Born Digital: The Archives of Bernard Joyce and William Nankivell
Presented by RMIT Design Archives
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Free, no booking required
RMIT Design Archives
154 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC, Australia
This interactive session explores the archive of Australian architects Bernard Joyce (1929–1994) and William Nankivell (1928–2001), held at the RMIT Design Archives. Joyce and Nankivell were influential figures in Australian architecture, noted for their residential work and their civic and commercial projects across Asia.
The archive comprises original archival materials alongside digital files, including early CAD drawings. During the session, audiences will have the opportunity to view original documents and drawings from the collection, manipulate CAD files, and compare the original drawings with their digital counterparts.
The demonstration and collection viewing will be accompanied by a panel discussion chaired by Professor Sarah Teasley from the RMIT Born Digital Cultural Heritage Lab, alongside at least one architect who worked in the Nankivell practice and/or a former student who studied CAD with him at RMIT.
The event is made possible by RMIT’s participation in AusEaaSI, a research program providing access to culturally significant born-digital artefacts held in archives and collections across Australia. Through this project, researchers at RMIT University’s Born Digital Cultural Heritage Lab are enabling the RMIT Design Archives to view and manipulate CAD files in the Joyce Nankivell architectural collection from the early 1990s for the first time.
AusEaaSI is supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities grants: The Australian Emulation Network: Born Digital Cultural Collections Access (LE220100057) and The Australian Emulation Network Phase 2 – Extending the Reach (LE250100051).
Presented by RMIT Design Archives and the RMIT Born Digital Cultural Heritage Lab.
Participants
AusEaaSI
AusEaaSI is supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities grants: The Australian Emulation Network: Born Digital Cultural Collections Access (LE220100057) and The Australian Emulation Network Phase 2 – Extending the Reach (LE250100051).
Professor Sarah Teasley
Professor Sarah Teasley is Professor of Design at RMIT University and a member of the RMIT Design Archives Advisory Panel.Professor Teasley is a leading scholar in design history and design research. Her research explores how designers, makers and communities use emergent materials, technologies and concepts in everyday work. She is interested in how the impacts of gender, class, disability and culture shape experiences and access, and how local creativity can thrive within transnational economic, information and power networks.Professor Teasley is co-lead of the RMIT Born Digital Cultural Heritage Lab, part of the ARC-funded AusEaaSI, the Australian Emulation Network. Her current research projects include an exploration of how Australian and Japanese designers and architects have integrated digital tools and workflows into their practice.Recognised as a leading design researcher in the Asia-Pacific, Professor Teasley regularly delivers invited talks, panel discussions and keynotes around the world, including in Türkiye, India, Japan, France and the UK. Her publications include Designing Modern Japan (Reaktion, 2022) and Global Design History (Routledge, 2011), as well as numerous book chapters and journal articles.