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Jacqueline Power

Jacqueline Power
Senior Lecturer
Architecture & Design
Room IC209 , School of Architecture and Design
+61 3 6324 4089 (phone)
Dr Jacqueline Power is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Design. She has research interests in both the disciplines of interior architecture and product design. Jacqueline’s interior architecture research focuses on classical Australian Indigenous buildings, interior environments, and models of interiority. Her collaborative product design research explores storytelling in design, co-design models and design frameworks. Jacqueline is also part of a collaboration researching bio-fabrication. In her teaching, Jacqueline adopts a cross-disciplinary approach incorporating the knowledge gained through her research.
Biography
Jacqueline graduated in interior architecture and subsequently worked in practice in the Heritage Group of the NSW Government Architect's Office. In 2011, she joined the Discipline of Architecture and Design at the University of Tasmania. She was awarded her doctorate from the University of New South Wales in 2014. Her thesis, 'South-East Australian Indigenous Space and its Cosmological Origins', examined notions of interior, interiority and cosmology in relation to classical Australian Indigenous buildings. In 2019, Jacqueline completed study for a Bachelor of Education with Professional Honours (Higher Education).
Career summary
Qualifications
Degree | Thesis Title | University | Country | Date of Award |
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BEdProfHons | University of Tasmania | Australia | 2019 | |
GradCertULT | University of Tasmania | Australia | 2016 | |
PhD | South-East Australian Indigenous Space and its Cosmological Origins | University of New South Wales | Australia | 2014 |
BIA (1st Class Hons) | University of New South Wales | Australia |
Administrative expertise
Jacqueline has held a number of high-level service roles at both Discipline and School level. She has been the Discipline’s Research and Development Coordinator and from 2014 – 2018 she held the role of Degree Coordinator. Jacqueline has previously had an Academic Senate nominated positon on the Student Experience Committee and has been a representative on the Science Engineering and Technology Faculty Board. Jacqueline is currently a College of Science Engineering and Technology representative on the Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching Users Group.
Teaching
Design fundamentals, design research methods, dissertation writing, furniture and product selection.
Teaching expertise
Jacqueline has been awarded several Teaching Merit Certificates in recognition of her teaching practice at the University of Tasmania. She was awarded a Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching in 2016, which further refined Jacqueline’s teaching practice and methodologies. Jacqueline’s study for her GradCertULT included having her teaching peer reviewed and developing skills in technology-enhanced learning and teaching. Jacqueline went on to be awarded a Bachelor of Education with Professional Honours (Higher Education) in 2019.
Jacqueline contributes to a number of units within the Bachelor of Architecture and Built Environments, the Bachelor of Design and Honours courses. She regularly teaches in the design studio stream. Jacqueline often co-teaches in her classes and seeks to introduce her students to a range of perspectives and design approaches. She adopts an active/experiential learning approach to engage students in her classes.
In 2016, Jacqueline and a team from Architecture and Design and Chemistry were awarded a Teaching Development Grant to rethink the relationship between the design workshop and the science laboratory. This cross-disciplinary collaboration engaged with the emerging area of bio-design.
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Expertise
Jacqueline carries out research in the fields of interior architecture and product design. Her interior architecture research focuses on Australian Indigenous buildings and environments, and formed the focus of her doctorate. Jacqueline is also involved in collaborative research in the field of product design, as well as in bio-fabrication. This research explores how designers can create products that are more meaningful for users and the potential to utilise biological growth processes in design.
Research Themes
Jacqueline's research aligns with the University's research theme of Creativity, Culture and Society. Her research interests include Australian Indigenous buildings and environments. This formed the focus of her PhD thesis which investigated south-east Australian Indigenous space. Jacqueline’s research also explores Aboriginal agency in civic events. Jacqueline’s research has appeared in journals such as Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture, the Journal of Interior Design and Fabrications.
Jacqueline is also involved in cross-institutional research in the field of product design. Her collaborative research with industrial design academic and practitioner Rina Bernabei, explores how designers can create product stories that are meaningful for users. This research culminated in an exhibition called Stories in Form in 2012 at Object: Australian Centre for Design of which Jacqueline was the curator. The exhibition received coverage in Monument Magazine, Vogue Living and the Sydney Morning Herald. Jacqueline and Rina’s research has been published in forums such as the Craft Research journal, the Industrial Design Educators Network journal and the International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference.
Jacqueline, along with colleague Dr Michael Hornblow, are undertaking collaborative research in bio-fabrication. This is an emerging interdisciplinary research area that utilises biological growth processes in the development of materials, products and buildings. The materials currently being investigated include Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast (SCOBY) and mycelium. This research has been awarded an Environment, Resources and Sustainability research theme grant.
Collaboration
Jacqueline undertakes collaborative research in product design and materials research. This research contributes to the design discourse around product ideation, design process and the story of how a designer translates a product story from initial research to manufacture. Jacqueline is also part of a collaboration extending across the College of Science and Engineering focusing on materials research in the field of bio-design.
Awards
Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
Current projects
Jacqueline is currently undertaking a collaborative research project that explores the ways designers undertake inquiry and investigation from a design practice perspective.
Fields of Research
- Industrial and product design (330309)
- Architectural history, theory and criticism (330104)
- Interaction and experience design (330310)
- Interior design (330108)
- Architectural design (330102)
- Timber, pulp and paper (401610)
- Urban and regional planning (330499)
- Design management (330305)
- Design (330399)
- Other built environment and design (339999)
- History and theory of the built environment (excl. architecture) (330402)
- Architectural science and technology (330105)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and regional development (450505)
- Landscape architecture (330109)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander architecture (450503)
Research Objectives
- Other manufacturing (249999)
- Understanding Australia's past (130703)
- Environmentally sustainable manufacturing activities (240699)
- Expanding knowledge in built environment and design (280104)
- Environmentally sustainable construction activities (120699)
- Pedagogy (160302)
- Wood, wood products and paper (241799)
- Design (130101)
- Other culture and society (139999)
- Hardwood plantations (260201)
- The creative arts (130103)
- Other education and training (169999)
- Urban planning (120406)
- Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum (160301)
- Learner and learning (160199)
- Timber materials (120306)
- Wood sawing and veneer (241705)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander connection to land and environment (210402)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge (210404)
Publications
Jacqueline’s research has been published in journals such as Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture, the Journal of Interior Design and Fabrications. Her collaborative research has been presented at international forums and conferences.
Total publications
41
Journal Article
(10 outputs)Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
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2021 | Dyer L, Power J, Steen A, Wallis L, Davison A, 'Uncertainty and disciplinary difference: mapping attitudes towards uncertainty across discipline boundaries', Design Studies, 77 Article 101055. ISSN 0142-694X (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2021.101055 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Dyer L; Steen A; Wallis L; Davison A | |
2018 | Bernabei R, Power J, 'Hybrid design: combining craft and digital practice', Craft Research, 9, (1) pp. 119-134. ISSN 2040-4689 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1386/crre.9.1.119_1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 1 | |
2018 | Power J, 'The Australian Indigenous sky dome and its potential to reshape interiority', Interiors, 8, (3) pp. 125-140. ISSN 2041-9112 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/20419112.2018.1435476 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2 | |
2017 | Power J, Norrie H, 'Australian triumphal arches and settler colonial cultural narratives', Fabrications, 27, (1) pp. 71-99. ISSN 1033-1867 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/10331867.2016.1262716 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Norrie H | |
2016 | Power J, 'Australian palawa buildings: rethinking interiors and their representation', Journal of Interior Design, 41, (3) pp. 15-32. ISSN 1071-7641 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/joid.12074 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3 | |
2015 | Bernabei R, Power J, 'Illuminating design research: shining light on the academic designer', Industrial Design Educators Network, (3) pp. 55-75. ISSN 2200-6834 (2015) [Professional, Non Refereed Article] | |
2014 | Power J, 'Interior space: representation, occupation, well-being and interiority', 30 Elisava Temes de Disseny, November 2014 pp. 11-19. ISSN 1889-5913 (2014) [Non Refereed Article] | |
2010 | Power J, 'Healthy Buildings of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples', Interiors: Design Architecture Culture, 1, (3) pp. 245-264. ISSN 2041-9112 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.2752/204191210X12875837764138 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 | |
2010 | Power J, 'Thrice: Blurring Demarcation between Inside and Out', Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, 4, (1) pp. 291-301. ISSN 1833-1874 (2010) [Refereed Article] | |
2009 | Power J, 'Classical Period of Australian Indigenous Interiors: Shaping of Space and Interiority', Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, 3, (1) pp. 357-367. ISSN 1833-1874 (2009) [Refereed Article] |
Chapter in Book
(3 outputs)Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
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2018 | Power J, 'Palawa resilience and resistance to colonial housing at Wybalenna', Global Dimensions in Housing: Approaches in Design and Theory from Europe to the Pacific Rim, Green Frigate Books, K Day and G Cairns (ed), Faringdon, UK, pp. 203-218. ISBN 9781911451051 (2018) [Research Book Chapter] | |
2018 | Power J, Bernabei R, 'Biologically Inspired Designs', Advances in Manufacturing and Processing of Materials and Structures, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Y Bar-Cohen (ed), Boca Raton, USA, pp. 53-74. ISBN 9781138035959 (2018) [Research Book Chapter] | |
2011 | Bernabei R, Freeman K, Power J, 'The Value of Storytelling in Product Design', Handbook of Research on Trends in Product Design and Development: Technological and Organizational Perspectives, IGI Global, Arlindo Silva, Ricardo Simoes (ed), Pennsylvania, USA, pp. 447-460. ISBN 978-1-61520-617-9 (2011) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-617-9 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2 |
Conference Publication
(19 outputs)Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
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2020 | Bernabei R, Power J, '3D Printing Craft: weaving and oozing', Proceedings of Synergy - DRS International Conference 2020, 11-14 August 2020, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 111-124. ISSN 2398-3132 (2020) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
2018 | Bissember A, Hindrum S, Hornblow M, Kilah N, Power J, et al., 'Growing and bio-fabricating SCOBY: a project developed in an extended cross-disciplinary research team', Proceedings of the 1st Annual Design Research Conference (ADR18), 27-28 September 2018, University of Sydney, pp. 581-595. ISBN 978-0-646-99249-5 (2018) [Refereed Conference Paper] Co-authors: Bissember A; Hindrum S; Hornblow M; Kilah N; Thickett S; Yong A | |
2018 | Hindrum S, Hornblow M, Power J, Yong A, 'Biofabrication with SCOBY: material innovation and independent learning in a summer research unit', Teaching Matters 2018, 21 November 2018, University of Tasmania, pp. 39. (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Hindrum S; Hornblow M; Yong A | |
2018 | Hornblow M, Power J, Binte Mohd Sham DS, Yip E, Hindrum S, 'Advanced design research and the teaching-research nexus', Teaching Matters 2018, 21 November 2018, University of Tasmania, pp. 39-40. (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Hornblow M; Hindrum S | |
2018 | Hornblow M, Power JJ, Chin C, Huang Q, Mathew JG, 'Advanced design research as rhizomatic learning', Teaching Matters 2018, 21 November 2018, University of Tasmania, pp. 40-41. (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Hornblow M; Mathew JG | |
2017 | Bernabei R, Power J, 'Personalisation from a design practice perspective', Product Lifetimes And The Environment 2017 - Conference Proceedings, 08-10 November 2017, Delft, The Netherlands, pp. 37-40. ISBN 9781614998198 (2017) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] | |
2016 | Bernabei R, Power J, 'Living designs', Biometric and Biohybrid Systems: 5th International Conference, Living Machines 2016, 19-22 July 2016, Edinburgh, UK, pp. 40-47. ISSN 0302-9743 (2016) [Conference Extract] | |
2015 | Bernabei R, Power J, Hunyor K, 'Stories in Form exhibition: a collaborative case study of design research', IASDR2015 Interplay Proceedings, 02-05 November 2015, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 189-200. ISBN 978-0-646-94318-3 (2015) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
2015 | Mate K, Power J, Trenos H, 'A sensory meal: a performative interior design and theatre collaboration', Proceedings of the 8th International Conference and Exhibition of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, 02-03 October 2015, Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 46-52. ISBN 978-0-473-33710-0 (2015) [Refereed Conference Paper] Co-authors: Mate K; Trenos H | |
2014 | Power J, 'The liminality of interiority: Australian indigenous cosmological space', SITUATION Symposium and Exhibition Proceedings, 31 July-03 August 2014, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 88-90. ISBN 978-0-9808101-3-4 (2014) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
2013 | Bernabei R, Power J, 'Designing together: end-user collaboration in designing a personalised product', 10th European Academy of Design Conference, 17-19 April 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden, pp. 1 - 12. ISBN 978-91-979541-5-0 (2013) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
2013 | Power J, 'Future scenarios for interior design: learning now and into the future', IFI GIEOF - DFIE Asia Region Education Symposium 2013, 3-4 October 2013, Sydney, Australia (2013) [Conference Extract] | |
2013 | Power J, Bernabei R, 'Stories in Form: a product design exhibition inspired by academic research', Discursive Space, 20-23 June 2013, Toronto Canada, pp. 67-70. (2013) [Conference Extract] | |
2013 | Power J, Bernabei R, 'Personalised mass manufactured products: a possibility or a contradiction', Praxis + Poetics: Research Through Design 2013 Conference Proceedings, 3-5 September 2013, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, pp. 112-115. ISBN 9780954958794 (2013) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
2012 | Bernabei R, Power J, 'Differentiating co-design and mass customisation from a user completion model within the realm of product design', Design Creativity 2012, 18-20 September, Glasgow, Scotland, pp. 227-233. ISBN 978-1-904670-40-7 (2012) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
2011 | Bernabei R, Freeman K, Power J, 'Connecting education, practice and research: creating meaningful products within an industrial design studio using a product narrative framework', Diversity and Unity: Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Design Research, 31 October - 4 November 2011, Delft, The Netherlands, pp. 1-9. ISBN 978-94-6190-719-6 (2011) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
2010 | Bernabei R, Power J, 'Using a Narrative Framework in an Industrial Design Studio to Create Meaningful Products', Proceedings of ConnectED 2010 - 2nd International Conference on Design Education, 28 June - 1 July, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-5. ISBN 978-0-646-54506-6 (2010) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
2010 | Power J, 'Australian Indigenous Interiority and Cosmology', The International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments Traditional Dwellings and Settlements working paper series - Imaginary Utopias, 15-18 December 2010, Beirut, Lebanon, pp. 2-28. (2010) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] | |
2009 | Bernabei R, Freeman K, Power J, 'Communicating with Light and Shadow: Bernabeifreeman's Ema and Ziya exhibition luminaires', Designing Designers: Where Does Light Move To? Lighting Design Innovation Scenarios, 25 April, Milan, pp. 71-82. ISBN 978-88-387-4358-0 (2009) [Refereed Conference Paper] |
Major Creative Work
(2 outputs)Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
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2019 | Kotlarewski N, Power J, Mate K, Clayton I, Lee M, 'Neville Smith Forest Products', Neville Smith Forest Products (2019) [Published Creative Work] Co-authors: Kotlarewski N; Mate K; Clayton I; Lee M | |
2012 | Power J, 'Stories in Form', Object: Australian Centre for Design, Sydney (2012) [Curated Exhibition] |
Other Creative Work
(2 outputs)Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
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2020 | Hornblow M, Power J, Huo J, Low JJ, Ouyang H, et al., 'Bio-fabrication with mycelium and kelp', University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Design, pp. 28 (2020) [Minor Creative Work] Co-authors: Hornblow M | |
2012 | Bernabei R, Power J, 'Dovetailing Furniture and Design Thinking', University of Tasmania, Tasmania, pp. 1 (2012) [Catalogue] |
Thesis
(1 outputs)Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
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2013 | Power J, 'South-east Australian Indigenous space and its cosmological origin' (2013) [PhD] |
Other Public Output
(4 outputs)Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
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2019 | Kotlarewski N, Power J, Lee M, Nolan G, Ozarska B, et al., 'Developing a New Generation of Tasmanian Appearance Hardwood Products for In-State Design and Manufacturing: Opportunity Analysis', Forest & Wood Products Australia Limited, Melbourne, July, pp. 1-84. (2019) [Government or Industry Research] Co-authors: Kotlarewski N; Lee M; Nolan G | |
2018 | Power J, 'The ring trees of Victoria's Watti Watti people are an extraordinary part of our heritage', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 25 June (2018) [Magazine Article] | |
2018 | Power JJ, Hornblow M, 'Food for thought: Student design shelter for project', The Examiner, Fairfax Media, Tasmania, 20 May (2018) [Media Interview] Co-authors: Hornblow M | |
2012 | Power JJ, 'Origin of the pieces', Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, 21 January, p. 36. (2012) [Newspaper Article] |
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
7
Total funding
Projects
- Description
- Schematic designs produced using co-design processes with the Watti Watti community and the University of Tasmania, will be developed ready for pre-construction by professionals in practice. The design for the site includes a cultural walking trail, regeneration of the native landscape and increased cultural amenity including a ceremonial circle.
- Funding
- Victoria State Government ($50,000)
- Scheme
- Aboriginal Community Infrastructure Program
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Power J; Norrie H
- Year
- 2022
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($19,816)
- Scheme
- null
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Power J; Springer ML; McHenry MT; Steen A; Norrie H; Roehrer EL; Herbert N; Dermoudy J; Anders RJ; Yeom SJ
- Year
- 2021
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($3,402)
- Scheme
- null
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Power J; Brunton RJ; Dewsbury M; Sawyer M; Steen A
- Year
- 2019
- Description
- Biofabrication is an emerging interdisciplinary research area that utilises biological growth processes in the development of materials, products and buildings. Dr Hornblow and Dr Power have been building research capacity in this field, extending collaboration across CoSE (STED and Chemistry) and CALE (SoCA). This grant will co-fund an international leader in the field of mycelium to speak at a festival in Adelaide and then to visit UTAS for further public talks, networking and consultation.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($4,080)
- Scheme
- Grant-ERS Research Theme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hornblow M; Power J
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- This project will develop a new generation of hardwood appearance products for manufacture in-state using current and new technologies from the available native, reclaimed, and plantation resources.
- Funding
- FWPA - National Institute for Forest Products Innovation ($270,000)
- Collaborators
- Britton Timbers ($10,000); Forico Pty Ltd ($10,000); McKay Investments Pty Ltd ($10,000); SFM Environmental Solutions Pty Ltd ($10,000); Ta Ann Tasmania ($6,500); Tasmanian Timber Promotion Board ($20,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Wallis LH; Kotlarewski NJ; Nolan G; Wood K; Lee MW; Ozarska B; Belleville B; Power J
- Period
- 2018 - 2022
- Description
- Neville-Smith Forest Products (NSFP) have requested a project that aligns their Tasmanian Oak resource with current trending colour palettes for the built environment. The aim of this project is to develop contemporary interior colour themes for NSFP Tasmanian Oak from research evidence based themes. Post project iterations may consider future colour trends.
- Funding
- Neville Smith Forest Products ($6,000)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Kotlarewski NJ; Power J; Mate KJH; Lee MW
- Period
- 2017 - 2018
- Description
- The aim of this project is to document and convey the importanceof Ring Trees for Wadi Wadi Traditional Owners and share thisknowledge through an engaging and accessible exhibition.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($9,937)
- Scheme
- Grant-CCS Research Theme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Power J
- Year
- 2017
Research Supervision
Jacqueline would like to supervise HDR candidates with previous study or practice experience in interior design/interior architecture and with a research interest in culture and design. Applicants must have a strong track record and very good overall English.
Current
1
Current
Degree | Title | Commenced |
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PhD | Interdisciplinary Practices of Art-Science, in Particular the Field of BioArt/NewMedia and STEAM | 2019 |