Mrs Katrina Sandbach
ASSOCIATE LECTURER,
Dean's Unit - School of Humanities & Comm Arts
Personal
Qualifications
- BA University of Western Sydney,Nepean
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit - School of Humanities & Comm Arts
Contact
| Email: | K.Sandbach@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 5017 |
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| Location: | BB.1.63 Penrith (Werrington South) |
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Biography
Katrina Sandbach worked as a graphic designer for 10 years prior to joining the University of Western Sydney in 2008. Culminating in art direction and project management, her professional experience is in brand communications, including the design of logos, visual identity collateral, publications, point-of-sale, environmental, web and interactive projects for clients predominantly in the tourism, hospitality, retail and corporate sectors.
She now enjoys lecturing and teaching across the four-year undergraduate Bachelor of Design (Visual Communications) degree at UWS, with a focus on professional practice and practice-based research methods. Katrina coordinates the core Bachelor of Design units Introduction to Typography (first year) and Reflective Design Practice (fourth year). She also works intensively with students in the Rabbit Hole, the fourth year professional design studio, and supervises Bachelor of Design Honours students.
This information has been contributed by Mrs Sandbach.
Interests
- Creative practice in Greater Western Sydney
- Learning space design in design education
- Place identity
- Place-making
- Typography and place
- Visual identity
Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 101540 Introduction to Typography, 2012
- 101883 Professional Design Studio, 2012
- 100950 Professional Practice: Design Management, 2011
- 101090 Design Project, 2010
- 100947 Design Thinking, 2009
- 100796 Typography for Print and Screen, 2009
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Edwards-Vandenhoek, S. and Sandbach, K. (2013), 'Down the Rabbit Hole : a situated approach to design education that facilitates socially responsible emergent designers', DRS Cumulus Oslo 2013 : Design Learning for Tomorrow: Design Education from Kindergarten to PhD : Proceedings from the 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers, 14-17 May 2013, Oslo, Norway, ABM-media 9788293298038.
Journal Articles
- Sandbach, K. (2013), ''Westies' no more : towards a more inclusive and authentic place identity', Cescontexto: Debates, 9.
- Sandbach, K. (2013), ''Westies' no more : towards a more inclusive and authentic place identity', Cescontexto: Debates, 9.
- Sandbach, K. (2011), 'Graphic Design and the Aesthetics of Place', Irridescent, .
Conference Papers
- Edwards-Vandenhoek, S. and Sandbach, K. (2013), 'Down the Rabbit Hole : a situated approach to design education that facilitates socially responsible emergent designers', International Conference for Design Education Researchers, Oslo, Norway.
- Sandbach, K. (2011), 'Graphic Design and the Aesthetics of Place', agIdeas Design for Business and Industry, Melbourne, Vic..
Other Publications
- 2012, 'One Kilometre : Conversations with Darri-Ba Nungalinya', Published Work
Research
Katrina’s PhD research project 'Envisioning Design' explores the relationship between place and visual communications practice in Greater Western Sydney.
This information has been contributed by Mrs Sandbach.
