Deakin University is exploring how ‘smart’ materials can be used in home care systems to help elderly people stay safer in their homes. Researchers in Deakin’s Mediated Intelligence in Design (MInD) Lab are working with Imagine, a Geelong-based innovator of intelligent materials, to investigate the application of graphene sensing surfaces on walls and floors inside …

It was exciting to see DesignMind featuring alongside Deakin staff and students from the School of Architecture and Built Environment when Melbourne Design Week expanded to Geelong for the first time earlier this year. The Vital Signs: Smart city, living city exhibition was coordinated by the School of Architecture, MInd Lab and DesignMind in collaboration …

The first lecture in the 2019 Deakin Clever and Creative Lecture Series Lecture was given by Alfred Deakin Professor Matthew Barnett, Director, Institute for Frontier Materials and Mr Brett Wickham, Managing Director, ACCIONA Energy Australia who explored the circular economy concept as a key driver of product, service and business innovation, economic growth and sustainable …

MInD Lab, Deakin’s Mediated Intelligence in Design Research Laboratory took center stage at Milan Design Week in April when the School of Architecture and Built Environment’s Professor of Integral Design and MInD Lab Director, Tuba Kocaturk, gave a talk at the Dassault Systèmes Design for Life Conference. The conference offered in-depth experiences with leading voices, …