Program Director Interior Design

Dr Jennifer Loy has a background in commercial Interior Design and Furniture Design for mass production. Her PhD is in Industrial Design and she has a Masters in Textiles and Product Design. Jennifer is Program Director of the Interior Design degree. She also works with the Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood (CSAW) as a Research Fellow and is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture & Design.

Working for a design consultancy in London’s Oxford Street gave Dr Jennifer Loy the opportunity to design commercial shops and restaurants in the West End. She then went on to designing commercial and residential projects throughout the UK and elsewhere, including show houses for the Japanese market, exhibitions in Europe and furniture for mass production in the UK and Australia. Jennifer was a featured Interior Designer on the BBC1 television show Real Rooms.

Research Interests

Interior design for educational spaces
Healthy environments
Sustainable design practices
Applied arts in Interiors

Publications

Loy, J. 2006. Book chapter: The changing role of the designer ‘breakthrough innovation’ and the technological tools for change in Anderson, L. and Jackson, S. (eds). The new design nexus: ICT, changing demographics and sustainability Lab 3000 Melbourne.

Profile and work featured in 2008: Technology Transfer - Design in a scientific research program CRC Wood Innovations, Swinburne University of Technology.

Loy, J. 2009. The changing role of the designer with the growing sustainability imperative. Creating a better world. Institution of Engineering Designers: UK.

Loy, J. 2009. Stimulating a creative approach to learning about a manufacturing process (to be published in September Creating a better world. Institution of Engineering Designers: UK.

Awards

Sculpture award Cooroora City Council
Craft award and Packer’s prize Zonta