STAFF PROFILE
Ms Leah Heiss
Position:
Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
Architecture and Design
Phone:
+61 3 9925 3494
Email:
leah.heiss@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Heiss, L.,Beckett, P.,Carr-Bottomley, A. (2016). Redesigning the trans-disciplinary: working across design, craft and technological boundaries to deliver an integrated wearable for cardiac monitoring In: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, Brisbane, Australia, 4-6 June 2016
- Heiss, L. (2015). IHearYou In: Good Design Awards Sydney, Australia
- Heiss, L.,Macarow, K.,Beckett, P. (2014). SOS Emergency Jewellery In: A Fine Possession: Jewellery and Identity Sydney, Australia
- Heiss, L. (2014). Constellation In: thisness Collingwood, Australia
- Heiss, L. (2013). Innovative forms of healing: new media art as a catalyst for lasting change in therapeutic settings In: Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium of Electronic Art, ISEA2013, Sydney, Australia, 11-13 June, 2013
- Heiss, L. (2013). Close to me In: CUSP: Designing into the next decade Various, Australia
- Heiss, L. (2013). Hearing programmer In: Blamey Saunders Hears (hearing aid manufacturer) Melbourne, Australia
- Heiss, L. (2012). Therapeutic art practice: how experimental art practice can radically inform the development of our therapeutic technologies In: Studies in Material Thinking, 8, 1 - 9
- Heiss, L. (2012). Polarity 2012 In: National New Media Artist Award Brisbane, Queensland
- Heiss, L.,Morgan, S. (2010). Therapeutic collaborations: Informing the development of therapeutic nanotechnologies through creative practice In: Second Nature: International Journal of Creative Media, 2, 198 - 220
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
1 PhD Completions
Wearable technology; Art/science collaboration; Interior design; Next generation technologies in art practice; Nanotechnology in art practice.
- Delivery of a four hour workshop with key staff to identify areas of the new strategic vision statement that may be addressed through design thinking and innovation strategy. Funded by: Austin Health Contract from (2016 to 2016)