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Matthew Harkness is an early-career designer, researcher, and academic based in Sydney, Australia. His work focuses on non-traditional research outcomes, specializing in object design within the framework of the Circular Economy. He employs critical making, speculative design, and co-design techniques, incorporating a more-than-human perspective in his research. Matthew interrogates the ethics of making, particularly concerning wasteful, exclusive, and exploitative practices in DIY culture. His practice-based research includes innovative material experiments with waste plastics, bioplastics, ceramics, electronics, and repurposed objects. Matthew has taught several design courses at various universities in Australia and Canada and has exhibited his design works both nationally and internationally at notable venues such as the Australian Design Centre and the National Gallery Victoria.
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