Congratulations to all staff and students for a wonderful semester!

We are celebrating the diverse student works and their dedicated studio leaders from this semester. The exhibition will feature DJs, trivia, prizes, performances, chat rooms as well as speeches and commentary from design academics and industry figures. 

Opening remarks by Professor Julie Willis

Welcome to MSDx Summer 2021

We are celebrating the diverse student works and their dedicated studio leaders from this semester. The exhibition will feature DJs, trivia, prizes, performances, chat rooms as well as speeches and commentary from design academics and industry figures.

Amrita Mahindroo
Co-founder / Director, DROO Projects

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Amrita Mahindroo co-founded DROO with Michel Da Costa Goncalves. She has a breadth of experience in both private and public sector projects including High end Residential, Luxury retail and hospitality and Contemporary Art Museums and Urban regeneration plans, with projects in Australia, Europe, Asia and North America.

Her interest in urban architecture and city form has been informed by her continuing research on the impact of emerging technologies and economics on future building typologies and subsequently urban form. With excellent client and project management skills, she has rigorously delivered a number of high-end residential and mixed use projects, with a particular expertise in tight urban sites with innovative results.

Dani Mileo
Design Director, Tom Postma Design

Dani Mileo is an Australian-born spatial design practitioner with formal training in both fine art and architecture. She has over 8 years’ professional experience in architectural and exhibition design across Australia, Japan and Europe. In her current role at Tom Postma Design in Amsterdam, Dani oversees the creative direction of all projects, whilst simultaneously leading the design and delivery of major exhibition architecture, focusing predominantly on museum and gallery exhibitions. She has previously held positions at OMA (Rotterdam), Shigeru Ban Architects (Tokyo) and the Zaha Hadid/ Nikken Sekkei Joint Venture Office (Tokyo).

Offshore, On Campus Student Showcase

Bates Smart Award 

Awarded for excellence, research and resolution at Thesis level.

A few instructions while you wait for the game to begin...

Shortly the game lobby will launch on this screen, displaying a unique game PIN

Please log in to your own device (your mobile device, tablet or a new browser window) to join the game via www.kahoot.it or the Kahoot! app by entering the PIN and a nickname of your choice 

NOTE: If you wish to be in the running for one of our Trivia prizes, please use your full name (first/surname) as your nickname so we can identify you and send you your prize.

Please ensure you are in the game lobby by 7PM sharp as we will then start the game for everyone.

Questions will appear on the main event screen and you will answer on your device/separate browser.

A leaderboard will display after each question to keep everyone competitive!

At the end of the game we will have our first, second and third place winners.

Good Luck!! 

Artist Profiles

Aphir is the solo electronic choral project of Becki Whitton, an engineer, songwriter and producer working out of Melbourne’s Rolling Stock Recording Rooms. Her approach in the studio balances focus and ease, and centres on a thirst to find the most powerful expression of a song’s emotional core. Becki has received ARIA, AWMA and Music Victoria Award nominations for her sound work, and has managed sound for Girls Rock! Camp ACT since the first Australian camp was launched in 2016. As Aphir, Becki has been hailed as part of ‘Australia’s new wave of female electronic innovators’ and has performed around Australia and internationally including performances at Music Tech Fest (Berlin), Denmark Arts (WA), and Falls Festival.

Naarm/Melbourne-based producer producer, vocalist and multi-disciplinary artist LOUV takes a deeply cathartic and intuitive approach towards electronic music and dance. Teetering on the line of pop sensibility and experimental through both her live performance and recorded music LOUV invites listeners into her safe sonic world of liberation. "My songs delve into very human experiences of pain, awakening, heartbreak, sexuality and healing," says LOUV. "By giving our struggles and pain a safe space to feel and move through." Glimpses into LOUV’s world of sound design and dance have already been seen through their feature contribution on Aphir’s 2020 LP, ‘Republic of Paradise’ and their supporting set for the launch of the record, as well as through their involvement with event collective Fem Fantasy, which saw them organise and perform sold out shows including the Midsumma Festival event alongside Lupa J and The Merindas. With the release of their latest single ‘Power’ - an experimental pop anthem for finding ones innate power - LOUV moves dauntlessly into the foreground of her creative vision to convey a message that many can benefit from during these uncertain time.

Artist Profile

Anuraag (they/them) is an organiser, DJ, and artist focused on sound and community contexts. As Creative Director of event series Cool Room, they have sought to change conversations around representation and safety in electronic music. Recently, Anuraag worked alongside collaborator Patrick Hase to launch their website room2.fm, creating a new form of digital performance space and seeking new methods of sharing music online.

As a DJ, their improvisational, layered, style favours hi-def, glossy textures, organic percussion and fluid polyrhythms, drawing connections between traditional and hypermodern instrumentation; exploring questions around the intersections of technology and power. They have played at local and international institutions including Soft Centre (Sydney), Bossa Nova Civic Club (NYC) and NTS Radio (London) and supported heavyweight artists including Helena Hauff, DJ Sprinkles, and Mama Snake.

Photo by Hannah Alexander