Mrs Katrina Sandbach

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
Extension:5017
Mobile:
Location:BB.1.63
Penrith (Werrington South)
Website:

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

Journal Articles

  • Sandbach, K. (2011), 'Graphic Design and the Aesthetics of Place', Irridescent, .

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.

University of Western Sydney

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