Liam Fennessy

Dr. Liam Fennessy

Associate Dean, Learning & Teaching

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Collaborative projects
  • Industry Projects

Research fields

  • 330304 Design history, theory and criticism
  • 330306 Design practice and methods
  • 330309 Industrial and product design
  • 330310 Interaction and experience design
  • 330313 Social design
  • 330314 Sustainable design

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
  • 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Supervisor projects

  • Integrated and interactive design system against carbon monoxide poisoning in places with cold weather.
  • 21 Feb 2024
  • Design for Development
  • 19 Feb 2024
  • Resonance and Reality: Can Spatial Sound Elevate Utopian Visions?
  • 8 Jan 2024
  • Integrating ecology, design and architecture to address profound urban challenges
  • 14 Dec 2023
  • Understanding the impact of Speculative Design on Creative Thinking in Design Education
  • 13 Dec 2023
  • Critical Ecological Representations: Object-Oriented Metaphorism as Design Practice
  • 9 Nov 2023
  • “The Finest Car of its Class in the World”: An Analysis of the Marketing of the Jaguar Brand in Australia, 1950–1959
  • 18 Oct 2023
  • Interactive Materials
  • 28 Jun 2023
  • Building shared meaning Inclusive design at the heart of innovation
  • 19 Jun 2023
  • Design of Energy-Conscious Services for Digital Twin-Driven Smart Homes
  • 19 Apr 2023
  • Between Lost + Found: From Everyday Practice to a Pause
  • 1 Feb 2023
  • Living with algorithms: a speculative design exploration on weaving new relational paradigms with our technological ecosystems
  • 15 Mar 2022
  • In the middle of it: designing expertise and questioning the figures of the designer and the expert
  • 3 Mar 2022
  • Artificial Intelligence in Food System Redesign: Designing for the Benefit of the Whole
  • 7 Dec 2021
  • Project Jeeves: Exploring the intersections of motorised mobility and Mobile ICT
  • 21 Aug 2020
  • Experience based co-design for p2p communities of support for people with diabetes
  • 18 Jun 2020
  • Designing Environmentally Benign Floating Roosts for Migratory Birds
  • 12 Feb 2020
  • Remedying Error: Addressing Medication Adherence Errors at the Intersection of Healthcare Insights and Industry 4.0
  • 20 Jan 2020
  • Defragmenting the Self Decoding Models of Care
  • 16 Jan 2020
  • Gazodexing Methods for Design Practice in the Territory of Waste
  • 13 Jun 2019
  • Transilience: A Phenomenology of Leaping Across
  • 11 Jun 2019
  • The Bioscope: Codesign Enabled Conversations About Death With Palliative Care Practitioners
  • 7 Jun 2019
  • Mission Impossible: Design & Manufacture of A Solar Car That Appeals To The General Public
  • 6 May 2019
  • Developing Transtibial Cycling-specific Prostheses through Additive Manufacturing
  • 15 Mar 2019
  • Designing for Social Engagement in Later Life: Drifting with Uncertainty in Co-creation with Older Australians
  • 8 Feb 2019
  • The Living Wardrobe: Fashion design for an extended garment lifetime
  • 4 Jan 2019
  • Not just a Toothbrush Meaning Making in Informal Commemorative Practices
  • 16 Jul 2018

Teaching interests

Industrial design practice and pedagogy, and; Product-service System Design for: the conservation of biodiversity; pro-sustainability and socio-material behaviour change; health innovation, and design-led manufacturing.

Research interests

Industrial Design, Creative Practice  Research, Design for Health, Design for Sustainability, Design Pedagogy

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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.