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	Ms Karina Clarke MFA Tas., BFA RMIT Senior Lecturer School of Design Studies
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Academic Profile

Education

MFA , University of Tasmania, Australia , 1994 .
BFA (Hons) in Interior Design , Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia , 1989 .

Areas of Expertise

Interior Design, Furniture & Object Design, Design Management.

Teaching Areas

Applied Object Design, Design Management, Environmental Design.

Current Research Activity

Karina Clarke's design process in many respects is an intuitive one. Her ideas are generated from a response to social and cultural understandings of the world we inhabit. Karina's work focuses on design as 'dialogue' - to create objects that are of their time and express a thought or an idea about the way we live. Integrated into this process is a sense of humour and wit that encourages the user to engage with the object at an emotional and physical level. Thus the inspiration for the work draws upon a reflection of the beauty and delight found in little things.

As well as considering the relation between person and object, Karina's current research examines the process of collaboration central to the development of an object. This is inclusive of the relation between designer and manufacturer as well as the social, cultural and environmental factors which contribute to the success of design innovation and entrepreneurship.

Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

2004, Professional Design Exhibition . Tokyo Designer's Block, Tokyo.

2000, Designing Minds. The Jam Factory, Adelaide, SA.

2000, Designing Minds. Object Galleries, Sydney, NSW.

Projects

Exhibitions Curated

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2006, Re-Frame. Ivan Dougherty Gallery College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Selwyn St Paddington NSW 2021 Australia.

Conference Papers

Clarke, K. (2002). So What's All This Stuff About Anyway?. Putting Design Back into Country Road, (, Sydney, NSW.

Clarke, K. (2002). Design: Looking in Our Own Backyard (keynote paper). Sydney International Furniture Exhibition, (, Sydney, NSW.

Clarke, K. (2000). Diversity in Design: In Search of a Common Language (keynote paper). Designing Minds Symposium, (, Adelaide, SA.

Commissions

2004, Button Stools. Stools (30 units). The Eastern Hotel-SSB Architects, Bondi Junction, NSW,

Professional Associations

Planex furniture & Planet Lighting
Commercial industry product development ( in conjunction with the Applied Object Design Studio)