Dr. Roger Kemp
Details
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Department: School of AUD
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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roger.kemp@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0001-6675-740X
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
I am the Associate Dean of Interior Design. My background in commercial and hospitality design has informed my interest in the way in which interiors form a significant spatial and social contribution to the workings of a contemporary city.
I have extensive experience as a leader in design education. I was program director of the Bachelor of Interior Design (Hons) between 2013-2017, Higher Degrees Research Coordinator between 2018-2019 before setting up the Master of Interior Design program at RMIT (2019 – 2022). I have lead workshops in a number of institutions including Konkuk University Seoul, South Korea, LASALLE Singapore and RMIT Vietnam. I held the role of Executive Director of the Interior Design/Interior Architecture Educators Association 2014-2018 and continue to advise on educational matters for the Design Institute of Australia.
My active interdisciplinary design research practice, "Making Distance", in collaboration with Anthony Fryatt, has been exhibited at Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI); Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha; Brighton University, UK; Form Gallery, Perth, State of Design Festival, Melbourne; Bus Projects; Forty-five Downstairs; Pinup Gallery; Federation Square; Channel 31 and Australian Film, Television, and Radio School (AFTRS).
Research fields
- 330108 Interior design
- 330306 Design practice and methods
Supervisor projects
- Found In-between
- 22 Jan 2025
- Situational Perspective on Urban Interiority: An Investigation of Public Spaces
- 9 Feb 2024
- Fashion Scavenging: Resurrecting wasted fashion through luxury garment practice
- 21 Feb 2023
- Being PplusP: Reflections on Interior Design Practice in Hong Kong
- 3 Mar 2022
- The Transformation of a Practice in Hong Kong Cinema from Visual Narrative to an Action-Narrative Approach
- 25 Mar 2021
- Olympism and the Metropolis: The Urban Imaginary of Melbourne’s Western Suburbs
- 15 May 2020
- Knowing Space: Inhabitation as Spatial Practice
- 21 Apr 2020
- Moving Experiences: Video Observations of Ho Chi Minh City
- 27 Mar 2019
- Participatory Dialogues with Public Space
- 19 Dec 2018
- Space in transition: an interior practice through media, mediation and motion
- 26 Mar 2018
Teaching interests
PhD supervisor
Partnered Interior Design Studio leader
Research Strategies Lecturer
Portfolio Lecturer
Leadership and engagement roles:
- Associate Dean, Interior Design, RMIT (2022 - )
- Program Manager, Master of Interior Design, RMIT (2019-2022)
- Higher Degrees Research Coordinator, RMIT School of Architecture and Urban Design (2018-2020)
- Coordinator Creative Practice Research Strategies, RMIT School of Architecture and Urban Design (2018-2019)
- Deputy Dean Industrial Design + Interior Design (Acting), RMIT (2017)
- Program Manager, Bachelor of Interior Design, RMIT (2013-2017)
Research interests
My research interests include:
- Scenography and scenographic environments including set design for film and television.
- Design of public, commercial and civic Interiors.
- Material and making led design practices.
- Drawing and visual representation.
- Design curriculum and pedagogy,
