The essence of Design Factory is its unique blend of creative, meeting and social spaces. Design Factory also hosts research projects for industry and nurtures start-up companies in the adjacent 'Venture Garage'...

Dr Gregory updates and augments key concepts, terms and new developments to bring them forward in relation to 3rd generation Cultural Historical Activity Theory... a lively and notable area over the past 10 years with significant uptake in design research, interaction design and other design domains.

"A thing found is a found thing; das ding an sich, the thing-in-itself, is altogether something else. We know chair before we know this chair. We know chair-ness and yet there is no such thing-in-itself, as a chair..."

"A thing found is a found thing; das ding an sich, the thing-in-itself, is altogether something else. We know chair before we know this chair. We know chair-ness and yet there is no such thing-in-itself, as a chair..."

Presented by Dr Darren Croton on 15th June 2011.

Black holes are amongst the most bizarre objects predicted by Einstein's theory of General Relativity. Many people may not realise that our own galaxy hosts a supermassive black hole at its centre that is three million times more massive than our own Sun! In this talk Associate Professor Darren Croton discusses the physics of black holes and their formation, how they can grow to become so massive, active black hole "quasars" in the distant universe and the unexpected impact that a supermassive black hole can have on the evolution of an entire galaxy. We will finish by side stepping into the exotic world of wormholes, the black hole's tormented cousin.

Presented by Dr Darren Croton on 15th June 2011.

Black holes are amongst the most bizarre objects predicted by Einstein's theory of General Relativity. Many people may not realise that our own galaxy hosts a supermassive black hole at its centre that is three million times more massive than our own Sun! In this talk Associate Professor Darren Croton discusses the physics of black holes and their formation, how they can grow to become so massive, active black hole "quasars" in the distant universe and the unexpected impact that a supermassive black hole can have on the evolution of an entire galaxy. We will finish by side stepping into the exotic world of wormholes, the black hole's tormented cousin.

Internationally renowned design academic, Dr Wendy Suiyi Wong reviews graphic design in China over the last three decades in the third of a series of free public lectures hosted by Swinburne University's Faculty of Design.

With climate change confirmed as a critical global issue, and energy security becoming an international priority, there has been renewed interest in nuclear energy to produce electricity with near zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Speakers: Ziggy Switkowski, Bill Scales, Linda Kristjanson, Michael Thorn

https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/6af81681-cfc8-428f-9dcd-cdb0ac14f9e5/1/">Transcript

With climate change confirmed as a critical global issue, and energy security becoming an international priority, there has been renewed interest in nuclear energy to produce electricity with near zero greenhouse gas emissions.

The Nigerian video industry emerged in the last fifteen years as one of the largest film industries in the world, and the largest in the African continent. Presented by Alessandro Jedlowski (University of Naples), this presentation analyses the way video films represent the Nigerian reality. Presented on 23 March 2011.