essa and Karl have been sessional academic staff since 2004 in the Design Studies department at the University of Technology Sydney and the School of Design at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW. They have tutored and lectured individually in a range of design theory, practice and critical thinking courses, and have been invited to deliver joint guest lectures on such topics as sustainable design, the Situationist International and urban interventions. In 2005 their teaching took them to the Central Academy of FIne Arts in Beijing, China as part of the inaugural Porosity studio.
 


Joint guest lectures
2008
The Situationists, Utopie and the Next Wave
2nd Year Interior Design Studio (UTS)

2007
Paris to Alice - Interventions in public space
Design Arguments: Making Theories (UTS)

Situationist International and other interventions in city space
2nd Year Interior Design Studio (UTS)

The Naked City - Society, spectacle and the Situationist International
Researching Design History (UTS)

2005
The Designer as Change Agent
4th Year Intergrated Design Studio (COFA)


Products Are Not Enough - Beyond 'green design'
3rd Year Applied/Object Studio (COFA)



Tessa's teaching experience

2008
Lecturer & Tutor -
Design Interventions: Business Innovation (UTS)

2007
Tutor -
Design Interventions: Business Innovation (UTS)

2006
Tutor -
Design Arguments: Critical Judgements (UTS)
Tutor -
Researching Design History (UTS)
Tutor -
Design Futures: Sustainable Lifestyles (UTS)

2005
Lecturer - 'Futurescapes': 3rd Year Applied/Object Design Studio (COFA)
Tutor - Porosity Studio: Para.site Car (Beijing, China) (COFA/CAFA)
Tutor - Design Differences: 'Other' Identities (UTS)
Tutor - Design Differences: Intercultural Asia (UTS)
Tutor - Propaganda & Advertising (COFA)
Tutorial Assistant - Technological Change (UTS postgrad)

2004
Tutor - Design Futures: Sustainable Lifestyles (UTS)



Karl's teaching experience
2008
Lecturer & Tutor -
Design Interventions: Business Innovation (UTS)

2007
Tutor -
Design Interventions: Business Innovation (UTS)

2006
Tutor -
Design Arguments: Critical Judgements (UTS)
Tutor -
Researching Design History (UTS)
Tutor -
Design Futures: Sustainable Lifestyles (UTS)

2005
Programme Co-ordinator - Graphic Design & Multimedia (Raffles Design Inst.)
Lecturer - Design Case Studies II (UTS postgrad)
Tutor - Porosity Studio: Para.site Car (Beijing, China) (COFA/CAFA)
Tutor - Graphics/Media 2 (COFA)
Tutor - Researching Design Processes (UTS)

2004
Tutor - Design Futures: Sustainable Lifestyles (UTS)
Tutor - Multimedia and Graphic design (Raffles Design Inst.)

THINK TANK WORK / Teaching Experience / Porosity Studio / Curating Changex / Writing & Research /