Dr. Nicola St John
Details
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College: School of Design
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Department: School of Design
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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nicola.st.john@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0003-2713-4845
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Media enquiries
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
About
Dr Nicola St John is a communication design researcher and educator fostering collaborations between First Nations creatives, community schools, design organisations, and tertiary institutions to encourage and foster knowledge transfer, intercultural collaboration, participatory methodologies, and student belonging. Nicola has received funding from Creative Victoria and Creative Australia, accolades from the Good Design Awards as well as the prestigious RMIT Vice Chancellor’s award for research impact. She is the co-founder of Indigenous-led design agency Solid Lines, and co-lead of the InterDesigning network, which encourages the integration of diverse knowledges and practices within design education.
Media
Research fields
- 330316 Visual communication design (incl. graphic design)
- 3303 Design
- 330304 Design history, theory and criticism
- 330306 Design practice and methods
- 330305 Design management
- 450212 Cultural responsiveness and working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities education
UN sustainable development goals
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
- 4 Quality Education
- 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Academic positions
- Lecturer
- RMIT University
- School of Design
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Feb 2020 – Present
Supervisor projects
- Design, Translation, Interpretation: Tacit knowledge, hermeneutics and tactics in cross cultural design communications.
- 18 Jul 2024
- Futures as Medium: Exploring Pluriversal Approaches to Designing with Place
- 25 Jan 2023
- Expanding Co-design through Cosmovision
- 1 Apr 2021
Teaching interests
Nicola's teaching practice encourages the incorporation of intersectional, pluriversal, and co-design methodologies within communication design practice and her contributions to student learning have been awarded through national and international teaching awards.
