Swayn Open Research
The Alastair Swayn Foundation is committed to information sharing and transparency of the research it funds. We believe that research supported by the Foundation should be made discoverable and readily accessible online. The Swayn Open Research repository provides a place for researchers to promptly have their findings published on an open access basis, to benefit the architecture and design community.
Museum for Touch: Towards Object Based Learning and Accessible Museums for Blind and Low Vision Children and Adults
Museums protect artworks and artifacts behind glass, making them inaccessible to blind and low-vision visitors. This research proposes designing touch models to make cultural narratives and knowledge accessible to all.
New Agency: The Future of Dwelling and Ageing
The research culminates in the publication New Agency: The future of dwelling and ageing that collates the findings, including the provocation of a cooperative housing model in order that land and housing in Australia are provided for the common good – for both young and old.
Australian Design Index Exhibition
The Australian Design Index exhibition is 3-D virtual exhibtion featuring more than sixty objects selected as good design for the Australian Design Index.