About

Erin is focussed on research-driven, collaborative and commissioned projects in the cultural, creative and research sectors. Her commissions and collaborations build on professional experience working across publishing, editorial, branding, environmental design and art direction. Erin’s independent work and experimental projects explore the spaces and ideas at the edges of visual communication design practice and research.  

Erin has a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney. Her research explored Emigre magazine, graphic design archives and collections, data visualisation and designerly visualisation practices. Her thesis introduced the notion of an Expanded Visualisation Practice as a framework for visual communication design inquiry. Her thesis has been included in the 2021 Chancellor's List as a  doctoral thesis judged to be of the highest calibre among all University of Technology Sydney theses submitted in 2021.

Erin has taught and lectured across a range of undergraduate and masters' subjects in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the University of Technology Sydney since 2009. Her teaching is focussed on typography, data visualisation, design research, and emerging and contextual practices.

Erin's work has been recognised by the Design Institute of Australia and the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA).

Erin splits her time between Sydney, Australia and Reykjavik, Iceland.

Media / Interviews
https://design.studio/news/not-not-smiling-break-the-biashttps://design.studio/news/not-not-smiling-renew
https://winwinmag.com/02/graphic-design-interviews/
http://www.cityartsydney.com.au/artwork/mapping-community/
http://www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/type-in-multiple-directions