Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Jess Berry is Senior Lecturer, 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 'Mode of a Modern Muse: Fashion and Interior in Edouard Vuillard's Paintings of Misa Natanson' in Designing the French Interior edited by Anca Lasc, Georgina Downey and Mark Taylor (Bloomsbury 2015); articles in the Journal of Design History, Craft + Design Enquiry, Critical Studies in Men's Fashion and Catwalk: The Journal of Fashion Beauty and Style. Her current project is the monograph, House of Fashion: Haute Couture and the Modern Interior. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/house-of-fashion-9781474283403/
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
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
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Projects
- 4 Finished
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
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
Development and Pilot of a Gender Gap App
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Matthewson, G., Berry, J., Webb, I., Aisenberg, A., Robertson, F. & Sturmfels, B.
21/11/17 → 31/08/18
Project: Research
Research Output
Gluttonous Glamour: Gastro-Porn and the Grotesque in Contemporary Fashion Photography
Berry, J., 2019, Fashion and Contemporaneity: Realms of the Visible. Petican, L. (ed.). Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV, p. 113-131 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
House of Fashion: Haute Couture and the Modern Interior
Berry, J., 2018, London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. 213 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
SHEcity
Kalms, N., Bawden, G., Berry, J., Salen, P., Korsmeyer, H., Edwards, A., Condliffe, Z. & Mitchell, E., 2018Research output: Non-textual form › Design / Architecture › Research
The Yoga Industry: A Conscious Luxury Experience in the Transformation Economy
Luna Mora, J., Berry, J. & Salen, P., 2018, In : Luxury: History, Culture, Consumption. 5, 2, p. 173-196 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
‘Paris of the East’? Collapsing Fashion Capitals through Fashion Photography of Shanghai and Hong Kong
Berry, J., 2018, Transglobal Fashion Narratives: Clothing Communication, Style Statements and Brand Storytelling. Peirson-Smith, A. & Hancock II, J. H. (eds.). Bristol, UK: Intellect Ltd, p. 281-294 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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
Melbourne Design Week presentation
Jess Berry (Contributor)
17 Mar 2019
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Fashion, Costume and Visual Cultures
Jess Berry (Speaker)
19 Jul 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Glitch: Photography, Critical Image-Making, and the Construction of the Architectural Image. Melbourne Design Week Symposium. Co-organizer and participant in roundtable discussion.
Jess Berry (Speaker)
31 Mar 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
ARCHITECTURALLY INSPIRED FASHION: GUO PEI’S LEGEND COLLECTION
Jess Berry (Contributor)
3 Mar 2018
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar