Experience

 
 
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TACSI

2015 - present (on sabbatical in 2023)

Lucy has worked at The Australian Centre for Social Innovation for seven years, including the last four as a Senior Social Innovator.

Most of the work you see here are TACSI projects that Lucy delivered with colleagues, clients and communities.

Lucy is taking 2023 as a sabbatical from TACSI to more deeply understand collaborative design and learn from diverse people and practices.

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Sydney Sustainability Jam

2015

Global Sustainability Jam is a 48 hour human centred design intensive open to anyone interested in changing the world through collaboration. Lucy co-hosted  the Sydney chapter with peers from the Acumen HCD course.

Grayscale photo of bright white Pixalux light panels as sliding doors making the Powerhouse Museum cafe in Sydney a glowing cube. A waiter is moving the doors to open the cafe behind many cafe tables with chairs.

Pixalux

2012 - 2015

Working in Pixalux lighting design and manufacture in it’s start-up days meant Lucy learned fast and was hands on. Lucy was the first and only industrial designer, so had a wide range of responsibilities including:

  • Communicating and planning with architects, builders, joiners, manufacturers and more.

  • Working with the Pixalux inventor to design solutions for new applications of the product.

  • Creating technical drawings and manufacturing guidelines.

  • Manufacturing support including on the tools and occupational health and safety guidelines.

Greyscale photo of a Headspace foyer. Milk crates with cushions act as seating, and are also used as storage in the shelving and at the front desk. A person with long hair sits behind the reception desk.

CoDesign Studio

2012

CoDesign Studio is a placemaking consultancy and multi-disciplinary social enterprise, at the time run with a volunteer workforce. Lucy joined architects and interior designers, counsellors and teenagers to prototype, co-design, document and begin building Frankston Headspace, a mental health hub for young people.

Greyscale photo of Lucy standing in front of a window with lots of sticky notes on it. We see the backs of two people who are looking at the sticky notes. Lucy is listening to them.

Presentations

2015-2022

Through her work with TACSI, Lucy has delivered talks and presentations on co-design, including at:

  • Grampians Mental Health Conference - 2019

  • Global Goals Jam by LAB Capital, Laboratorio de Innovacion para la Gestion Publica, Veeduria Distrital - 2017, Colombia

  • Social Innovation Exchange (SIX) - 2016, Colombia

Lucy has supported young South Sudanese Australians to co-present their work at:

  • Melbourne Development Circle (MDC)

  • Telstra Mental Health Round Table

  • Mental Health Australia

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Social Traders

2012

Social Traders is a leader of social enterprise procurement in Australia. Lucy worked part time in administration, mostly creating and managing databases of social enterprises.