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Personal profile
Biography
Gene Bawden is a communication designer and Deputy Head of MADA’s Design Department.
His research and design practice embraces the confluence of the material, the visual and the spatial, and the narratives of belonging articulated in each. Specifically he interrogates the design of Australian domestic spaces constructed as a prescriptive but highly charged representation of cultural belonging, social alignment and gendered expectation. His work reveals the historical context of Australia’s highly gendered spatial alliances, and the rich interplay of semiotics embodied within the constraints of the country’s Western-centric domestic milieu.
Gene is a member of the Faculty’s XYX Lab, which affords him the opportunity to combine his knowledge of gendered spatial practices and his communication design expertise within collaborative research projects aimed at mitigating gender inequity in Australia’s urban environments. Key to the Lab’s methodologies is the facilitation of Design Thinking processes using bespoke material tools of enquiry. This is an area of investigation that is increasingly part of Gene’s expanding area of material/spatial research; and manifests in his teaching through MADA’s design curriculum and the Monash MBA “Design Thinking” unit.
Education/Academic qualification
Design, PhD
Award Date: 18 Nov 2015
Research area keywords
- gender and design
- design and co-design
- Communication Design
- Social History
- Interior design history
- Graphic Design
Network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Projects
Improving the Safety of Women and Girls on Public Transport
Taft, A., Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Matthewson, G., Hooker, L., Forsdike-Young, K. & Henry, N.
22/08/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Community Safety Audit of Merri Creek Trail – Coburg Precinct
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Matthewson, G. & Berry, J.
4/03/20 → 30/06/20
Project: Research
Design Thinking Workshop: Moreland City Council
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Edwards, A., Korsmeyer, H. & Condliffe, Z.
3/06/19 → 20/12/19
Project: Consultancy
Co-Make Melbourne
Richardson, M., Bawden, G., Szymkowiak, P., Larence, J., Akama, Y., Elliott, S., Mathwin, H. & Murphy, P.
4/03/19 → 31/01/20
Project: Research
Research Output
Comfort and Judgement: Nineteenth Century Advice Manuals and the Scripting of Australian Identity
Bawden, G., 2019, Clayton, Vic, Australia: Monash University Publishing. 224 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Yours, mine, ours
Bawden, G., 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Research
Design as creativity within a culture of meaning
Bawden, G., 2018, Associations: Creative Practice and Research. Oliver, J. (ed.). Carlton, Vic, Australia: Monash University Publishing, p. 175-191 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Girl walk: Identity, GIS technology and safety in the city for women and girls
Kalms, N., Condliffe, Z., Matthewson, G., Salen, P., Edwards, A. & Bawden, G., 2018, SOAC 2017. Adelaide, SA, Australia: Australian Cities Research Network, 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
Just so fucking beautiful
Kalms, N. & Bawden, G., 2018Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Research
Prizes
2018 Dean's Award for Research Impact
Kalms, Nicole (Recipient), Bawden, Gene (Recipient), Pamela Salen (Recipient), Matthewson, Gill (Recipient), Allison Edwards (Recipient) & Hannah Korsmeyer (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2019 Premier's Design Awards - Service Design: SHEcity - Finalist
Kalms, Nicole (Recipient), Bawden, Gene (Recipient), Berry, Jess (Recipient), Pamela Salen (Recipient), Hannah Korsmeyer (Recipient), Allison Edwards (Recipient) & Zoe Condliffe (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
Tram Lab: Improving the Safety of Women and Girls on Pubic Transport
Nicole Kalms (Contributor), , Gene Bawden (Contributor), , Gill Matthewson (Contributor), , Ilya Fridman (Contributor), , Jess Berry (Contributor), , Hannah Korsmeyer (Contributor), , Allison Edwards (Contributor), & Isabella Webb (Contributor)
20 Nov 2019
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Crowd-mapping: Workingshopping a new urban imaginary
Nicole Kalms (Director), , Hannah Korsmeyer (Contributor), , Gene Bawden (Contributor), , Allison Edwards (Contributor), , Pam Salen (Contributor), & Gillian Matthewson (Contributor)
21 Mar 2018
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Safer Cities: a co-design workshop led by Monash University's XyX Lab with Plan International, CrowdSpot and Arup
Nicole Kalms (Director), , Gene Bawden (Contributor), , Gill Matthewson (Contributor), , Pamela Salen (Contributor), , Alli Edwards (Contributor), & Hannah Korsmeyer (Contributor)
9 Mar 2018
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Free to Be / Design Thinking
Nicole Kalms (Director), , Gene Thomas Bawden (Contributor), , Allison Antonia-Marie Edwards (Contributor), , Pam Salen (Contributor), , Gillian Mary Matthewson (Contributor), & Hannah Katherine Korsmeyer (Contributor)
20 Mar 2017
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Design Thinking Pride Thinking
Nicole Kalms (Organiser), , Gene Bawden (Organiser), , Gill Matthewson (Organiser), , Pamela Salen (Organiser), & Alli Edwards (Organiser)
22 Oct 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Press / Media
GLOBAL TIMES: 'Melbourne trams to become rolling canvases for International Arts Festival'
9/10/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
ROYAL AUTO: 'Melbourne's iconic art trams for 2019 unveiled'
30/09/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
BEAT: 'The artists behind this year's Melbourne Art Trams have been revealed'
8/08/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
BROADSHEET: 'Melbourne's 2019 Art Trams Have Just Been Revealed'
6/08/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
ABC NEWS: 'These sustainable urban design ideas could help Melbourne reclaim most liveable city crown'
Nicole Kalms, Gene Bawden, Pamela Salen, Gill Matthewson, Allison Edwards & Hannah Korsmeyer
22/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature