Abby Mellick Lopes
Biographic Data
| ID | 123615 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abby Mellick Lopes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abby Mellick |
| FAMILY NAME | Lopes |
| SIGNATURE | LOPES A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Technology Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3319-8469 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Investigating service design education in the Asia Pacific to support societal transitions
Service design is a critical practice for supporting societal transitions, as it centres human experiences in services that can help people navigate complex economic, ecological and socio-cultural challenges. However, challenges like climate change are demanding innovation in services, including how service design is practised and taught. This paper investigates how service design has developed in the Asia Pacific and whether it has the capacity …
Postcapitalist composting
KEYWORDS: Diverse economiesdesigncircular economydiverse economiesdesigncircular economy Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Australian Research Council: [Grant Number DP210100175].Notes on contributorsStephen HealyStephen Healy is an Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Studies in the School of Social Science and Research Fellow, Institu…
Leadership During a Pandemic
To manage pandemics, like COVID-19, leadership can enable health services to weather the storm. Yet there is limited clarity on how leadership manifested and was discussed in the literature during COVID-19. This can have considerable public health implications given the importance of leadership in the health sector. This article addresses this missed opportunity by examining the literature on leadership during a pandemic. Following a systematic s…
Infrastructures of Care
What does it mean to be at home in a hot city? One response is to shut our doors and close ourselves in a cocoon of air-conditioned thermal comfort. As the climate warms, indoor environments facilitated by technical infrastructures of cooling are fast becoming the condition around which urban life is shaped. The price we pay for this response is high: our bodies have become sedentary, patterns of consumption individualized, and spaces of comforta…
Practicing Sustainability
Aspects of the ordinary in everyday dressing remain elusive to fashion studies, meaning the life of what Judy Attfield calls 'design in the lower case' escapes notice. In this article, the authors assemble a practice-oriented perspective to illuminate 'wearing' as an outcome of sets of commonplace and routine practices related to dressing, that wear a garment in and out over time, and enhance the visibility of clothing use. The central example is…
On Wearing
A sustainable material culture is perhaps more about making new relationships than making new things. This paper explores the topography of what we are calling "Design's already made," including its artifacts, practices, and perceptions, via the lens of practice theory and in response to the problem of the largely unsustainable material cultures of design. Our investigation is framed by the term "wearing." Wearing—as a recurrent form of engagemen…
On Wearing
A sustainable material culture is perhaps more about making new relationships than making new things. This paper explores the topography of what we are calling "Design's already made," including its artifacts, practices, and perceptions, via the lens of practice theory and in response to the problem of the largely unsustainable material cultures of design. Our investigation is framed by the term "wearing." Wearing—as a recurrent form of engagemen…
Postcapitalist composting
KEYWORDS: Diverse economiesdesigncircular economydiverse economiesdesigncircular economy Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Australian Research Council: [Grant Number DP210100175].Notes on contributorsStephen HealyStephen Healy is an Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Studies in the School of Social Science and Research Fellow, Institu…
Practicing Sustainability
Aspects of the ordinary in everyday dressing remain elusive to fashion studies, meaning the life of what Judy Attfield calls 'design in the lower case' escapes notice. In this article, the authors assemble a practice-oriented perspective to illuminate 'wearing' as an outcome of sets of commonplace and routine practices related to dressing, that wear a garment in and out over time, and enhance the visibility of clothing use. The central example is…
On Wearing
A sustainable material culture is perhaps more about making new relationships than making new things. This paper explores the topography of what we are calling "Design's already made," including its artifacts, practices, and perceptions, via the lens of practice theory and in response to the problem of the largely unsustainable material cultures of design. Our investigation is framed by the term "wearing." Wearing—as a recurrent form of engagemen…
Practicing Sustainability
Aspects of the ordinary in everyday dressing remain elusive to fashion studies, meaning the life of what Judy Attfield calls 'design in the lower case' escapes notice. In this article, the authors assemble a practice-oriented perspective to illuminate 'wearing' as an outcome of sets of commonplace and routine practices related to dressing, that wear a garment in and out over time, and enhance the visibility of clothing use. The central example is…
Infrastructures of Care
What does it mean to be at home in a hot city? One response is to shut our doors and close ourselves in a cocoon of air-conditioned thermal comfort. As the climate warms, indoor environments facilitated by technical infrastructures of cooling are fast becoming the condition around which urban life is shaped. The price we pay for this response is high: our bodies have become sedentary, patterns of consumption individualized, and spaces of comforta…
Leadership During a Pandemic
To manage pandemics, like COVID-19, leadership can enable health services to weather the storm. Yet there is limited clarity on how leadership manifested and was discussed in the literature during COVID-19. This can have considerable public health implications given the importance of leadership in the health sector. This article addresses this missed opportunity by examining the literature on leadership during a pandemic. Following a systematic s…
Postcapitalist composting
KEYWORDS: Diverse economiesdesigncircular economydiverse economiesdesigncircular economy Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Australian Research Council: [Grant Number DP210100175].Notes on contributorsStephen HealyStephen Healy is an Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Studies in the School of Social Science and Research Fellow, Institu…
Investigating service design education in the Asia Pacific to support societal transitions
Service design is a critical practice for supporting societal transitions, as it centres human experiences in services that can help people navigate complex economic, ecological and socio-cultural challenges. However, challenges like climate change are demanding innovation in services, including how service design is practised and taught. This paper investigates how service design has developed in the Asia Pacific and whether it has the capacity …
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (2 works)