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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Jess Berry is Associate Professor, Design History and Theory. Her research primarily centres around the visual culture of fashion and dress and its interdisciplinary intersections with interior design, architecture, art, new media and film. Berry’s recent publications include Cinematic Style: Fashion, Architecture and Interior Design on Film, https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/cinematic-style-9781350137622/; House of Fashion: Haute Couture and the Modern Interior. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/house-of-fashion-9781474283403/; and the co-edited volume Contentious Cities: Design and the Gendered Production of Space https://www.routledge.com/Contentious-Cities-Design-and-the-Gendered-Production-of-Space/Berry-Moore-Kalms-Bawden/p/book/9780367520212
Research interests
History and theory of modernism through interdisciplinary approaches to fashion/interior/architecture
Critical approaches to fashion/interior discourses and representation
Fashion as an expanded field/mobile image
Gender and diversity in design practice/history and theory
Body and spatial practices related to fashion, interior design, architecture and film
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Visual Arts, Doctorate, Griffith University
2003 → 2006
Award Date: 1 Nov 2006
Research area keywords
- fashion, interior design, history/theory, architecture,
Network
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Projects
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Gender-sensitive training for safe and inclusive communities: A pilot for transformative placemaking in the public sector
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Berry, J., Matthewson, G., Rowland, D., Bowler, J., Wyrdeman , G., Bantock, L., Beech, C., Finnerty, J., Ledovski, T., Ashby, S., Cox, S., Ellis, B., Dening, C., Hatcher, J., Lee, A., Hetherington, B., Collins, A., Moore, S., Griffiths, B., Watson, T., Cost, F., Murphy , K., Carroll, L. & Carling, N.
21/06/21 → 28/02/22
Project: Research
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Hypersext City
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Berry, J., Matthewson, G., Moore, T. & Webb, I.
4/03/21 → 9/04/21
Project: Research
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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
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Investigating young women’s experiences of Sydney at Night
Kalms, N., Matthewson, G., Berry, J., Bawden, G. & Fileborn, B.
The Committee for Sydney Incorporated
3/12/18 → 15/02/19
Project: Research
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Safer Cities
Kalms, N., Matthewson, G., Berry, J. & Bawden, G.
Plan International (Australia)
26/10/18 → 30/11/18
Project: Research
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Cinematic Style: Fashion, Architecture and Interior Design on Film
Berry, J., 2022, London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic. 225 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Perceptions of safety in cities after dark
Yang, H., Berry, J. & Kalms, N., 2022, Lighting Design in Shared Public Spaces. Sumartojo, S. (ed.). New York, USA: Routledge, p. 84-103 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Catwalking the city: the pleasures and politics of fashioning the metropolis
Berry, J., 2021, Contentious Cities: Design and the Gendered Production of Space. Oxon, UK: Routledge, p. 137-148 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Contentious Cities: Design and the Gendered Production of Space
Berry, J. (ed.), Moore, T. (ed.), Kalms, N. (ed.) & Bawden, G. (ed.), 2021, Oxon, UK: Routledge. 266 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review
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HyperSext City
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Berry, J., Matthewson, G., Moore, T. & Webb, I., 2021Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Research
Prizes
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2019 Premier's Design Awards - Service Design - Finalist: 'SHEcity'
Kalms, Nicole (Recipient), Bawden, Gene (Recipient), Berry, Jess (Recipient), Salen, P. (Recipient), Korsmeyer, Hannah (Recipient), Edwards, A. (Recipient) & Condliffe, Z. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2021 AGDA Awards - Spatial/Exhibition Design - Distinction: 'HyperSext City'
Bawden, Gene (Recipient), Kalms, Nicole (Recipient), Webb, I. (Recipient), Berry, Jess (Recipient), Matthewson, Gill (Recipient) & Moore, Timothy (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2021 Designers Australia Awards - Interact Category - Winner: 'HyperSext City'
Kalms, Nicole (Recipient), Bawden, Gene (Recipient), Berry, Jess (Recipient), Webb, I. (Recipient), Matthewson, Gill (Recipient) & Moore, Timothy (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2021 Good Design Award - Communication Branding and Identity - Gold Winner: 'Hypersext City'
Bawden, Gene (Recipient), Kalms, Nicole (Recipient), Webb, I. (Recipient), Matthewson, Gill (Recipient), Berry, Jess (Recipient), Moore, Timothy (Recipient), Doward, H. (Recipient) & Mitchell, E. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2022 AGDA Design Awards - Print/Posters Category - Pinnacle Award: 'Keep Running'
Bawden, Gene (Recipient), Webb, I. (Recipient), Kalms, Nicole (Recipient), Matthewson, Gill (Recipient) & Berry, Jess (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Melbourne Design Week 2022: Make inclusive public spaces
Gene Bawden (Host), Jess Berry (Contributor), Nicole Kalms (Advisor), Isabella Webb (Contributor) & Gill Matthewson (Advisor)
18 Mar 2022Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Melbourne Design Week Book Launch: Cinematic Style
Jess Berry (Contributor)
25 Mar 2022Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Chanel's World: Modernism and Modernity in Changing Times
Jess Berry (Contributor)
4 Dec 2021Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Melbourne Design Week presentation
Jess Berry (Contributor)
17 Mar 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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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 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Press/Media
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Consenting Cities - the art, design and Venice biennale x Melb design week
Nicole Kalms, Gene Bawden, Jess Berry & Indae Hwang
28/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Designing better cities for women and gender diverse people
Nicole Kalms, Gene Bawden, Jess Berry & Gill Matthewson
20/12/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Women designers and feminist cities: it’s not what you think Dismantling ideas don't need to dismantle a city.
Nicole Kalms, Gene Bawden, Isabella Webb, Jess Berry, Gill Matthewson & Timothy Moore
7/10/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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THE COURIER: 'Ballarat's unsafe spaces for women and gender diverse people identified'
Nicole Kalms, Gene Bawden, Jess Berry & Gill Matthewson
9/04/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Fashion, interiors and architecture on film
2/04/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Profile/Interview