Siann is a Design Honours graduate from The University of New South Wales School of Art and Design in Sydney, Australia. Majoring in Interaction and Experience fields her works are often guided by intuitive design principles, examining mechanisms of interaction within designed environments. She explores how design infrastructure can enrich and advance people's lives, advocating for a more mutualistic relationship between people and spaces.
Exhibited works
2022 Displayed at the A&D ANNUAL
2021 Curated online exhibition UNEARTHING X KUDOS for Sydney gallery Cement Fondu
2021 Displayed at the A&D ANNUAL
2021 Folded Memories at Three Foot Square
2019 Bright Start Exhibition at The Australian Design Centre
Massive Change Network,
2023-2025
Worked as a Junior Designer in Chicago, Illinois under the leadership of international design visionary for Bruce Mau. Contributed to high-impact design projects collaborating with global teams on initiatives spanning brand identity, enterprise transformation and sustainability strategy.
Data Play,
2022
Our digital interactions have turned into a lucrative commodity that is harvested and sold. The monetisation of data emphasises company profit at the expense of digital privacy and raises widespread concern about the risk of information disclosure. Despite this concern, consent fatigue towards data collection means that we click through terms and conditions policies. 'Data Play' is an installation proposal that aims to provide internet users with better literacy when disclosing data. The installation anonymously unveils our online interactions through a data display that combines each gallery visitor’s history of third-party cookie networks. The installation invites visitors to explore data harvesting and reflect on their online interactions.
Growing Pains,
2021
Australia is known as the lucky country. As a democracy we preach ourselves to be multicultural, laid back and always there to support the Aussie battler; a nation which gives generously nationally and abroad. However, these sentiments are starting to be exposed as erroneous in actions perpetrated by domestic governments, organisations and the population at large. The Growing Pains installation tries to reconcile the doctrinal Australian image with the reality of who we are becoming as a country. In the Australian Pavillion, these inaccurate nationalistic assumptions come to manifest themselves in the form of growths. The narrative of the space illustrates the lifecycle of such sentiment from its conception to its rectification and removal. Growing Pains doesn’t just provoke intrapersonal reflection but shows how the growths filter our opinions of others and can have far-reaching impacts. Australia still remains a place afflicted with racism, injustice and institutional greed. The growths represent these inaccurate opinions many of us hold and how they breed on us to inform our attitudes. However, when we start to appropriately interrogate our thoughts and act against them, we can eradicate these appendages, but not without leaving a scar in their place.
Point Reflection,
2021
Following the release of Rui Zhou’s 2021/2022 spring/summer collection, Point Reflection is designed to be an all-new immersive and vibrant fashion show experience. Exploring the intersection of illusion and reflection, the show invites the audience into an encounter with liminality. Much like the subversive architecture of Rui’s garments, the show debases the established paradigm of cultural fashion experiences. Far from just an aesthetic encounter, the show will provoke an intellectual adventure through the novel use of space, time and fashion.
Ripple; Pedestrian Safety Redesign,
2020
Safety is a baseline feeling most of us take for granted. However, for many women genderblind city design is affecting their ability to feel safe, compounding the toll into their emotional wellbeing and wider social connection. The consideration of Interaction and Experience design into this context is able to generate a civil design that inspires safer feelings for individuals when walking alone at night. This is achieved by eliminating the prevalence of ‘no-go zones’ along urban pedestrian corridors and allowing individuals to freely choose the routes they walk without being forced to detour and emboldening autonomy. The design will additionally be an asset to the broader community by encouraging more local participation in night-time activities. These public green spaces will become more approachable and generate stronger social networks by stimulating nightlife. Projected positive repercussions are an effort to suppress the idea that being alone by oneself at night is synonymous with danger.
Folded Memories,
2019
Folded Memories is a trio of coil pots representing infinite time and its continually additive quality. The nature of memories, much like each coil, is reliant on the ones that have formed before, overlaying on past experiences to influence how our futures, and each new coil, will ensue. The unique warping and sagging of each pot reflects the unforeseen experiences that disrupt the structural integrity of our lives and may see us lean back on our past experiences for reassurance. Each wooden receptacle perfectly cradles the ceramics, reflecting the way we all desire to be held and comforted by those we love in our own specific ways. No other object can fill its place because it is only designed to fit the needs of one unique body. Folded Memories validates the idea that life doesn’t resemble a perfectly uniform vessel, but rather one warped and contorted form afflicted with idiosyncrasies, but whose qualities are what make it so beautiful.
© Siann Boustead 2024