Dr. Olivier Cotsaftis
Details
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Department: School of Design
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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olivier.cotsaftis@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-9635-326X
Open to
- Media enquiries
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
About
Dr Olivier (Ollie) Cotsaftis is a transdisciplinary researcher-practitioner exploring pathways towards regenerative and more-than-human futures. His work at the RMIT University School of Design focuses on unlocking scalable potentials for ecological transitions, especially through biomaterials and climate adaptation. Before joining RMIT, Ollie was a design lead at Fjord Design and Innovation and the founder of future ensemble studio. He is currently Program Manager (Co) of the Master of Design Innovation and Technology, Design and Architecture Lead of the RMIT Nature Positive Network, editorial board member for Biotechnology Design (Cambridge Press, UK), and co-founder of neomatter, a nature repair and nature-based solutions startup.
Research fields
- 330314 Sustainable design
- 330306 Design practice and methods
- 330313 Social design
- 330399 Design not elsewhere classified
UN sustainable development goals
- 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- 13 Climate Action
- 15 Life on Land
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Supervisor projects
- Investigating and amplifying practices for circular design
- 25 Mar 2025
- POSITIONS / DC4: Prototyping policy options in spaces for experimentation and learning for urban climate transitions
- 21 Mar 2025
- Co-Design for Circular Transitions: Empowering Consumers through Frontier Technologies in the Fashion & Textile Industry
- 26 Aug 2024
- Futures as Medium: Exploring Pluriversal Approaches to Designing with Place
- 24 Nov 2023
- More-Than Friends: Investigating regenerative design methodologies for developing products from self-growing materials
- 30 Oct 2023
- Designer-material relationality in more-than-human design practices
- 24 Feb 2022
Teaching interests
Senior Lecturer Transdisciplinary and Regenerative Practice
Research interests
Regenerative Futures, More-than-human Design, Biomaterials, Climate Adaptation
