Where are the women? Women in Industrial Design

Lockhart, C

Where are the women? Women in Industrial Design

Lockhart, C

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dc.contributor.author	Lockhart, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9844-1968	en_US
dc.date	2014-08-20	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Carlton Project Space, Chippendale	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36581
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36582
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/36580
dc.relation.ispartof	Carlton Project Space, Chippendale	en_US
dc.title	Where are the women? Women in Industrial Design	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Sydney, Australia	en_US
utslib.for	120305 Industrial Design	en_US
dc.location.activity	Sydney, Australia
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.consider-herdc	true	en_US
pubs.finish-date	2014-09-13	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.start-date	2014-08-20	en_US
pubs.rights-statement	The gender mix of the student population in the industrial design courses in Australia has been changing over the past ten years with a notable increase in the number of women graduating. However, to date this gender change has not been reflected in the profession – very few women designers are evident is the country’s major award programs. What are the career paths that the women are following if they are not falling within those identified by the profession? In design, Bruce and Lewis (1990) developed a ‘three-hurdles’ model to explain the factors influencing career advancement for women: 1.getting the qualification; 2.getting the first job in design and 3.becoming a success. Product design is frequently described as ‘technical’, ‘dirty’ and ‘industrial’, with the implication that this profession is not suitable for women. (Bruce 1985) The exhibition explores the ‘third hurdle’. Its focus is on the interpretation of the human experience within a social context to challenge the often-perceived understanding of industrial design as being a ‘job for the lads’. This exhibition presented a selection of fourteen designers who have graduated in the period from 1995 - 2013 demonstrating the scope of their work and engagement in the field. While women have been included in broad design exhibitions this however is the first exhibition specifically of women with an industrial design education in Australia, financially supported by Women @UTS and the School of Design. Further the exhibition uncovered the wide scope of work that women with industrial design education engage in with both commercial and speculative projects at various stages of their careers.	en_US

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