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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, Re:Collections: Collection Methodologies as Imagery Metaphor and Process in Contemporary Art, Griffith University
2003 → 2006
Award Date: 1 Nov 2006
Research area keywords
- fashion, interior design, history/theory, architecture,
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Projects
- 7 Finished
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Safer Cities Crowd Mapping Project
Kalms, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Ainsberg, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bawden, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Berry, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sturmfels, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Matthewson, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Larin, T. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Department of Communities and Justice (New South Wales)
28/06/23 → 31/05/24
Project: Research
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Gender-sensitive training for safe and inclusive communities: A pilot for transformative placemaking in the public sector
Kalms, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bawden, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Berry, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Matthewson, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rowland, D. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Bowler, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Wyrdeman , G. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Bantock, L. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Beech, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Finnerty, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ledovski, T. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ashby, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Cox, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ellis, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Dening, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Hatcher, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Lee, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Hetherington, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Collins, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Moore, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Griffiths, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Watson, T. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Cost, F. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Murphy , K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Carroll, L. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Carling, N. (Associate Investigator (AI))
21/06/21 → 28/02/22
Project: Research
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Hypersext City
Kalms, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bawden, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Berry, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Matthewson, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Moore, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Webb, I. (Chief Investigator (CI))
4/03/21 → 9/04/21
Project: Research
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Community Safety Audit of Merri Creek Trail – Coburg Precinct
Kalms, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bawden, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Matthewson, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Berry, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
4/03/20 → 30/06/20
Project: Research
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Investigating young women’s experiences of Sydney at Night
Kalms, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Matthewson, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Berry, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bawden, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Fileborn, B. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Committee for Sydney Incorporated
3/12/18 → 15/02/19
Project: Research
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Designing gender-sensitive spaces for consenting cities: An overview
Berry, J., Kalms, N., Moore, T. & Bawden, G., 2025, Designing Gender Sensitive Spaces for Consenting Cities: Practices and Provocations. Berry, J., Kalms, N., Moore, T. & Bawden, G. (eds.). Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other
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Participatory Interventions: Digital Crowd Mapping Perceptions of Safety in Public Space
Matthewson, G., Kalms, N. & Berry, J., 2025, In: Urban Planning. 10, 13 p., 9043.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Pride of place: (re)imagining a queer Sydney during WorldPride
McGuigan, N. & Berry, J., 2025, Designing Gender Sensitive Spaces for Consenting Cities: Practices and Provocations. Berry, J., Kalms, N., Moore, T. & Bawden, G. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 212-227 16 p. (Gender, Bodies and Transformation).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Consenting Cities
Bawden, G. (Designer), Kalms, N. (Designer), Berry, J. (Designer), Webb, I. (Designer) & Hwang, I. (Designer), 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Research
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'Consenting Cities' - SM - No Vacancy Gallery
Bawden, G. (Designer), Kalms, N. (Designer), Berry, J. (Designer), Webb, I. (Designer) & Hwang, I. (Designer), 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Other
Prizes
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2019 Premier's Design Awards - Service Design - Finalist: 'SHEcity'
Kalms, N. (Recipient), Bawden, G. (Recipient), Berry, J. (Recipient), Salen, P. (Recipient), Korsmeyer, H. (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, G. (Recipient), Kalms, N. (Recipient), Webb, I. (Recipient), Berry, J. (Recipient), Matthewson, G. (Recipient) & Moore, T. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2021 Designers Australia Awards - Interact Category - Winner: 'HyperSext City'
Kalms, N. (Recipient), Bawden, G. (Recipient), Berry, J. (Recipient), Webb, I. (Recipient), Matthewson, G. (Recipient) & Moore, T. (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, G. (Recipient), Kalms, N. (Recipient), Webb, I. (Recipient), Matthewson, G. (Recipient), Berry, J. (Recipient), Moore, T. (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, G. (Recipient), Webb, I. (Recipient), Kalms, N. (Recipient), Matthewson, G. (Recipient) & Berry, J. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Consenting Cities
Bawden, G. (Organiser), Kalms, N. (Organiser), Berry, J. (Organiser), Webb, I. (Organiser) & Hwang, I. (Organiser)
24 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Melbourne Design Week Book Launch: Cinematic Style
Berry, J. (Contributor)
25 Mar 2022Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Melbourne Design Week 2022: Make inclusive public spaces
Bawden, G. (Host), Berry, J. (Contributor), Kalms, N. (Advisor), Webb, I. (Contributor) & Matthewson, G. (Advisor)
18 Mar 2022Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Chanel's World: Modernism and Modernity in Changing Times
Berry, J. (Contributor)
4 Dec 2021Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Tram Lab: Improving the Safety of Women and Girls on Pubic Transport
Kalms, N. (Contributor), Bawden, G. (Contributor), Matthewson, G. (Contributor), Fridman, I. (Contributor), Berry, J. (Contributor), Korsmeyer, H. (Contributor), Edwards, A. (Contributor) & Webb, I. (Contributor)
20 Nov 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Press/Media
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3CR: 'New Anti-Protest Laws, Consenting Cities, Occupy for Climate Narrm, An.Other Collective, 25 Years Since Jabiluka Blockade - No to AUKUS Art Auction'
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Berry, J., Webb, I. & Hwang, I.
30/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Consenting Cities - the art, design and Venice biennale x Melb design week
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Berry, J. & Hwang, I.
28/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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SYN: 'Researcher Gene Bawden on 'Consenting Cities' and urban design's hidden impacts'
Bawden, G., Kalms, N., Berry, J., Webb, I. & Hwang, I.
21/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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INSIDE DESIGN REVIEW: 'Designing better cities for women and gender diverse people'
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Berry, J. & Matthewson, G.
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.
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Webb, I., Berry, J., Matthewson, G. & Moore, T.
7/10/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature