Hi! Thanks for visiting. I'm a Social Designer based in Sydney, on Gadigal Country. I work across diverse contexts and draw on diverse practices but generally by Social Design I mean design work that intentionally supports social healing, growth, connection and justice. I trained in woodworking and Industrial Designer and have expanded into spatial, system and experience design. I’m passionate about co-design and see it as a place to build relationships of care, mutual learning and collective action. Over the pas decade I've been developing a practice called ‘Re-authoring Design’ which builds on principle from Narrative Therapy - through this lens Social Design is approached as collective storywork that uses voice, visualisation, making, and performance to reshape the narratives that define people and place. 

Selected work

CREATIVE ADVOCACY PARTNERSHIP

Using partnerships, creative practice and storywork to bring heart and humanity to advocacy 

TWO CROWS - CREATIVE ADVOCACY IN KUTUPALONG 

A collaboration between Australian and Rohingya makers inside Kutupalong refugee camp 

MY PLATE YOUR PLATE

Food carts that bring refugee and host communities together to share food and stories 

TAPESTRY COUCH (CALLAN PARK)

Celebrating the lesser known stories of refugee communities in Australia 

WILCANNIA MEN'S HUB

Storytelling and collaborative making with a Barkindji Men's group 

MARRICKVILLE MERCH

A range of merch that pokes fun at developers

TAPESTRY COUCH (AUBURN)

Celebrating the lesser known stories of refugee communities in Australia 

WILDEBEEST WORKSHOP

Portable woodworking wagons for community projects and skill sharing 

JOIN THE DOTS WORKSHOP

A creative space for experimentation, community and activism 

PLAY UP

Props for humour therapy in dementia care