Academic/Researcher Designer/Digital Artist
Ian Gwilt is a Professor of Design in UniSA: Creative, University of South Australia, Adelaide. His current areas of research include practice and theory in visual communication design in the context of healthcare and wellbeing, the development of novel information visualization techniques to facilitate the understanding of data for non-specialist audiences, and the design of hybrid environments and experiences; interactive installations, augmented reality artefacts and locations that shape the experience of public spaces.
He is also interested in how we can incorporate visual communication design practices into interdisciplinary research teams through the use of inclusive, co-design and... Read more
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Academic/Researcher Designer/Digital Artist
Ian Gwilt is a Professor of Design in UniSA: Creative, University of South Australia, Adelaide. His current areas of research include practice and theory in visual communication design in the context of healthcare and wellbeing, the development of novel information visualization techniques to facilitate the understanding of data for non-specialist audiences, and the design of hybrid environments and experiences; interactive installations, augmented reality artefacts and locations that shape the experience of public spaces.
He is also interested in how we can incorporate visual communication design practices into interdisciplinary research teams through the use of inclusive, co-design and participatory practices. He is currently undertaking original research into the design implications for automated futures (Industry 4.0) through the development of a visual/informatic interface to bridge the gap between people and robotic devices.
Originally from the UK he has lived and worked in Spain, New Zealand and Australia where he began to develop his research/practice around augmented reality and the graphical user interface as creative/cultural artefact (the subject of his PhD). Over 25 years he has shown interactive installations and digitally informed creative works in a number of international exhibitions and galleries, as well as writing academic texts on creative digital media and design research/practice. He was a Council Executive of the Design Research Society in the UK from 2014 to 2017.
Keywords: design research, visual communication design, interdisciplinary projects, information/data design, design in healthcare, co-design, mixed and augmented reality in creative practice, creative applications of 3d printing, data physicalisation.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Minda community engagement and master plan, Minda Incorporated, 29/02/2024 - 18/02/2025
Co-design for future discounting app, CSIRO Australia, 20/10/2023 - 31/12/2024
Future of Health Museum: A 2024 World Health Day Exhibition, World Health Organisation, 30/11/2023 - 30/11/2024
Independent Health Check (Dark Patterns), Department of the Treasury, 02/02/2024 - 30/06/2024
SAPOL - Road Safety Project - Communicating Road Safety, South Australian Police, 17/07/2023 - 31/03/2024
Theo Murphy Initiative Think Tank: A co-design exploration of academic recognition, Australian Academy of Science, 31/03/2021 - 31/03/2022
Co-design of a user-focussed prototype intervention, CSIRO Australia, 25/05/2020 - 31/08/2021
Audit South Australia’s current housing assets and map future demand, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 17/09/2018 - 28/11/2018
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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2020 |
Open access
2
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2019 |
Open access
27
27
2
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2018 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
44
35
11
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2017 |
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2022 |
Gwilt, I 2022, Making data: materializing digital information, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, UK. |
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2024 |
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2024 |
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2022 |
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2022 |
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2022 |
Open access
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2021 |
Open access
8
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2020 |
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2018 |
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2018 |
3
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2017 |
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2016 |
Open access
5
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2015 |
2
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2014 |
4
|
2014 |
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2013 |
4
|
2013 |
12
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2012 |
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2009 |
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2009 |
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
2
4
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2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
1
|
2023 |
Open access
3
4
4
|
2023 |
Open access
1
|
2023 |
Open access
4
|
2023 |
Open access
2
2
9
|
2023 |
Open access
2
3
|
2022 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
3
4
2
|
2022 |
Open access
12
10
20
|
2022 |
Open access
3
3
|
2021 |
Open access
34
|
2021 |
Open access
2
1
1
|
2021 |
Open access
4
4
1
|
2021 |
Open access
10
5
1
|
2021 |
Open access
18
17
1
|
2021 |
Open access
|
2019 |
Open access
27
27
2
|
2019 |
Open access
5
|
2017 |
Open access
3
2
|
2017 |
Open access
34
26
|
2017 |
Open access
44
35
11
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2011 |
Open access
2
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2022 |
Open access
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2022 |
Open access
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2021 |
Open access
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2020 |
Open access
2
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2019 |
Open access
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2018 |
Open access
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2018 |
Open access
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2018 |
Open access
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2018 |
Open access
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2018 |
Open access
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2018 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
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2015 |
Open access
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2014 |
Open access
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2012 |
Open access
14
|
2012 |
Open access
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2011 |
Open access
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2010 |
Open access
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2010 |
Open access
1
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2018 |
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2018 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
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2016 |
Open access
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2015 |
Open access
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2011 |
Open access
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
Open access
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2008 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
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2022 |
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External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Auckland University of Technology | NEW ZEALAND |
Bradford Institute for Health Research | UNITED KINGDOM |
BVA BDRC | UNITED KINGDOM |
Cranfield University | UNITED KINGDOM |
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | UNITED KINGDOM |
Edinburgh Napier University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Edith Cowan University | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Glasgow School of Art | UNITED KINGDOM |
Government of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Human Studios Sheffield | UNITED KINGDOM |
Institute for Health Research | UNITED KINGDOM |
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | JAPAN |
Loughborough University | UNITED KINGDOM |
National University of Singapore | SINGAPORE |
New Media Curation | AUSTRALIA |
NHS Foundation Trust | UNITED KINGDOM |
Northumbria University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Queen's University | CANADA |
RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
Sheffield Childrens NHS Foundation Trust | UNITED KINGDOM |
Sheffield Hallam University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | UNITED KINGDOM |
South Australian Health and Medical and Research Institute (SAHMRI) | AUSTRALIA |
The Hospital Research Foundation Group - Arthritis | AUSTRALIA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Leeds | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Northumbria | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Sheffield | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Technology, Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of the Arts London | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of the Sunshine Coast | AUSTRALIA |
University of York | UNITED KINGDOM |
Wageningen University and Research Centre | NETHERLANDS |
Women's and Children's Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
Women's and Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Editorial Board MemberJournal of Design for Health, Taylor and Francis |
2020 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal of Design for Health, Taylor and Francis |
2019 |
Editorial Advisory Board MemberJournal of Design Creativity and Innovation, Taylor and Francis |
2018 |
Editorial Advisory Board MemberJournal of Design Creativity and Innovation, Taylor and Francis |
2017 |
Executive Council memberThe Design Research Society |
2017 |
Programme Committee memberResearch Through Design (RTD 2017) Edinburgh University |
2017 |
Editorial Advisory Board MemberJournal of Design Creativity and Innovation, Taylor and Francis |
2016 |
Executive Council memberThe Design Research Society |
2016 |
Invited speakerCommunicating Pain China Workshop and Public Lecture, Academy of the Arts (CAA), Hangzhou, China |
2016 |
Invited speakerDesigning signs and symbols for co-working activities Workshop, Sheffield Robotics, The University of Sheffield and Teconnex |
2016 |
Conference Chair14th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Japan |
2015 |
Editorial Advisory Board MemberJournal of Design Creativity and Innovation, Taylor and Francis |
2015 |
Executive Council memberThe Design Research Society |
2015 |
Invited speakerBig Data and Visualizing the Archive, Workshop and Public Lecture, Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities, Queens University, Belfast |
2015 |
Invited speakerDesigning Dementia Friendly Environments Public Lecture, Doncaster Dementia Day |
2015 |
Invited speakerThe Sackler Conference Art, Design and New Technology for Health, The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) |
2015 |
Invited speakerData hybridity: Creativity at the interface between digital and material cultures Workshop and Public Lecture, School of Architecture and Design, Istanbul Technical University |
2015 |
Member, Conference organising committeeInternational conference on Design for Health Sheffield |
2015 |
Editorial Advisory Board MemberJournal of Design Creativity and Innovation, Taylor and Francis |
2014 |
Executive Council memberThe Design Research Society |
2014 |
Grant assessorCompetition for Collaborative R&D Funding Data exploration: creating new insight and value, The Technology Strategy Board (TSB 2014) |
2014 |
Invited speakerLondon Digital Design Weekend, The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
2014 |
Invited speakerTurning Data into Form: Objects as Information, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh |
2014 |
Editorial Advisory Board MemberJournal of Design Creativity and Innovation, Taylor and Francis |
2013 |
Executive Council memberThe Design Research Society |
2013 |
Invited speakerTechnology Strategy Board workshop on Data Visualisation, the Creative Industries KTN NESTA, London |
2013 |
Invited speakerSchool of Art and Design, Lucerne University, Switzerland |
2013 |
Member, Conference organising committeeInternational conference on Design for Health Sheffield |
2013 |
Member, Conference organising committeeCreativity and Cognition Conference, Sydney |
2013 |
Executive Council memberThe Design Research Society |
2012 |
Invited speakerMixed-reality lab, University of Nottingham |
2012 |
Executive Council memberThe Design Research Society |
2011 |
Member, Conference organising committeeInternational conference on Design for Health Sheffield |
2011 |
Member, Conference organising committeeSydney Animation Festival |
2010 |
Member, International Programme CommitteeInternational Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC) Kobe, Japan |
2010 |
Peer reviewerIEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Seoul, Korea |
2010 |
Visiting Research FellowDesign Research Lab, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan |
2010 |
Member, Conference organising committeeSydney Animation Festival |
2009 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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111399 - Presence: complex adaptive systems in immersive extended reality learning experiences | Current |
A co-design project to explore and support the emerging mother-infant relationship. | Current |
Design for emotional wellbeing using virtual/mixed reality: Exploring the cross-cultural dynamics that affect the planning, aesthetics and final design layout of living spaces in the homes of multicultural Australians. | Current |
Design, creativity and zen | Current |
Design, function and adoption considerations for an adverse event risk prediction dashboard | Current |
Designing data for immersive cultural experiences and events | Current |
Exploring the Potential to Create 3D Sculptural Data Visualisations Using Digital Technologies | Current |
Harnessing graphic design to assist university students with learning difficulties such as dyslexia, to read, clarify and comprehend digital texts: Measuring the effectiveness of visually augmented ty | Current |
Improving visitors' immersive experience in the hybrid museum exhibition of contemporary crafts. | Current |
Play as an aesthetic experience | Current |
Strategies for an integrated use of simulation tools for integrated use of simulation tools for developments and verification in designing human spaces in capsule environments | Current |
Taking a macroergonomics approach to reducing workplace sexual harassment | Current |
Transforming the perioperative journey: leveraging immersive technologies to reduce stress and anxiety for better patient outcomes | Current |
An investigation into the use of augmented environmental graphic design to help improve employee wellbeing within the healthcare workplace | Completed |
Co-creation in the built environment: an exploration of end-user engagement in the urban living laboratory | Completed |
Hybrid assemblages:a pleiodisciplinary exploration of grid-based generative art systems | Completed |
Mixed reality technologies to deliver psychological interventions for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety among adolescents with asthma | Completed |