSchool of Engineering
Van-Andrew Nguyen, ADA Student
Sofia Honcoote, ADA Student
Conan Bourke, Technical Advisor
Robert Lawther, Technical Advisor
Facility:
EPICentre Lab
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Project Participants
Christy Newman (ADA, Associate Dean Engagement & Impact)
Jennifer Biddle (ADA, Associate Dean Engagement & Impact)
Robert Lawther (Senior Software Designer, EPICentre)
Carly Vickers (ADA Innovation Hub)
Michaela Turner (ADA Innovation Hub)
Rogaya Alkaff (ADA Innovation Hub)
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Breathe
Staff
Oliver Bown (Project Lead), Kate Dunn, Katherine Bond, Adam Hulbert, Nichola Jephcott, Simon Trevaks, Madi King, Charlotte Firth, Daniel Yu, Alex TohidiStudents
Darcy Altavilla, Joanne Chiang, Marco Rinaldi, Ailish Power, Arno ZhangCollaborators
mili mili (consultation on a schedule for Indigenous community consultation and engagement), Kurt Mikolajczyk (audio system programming), Mitch Allen, Neelam Gopalani and Rebecca Cadorin (Arup)Health Equity and Literacy Media Space (HELMS)
Staff
Anthony Zwi (Project Lead), Hani Abdile, Valentina Baú, Dean UtianStudents
Keren David, Kayla Lochner, Loc Nguyen
Collaborators:Ìý
Justin Koonin (ACON)Symbolic Roots
Staff
Karen Kriss (Project Lead), Oya Demirbilek (Project Lead), Ant Banister (Sound Consultant), Danielah Martinez (Lead Designer)Students
Thomas Bowman, Jungwon Eom, Nguyen Vy Luong, Olivia SpurlingCollaborators
Tilt Industrial Design (Industry Partner), Mighty Nice (Animation Consultant), 22MILES (Wayfinding, App & Website Consultant), Scott Brown (Well-being Hub & Sensory Garden Consultant), Min Kong (Wayfinding Strategic Consultant), Aunty Maxine Ryan (First Nations Consulatant and local Dharawal woman from La Perouse), Joshua Yasserie (First Nations Consulatant and Wiradjuri man, Graphic Artist and Animator)Moment-us
Staff
Paul Osmond (Project Lead), Kate Bishop, Linda Corkery, Rebecca Green, John McGhee, Felicity Rawlings-Sanaei, Cathy SherryStudents
Latham BrookCollaborators
Majed Abuseif (Griffith University), Hekmat Hozilah (Industry), Homa Rahmat (Industry)Site first: site-specific and site-responsive art for HTH
Staff
Allan Giddy (Project Lead), Anikó Hatoss, Michael Kempson, Damien MarchStudents
Jack Poppert, Amelia van der Laan de Vries