Allyson Crimp

Ms. Allyson Crimp

Lecturer

Details

  • College: School of Media & Communication
  • Department: School - Media & Communication
  • Campus: City Campus Australia
  • allyson.crimp@rmit.edu.au

About

Allyson is an award-winning art director and designer, working across advertising, publication design, information design and data visualisation. As an educator, she brings her practical experience to her teaching, supported by a high-level understanding of creative practice and higher education pedagogy, and a motivation to help students use creativity to positively influence their communities. Allyson's professional practice and teaching motivation intersect with her research as a doctoral candidate at the Australian National University, where her creative practice research examines how creatives employ visual narrative framing techniques in the context of climate communication.

Research fields

  • 330301 Data visualisation and computational (incl. parametric and generative) design
  • 330316 Visual communication design (incl. graphic design)
  • 3702 Climate change science
  • 4101 Climate change impacts and adaptation
  • 370299 Climate change science not elsewhere classified
  • 470103 Environmental communication

UN sustainable development goals

  • 13 Climate Action
  • 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 5 Gender Equality

Teaching interests

Undergraduate teaching:

  • Creative Advertising
  • Art Direction
  • Industry Practice
  • Advanced Creative Advertising

Postgraduate teaching:

  • Creative Advertising Campaigns

Research interests

Climate communication, data visualisation, information design, communication design, science communication, creative advertising, art direction. 

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