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Katherine Gillieson

Associate Professor

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Education:

PhD
University of Reading, UK

Bio

Katherine Gillieson is a designer, researcher and educator with over 20 years in higher education. She is active in writing and studio practice in addition to teaching, graduate supervision and administrative roles. She was Associate Dean for the Master of Design program at ECU from 2021-2024. She joined ECU in 2013 after many years in the UK, where she worked in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading.

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Research Interests

Katherine's work includes projects, research and writing in information design, editorial design, and the theory and philosophy of design, with a focus on design and communication as empowering tools for socially engaged projects. She is interested in the language of book design and diagrammatic representation, systems theory, and sustainability and accessibility in design. She is a co-founder of the Occasional Press, an agile publication initiative at ECU, as well as the Stationery Project, which seeks to recoup campus waste paper and other materials through creative bookbinding for the benefit of the community. Recent projects include experiments in collective publication and translation as a tool in design practice.

Thesis Supervision

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Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Communication Design COMD 300 26/FA

Description

This 6-credit core studio allows for an intensive project-based learning experience in communication design. Students will be exposed to skills and theories that build on the knowledge from second year, expand their design capacities, and prepare them to work independently in fourth year.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.