Project experience
Recognition - Philippa Abbott (Founder)
Design Lead on these projects from scoping the methodology, winning the work to then leading the project and delivering the outcomes.
2023 Premier Design Award - Service Design Finalist (TBA)
Whilst at Today Strategic Design:
2021 Premier Design Award - Service Design Winner
2021 Service Design Network - Finalist
2020 Gold Good Design Award - Government Services
2020 Gold Good Design Award - Social Impact
2020 Design x Driven - Gold Award - Social Impact
Major exhibitions:
Goethe Institute (Vietnam) 2014 - Sustainable Product Innovation Network, Furniture Exhibition
Maison et Objet 2014 (Paris) - SPIN Vietnam - Furniture
State of Design 2011 (Melbourne) - Fluid Taxonomies
State of Design 2009 (Melbourne) - Shelter Stories
And Projects explore the intersection of:
Enabling capacity for innovation
Reorienting productive systems
Enabling agency, rebalancing power through systems design
Creative experimentation and material exploration
Cross cultural practice and the making of things
Enabling capacity for innovation
2023 Chrysalis: Social Innovation Hub - Codesigned Strategic Framework.
2022 SecondMuse Impact by Design: Practice Framework - Part 2.
2020 Geoscience Australia - Organisational Transformation // Human Centred Design (led at Today).
2016-18 Westpac Next: Customer Journey Led Organisational Transformation.
2016 Nab // Deloitte: Organisational Transformation // Customer Centred Design + Agile.
2015 NabLabs // Deloitte: Setting up the first Australian Financial Innovation Lab.
2014 Field Institute: City of Greater Dandenong: Social Enterprise Zone - Strategic Framework.
2014 Victorian Eco Innovation Lab: Visions of Resilience: Climate Adaptation/Regional Communities, Anglesea & Creswick - Community Engagement, Design, Facilitation & Visioning.
2010, 13 Victorian Eco Innovation Lab: EcoAcupuncture - Broadmeadows 2032/2035: Design & Facilitation.
2011 Yarra Energy Foundation: Carbon Zero by 2020 Strategic Framework - Strategy/Systems/Design Research.
2010 Assistant Curator, Unlimited: Asia Pacific Design Triennial.
Reorienting productive systems
2023 2000 Homes: Affordable + Adaptive Housing Model.
2022 Oxfam/SecondMuse: Urban Food Hives - System Design Toolkit.
2022 Oxfam/SecondMuse: Urban Food Hives - Systems Design Training.
2022 Oxfam/SecondMuse: Urban Food Hives - Philippines Impact Sprint.
2021 The Incubation Network: Ocean Plastics - Ocean plastics systems mapping toolkit.
2015 Codesign Studio, City of Hume: Urban Design Framework.
2015 Global Nomad Tibet: Climate adaptation + Enterprise Strategy.
2014 Field Institute: City of Greater Dandenong - Regional Food Strategy.
2014 Field Institute: City of Greater Dandenong - Consultation, Context and Technical Analysis
2014 Codesign Studio: City of Launceston - CBD Revitalisation Strategy.
Creating agency, rebalancing power through systems design
2021 East Kimberley Service System Mapping: Child + Family Wellbeing.
2019 DITCRD - Decision Making Framework: Prioritised Service Delivery (led at Today Strategic Design).
2019 BT Super: Product + Service System: Strategic Framework.
2014 ACE Cambodia: Impact, Strategy + Enterprise review (NGO for homeless children in Phnom Penh).
2008 Youssef Morelli Centre: Community Led Design Strategy [SEZ zone] - Gujurati nomadic fishing communities, Gujurat, India.
2008 Manav Sadhna Community Centre, Ghandi Institute: Co-design + Social Enterprise development, Ahmedabad India.
2007 City of Melbourne: Architects Without Frontiers Exhibition, Co-Curator, Federation Square.
Creative experimentation and material exploration
2023 AndP*: Ocean Plastics Manufacturing - Exploratory research.
2023 Melbourne Design Week: [Bio] Restitution - Mycelium Exploration.
2023 Melbourne Design Week: [Bio] Restitution- Chromophore.
2020 Mycolab: Founding partner - Manufacturing with mycelium.
2020 Melbourne Design Week: Life or Death exhibition - Product design (bio-materials).
2020 Mona Foma: Play exhibition - Product design (bio-materials).
2015 Wildwon: Progress Conference: Strategic Experience Design + Installation.
2013 Wildwon: Progress Conference - Strategic Experience Design.
2009 Eco cities/Architect without Frontiers: Shelter Stories Installation.
Cross cultural practice and the making of things
2017 Jati Furniture: Sustainable product design and manufacturing
2014 VietTrade/Hanoi Design Centre: Sustainable Design Consultant/Product Design.
2013-15 RMIT: Sessional Lecturer, RMIT, Design Research and Innovation
2013 NGV Design Residency - Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria.
2012 Contemporary Site Investigations, Melbourne City Council: Public Art Commission - Creative Producer.
2011 Fluid Taxonomies: Art Installation, State of Design Festival - Place based behavioural connections sculpture.