DAB Lab is the unique research support facility at the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.

DAB Lab provides managerial assistance for academic staff and postgraduate student case studies and research projects. It also provides a public showcase for the leading research that is coming out of the Faculty.

DAB Lab is managed by Aanya Roennfeldt and is located in the courtyard of the DAB building.

DAB Lab Contact details
DAB LAB research gallery
p: +61 2 9514 8016
e: Aanya.Roennfeldt@uts.edu.au

Current exhibition

Stirring appetites by Christian Tietz

25 September - 17 October 2008, Industrial Design

For German designer Christian Tietz, the life expectancy for Indigenous Australians was one discovery he didn't expect to find when he came to Australia over twenty years ago.

Now, a Master of Design (Research) student at the University of Technology, Sydney as well as Director of Designlab Oceania, Tietz has responded with Stirring Appetites - the next exhibition to pay a visit to the DAB LAB Research Gallery.

Through a series of photographs and data, Christian highlights how Australian designers, can respond to the 17-year gap between the average Australian and Indigenous Australian's life expectancy by producing products that fulfil the needs of specific cultural groups.

"To improve a person's nutrition and health, strategies for healthy eating are not only required, but also the 'hardware' to cook and prepare food," says Tietz.

"My research uncovered that for Indigenous Australians in remote communities, the common stove top and oven is used differently to how it is used in an urban environment.

"With acute overcrowding in remote community homes, a stove and oven is being used for up to six hours a day, when it is designed to be used for only five hours a week.

"While people are attempting to cook healthy meals for the family, their equipment is letting them down by lasting only a very short period of time before it must be replaced - with a new purchase or with a less nutritious solution such as fast food," says Tietz.

Stirring Appetites brings to light Tietz's design observations towards this social concern, that a product must respond to the user's needs, not the reverse.

The exhibition will be held at the DAB LAB Research Gallery between 25 September and 17 October.

The DAB Lab is located on Level 4 courtyard 702 Harris St Ultimo.

 

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