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Broadcasting design at the University of Western Australia.

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'Scrapped' exhibition of IDES2000 wrapping up today at ARTLAAB on Broadway! #artlaab #uwa #alva #designthinking

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Sneak peek 2.. ALVA End of Year Exhibition. 18:00. Cullity Gallery UWA #architecture #landscape #visualarts #Perth

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ALVA end of year exhibition opens tomorrow night at Cullity Gallery UWA! #perthdesign #alva #uwa #design #exhibition

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TOMORROW!
"Unfinished Business" lecture by UWA's Dr. Fer Jerez of @SMAR_architects
1pm G.22 ALVA, Nedlands Campus

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Debate concluded! Huge thanks to @curiousoctopus and our #UWA speakers. #uwadesignpaola #design #future #perth

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Ethics is not so much about teaching morals and more about understanding what is interfering with what. @curiousoctopus #uwadesignpaola

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@curiousoctopus Ethics is so important to design. #uwadesignpaola

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@curiousoctopus Intellectual labour is undervalued. #uwadesignpaola

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@renevan Design brings things into being. It changes relationships for people who participate in that thing @curiousoctopus #uwadesignpaola

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We need to 'de-specialise' or to specialise in 100 things. This is what design training is. @curiousoctopus #uwadesignpaola

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The 'career' will not exist - skilled people will apply themselves differently to situations over life. @curiousoctopus #uwadesignpaola

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@curiousoctopus I'm hoping designers will become like trusted sages. #uwadesignpaola

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@curiousoctopus It will take time to shift culture. Some younger gen. startups are hiring designers in different roles now. #uwadesignpaola

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How do we break out of the business infrastructure of design? Clients rely upon specific titles. @curiousoctopus #uwadesignpaola

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@curiousoctopus First they have to argue they are not about cute chairs. They have to break out of preconceived roles. #uwadesignpaola

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@curiousoctopus Artists and designers contribute to the progress of society. #uwadesignpaola

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@fernando_jerez Design's potential is to bridge between the inhuman realm of technology and the human @curiousoctopus #uwadesignpaola

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@curiousoctopus [Design] can help the world without being utilitarian - by helping people think. #uwadesignpaola

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@renevan It is only when design fails that it comes to the foreground. @curiousoctopus #uwadesignpaola

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@curiousoctopus The distinction between art and design is artificially created by a system that seeks to sustain itself. #uwadesignpaola