Mobile Design and Printing Facility
A research-driven initiative investigating mobile design pedagogy through real-world community engagement. Our bicycle-mounted printing facility operates as both educational laboratory and public service, bringing collaborative design practice directly to community spaces.
The mobile facility challenges traditional studio boundaries by establishing temporary design spaces within existing community environments. This approach interrogates how physical location influences creative processes and community participation in design outcomes.
Through direct-to-mesh screen printing techniques, the studio enables real-time collaborative design production. Community members become co-creators rather than passive recipients, fundamentally altering traditional designer-client relationships.
Links to partner studios in Osaka facilitate simultaneous international design sessions. This connection creates opportunities for examining cultural translation, miscommunication, and meaning-making across geographical and linguistic boundaries.
Students experience design education through direct community engagement rather than simulated briefs. This approach develops professional competencies whilst contributing meaningful outcomes to community partners, bridging academic learning with social responsibility.
Participants develop practical competencies in mobile design practice, community engagement, and cross-cultural collaboration whilst contributing to meaningful community outcomes through hands-on learning experiences.
Students master direct-to-mesh screen printing techniques and mobile studio logistics. These skills translate directly to contemporary design practice requirements for flexible, responsive production methods.
Direct interaction with diverse community members develops communication skills, cultural sensitivity, and collaborative design methodologies. Students learn to facilitate rather than dictate creative processes.
Operating within real community contexts provides authentic professional experience including project management, client liaison, technical problem-solving, and public presentation of design work.
Links with Osaka partners expose students to global design perspectives, cross-cultural communication strategies, and international professional networks within contemporary design practice.
The studio operates through strategic partnerships with industry leaders who provide technical expertise, materials, and professional guidance, ensuring authentic professional learning experiences for participating students.
Pavement Print Studio receives support from RMIT University's Creative Industries programmes, leveraging expertise across disciplines to develop innovative approaches to design education and community engagement.