Dr. Olivier Cotsaftis
Details
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College: School of Design
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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
- Industry Projects
- Media enquiries
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Olivier Cotsaftis (PhD, MBA) is a transdisciplinary researcher-practitioner exploring pathways towards regenerative and more-than-human urban futures. At RMIT University School of Design, his work focuses on unlocking practical and scalable potentials for sustainable urban development, specifically in the areas of biomaterials and climate adaptation of the public place. Before joining RMIT, Ollie spent 10 years in Industry, engaging with start-ups, not-for-profits, governments and blue-chip companies. He was a design lead at Fjord Design and Innovation and the founder of future ensemble studio. Ollie is also an editorial board member for Research Methods: Biotechnology Design (Cambridge Press, UK).
Recently published: Designing Conditions for Coexistence (Design Studies, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2023.101199)
Research fields
- 330314 Sustainable design
- 330306 Design practice and methods
- 340309 Theory and design of materials
- 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
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Supervisor projects
- Co-Design for Circular Transitions: Empowering Consumers through Frontier Technologies in the Fashion & Textile Industry
- 26 Aug 2024
- More-Than Friends: Investigating regenerative design methodologies for developing products from self-growing materials
- 30 Oct 2023
- Futures as Medium: Exploring Pluriversal Approaches to Designing with Place
- 18 Jul 2023
- More-than-human pluriversal storymaking as communication design praxis.
- 28 Jun 2022
- Designer-material relationality in more-than-human design practices
- 24 Feb 2022
Teaching interests
