Researcher profile for Simon Swale
Simon Swale
Simon has been a lecturer in Design at Otago Polytechnic since 2007. Prior to this, he spent many years within the fashion and clothing industry.
Research Stories
Swale, S. (2020) Topographies. Work in group show Handshake in Hamilton exhibition, Weasle Contemporary Art Gallery 8 July – 01 August. Co-curated by contemporary art collector, Garth O’Brien, and Weasel Gallery Director, Laree Payne.
Swale, S. (2019) Concerto for Untuned Necklaces'. A series of five necklaces. Mild steel, stainless steel, plastic, rubber, enamel pain. Part of group show 'CLINKproject6' as part of Radiant Pavilion, Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial, 7 - 15 September.
http://www.radiantpavilion.com.au/clinkproject6.html
Australia. CLINKproject6 won people choice award at Radiant Pavilion 2019.
Swale, S. (2019) The Craft of Punk. In, Crafting Aotearoa; A Cultural History of Making in New Zealand and the Wider Moana Oceania Editors, Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Karl Chitham. (Auckland: Te Papa Press, 2019). ISBN 0994136277
https://issuu.com/tepapapress/docs/craftingaotearoa_lookinside_singles
Swale, S. (2019) Reflections of an urban space: from walking to making. Scope Contemporary Research Topics, Art & Design, 18, 73-76.
Swale, S. (2018) Two Urban Necklaces. Moments from The Body Political Wellington’s VicBooks Kelburn fromThurs 12- Sun 15 April 2018.
Swale,S. (2018) Public Presentation of The Body Political: Wearable Objects as Social Tools. Group Show, The Short Black Box: Fringe Festival, Fringe HQ, 26 Princes Street, Dunedin. 8th - 10th March 2018.
Swale, S. (2017) Conceptual Fashion: Towards Fashion in the Expanded Field. Art and Design: History, Theory, Practice, eds Peter Stupples and Jane Venis. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars. ISBN (10): 1-5275-0307-0, ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-0307-6177-192.
Swale, S. (2017) Fashion Blogging: Audience participation and new fashion discourses. Scope: Contemporary Research Topics, Art and Design 13, 102-107. www.thescopes.org. This article was developed from content presented at the international conference ‘Fashion Tales’ held at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy, 7-9 June 2012.
Swale, S. (2017) Speed, Technology, Entropy: The Fashion System at Breaking Point. Scope: Contemporary Research Topics, Art and Design 15, Special Issue: Fashion, November, 139-146. This article was developed from content presented at the international conference ‘The End of Fashion’ held at the College of Creative Arts, Massey University, 8-9 December 2016.
Swale, S. (2016) Speed, Technology, Entropy: The Fashion System at Breaking Point. Abstract selected for publication in Proceedings of the The End of Fashion: An International Conference 8, 9 December, College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington. ISBN :978-0-473-37492-1. This presentation subsequently developed and published in Scope Art and Design 15 (see NRO4)
Swale, S. & Wilson, J. (2016) In Your Face: Dress of the Dunedin Music Scene 1985-1996. Clothing Cultures Journal, Volume 3, Number 2. Published by a leading international journal, having undergone double-blind review processes. This article developed and extended a presentation made at the 14th annual symposium of the Costume and Textiles Association of New Zealand, 24-25 April 2015.
Swale, S. (2015) Refashioning our Practice: Utilizing arts based models in the teaching of fashion design. Peer reviewed abstract for oral presentation at the Art and Design International Sympsoium, Dunedin School of Art, 16-17 October 2015 and was further developed for publication in the book 'Art and Design'- see NRO1.
Swale, S., and Wilson, J. (2015) The Face in the Crowd: A content analysis of dress in photographs of Dunedin’s underground music scene Presented at 'Contexts of Fashion: Materiality and the Body", 14th Annual Symposium, Costume and Textiles Association of New Zealand: 24-25 April, 2015. Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Rana Shailaj, R. & Swale, S. (2015) Drape as an Alternative Teaching and Learning Process in Fashion Design. Peer reviewed article in the Southern Institute of Technology Journal of Applied Research (SITJAR). ISSN: 1175-1061.
Researcher Profiles:
Rekha Shailaj,
Simon Swale
Rana Shailaj, R., and Swale, S. (2014) Drape as an Alternative Teaching and Learning Process in Fashion Design National Tertiary Learning and Teaching Conference, Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill, New Zealand. 1 October - 3 October 2014.
Rana Shailaj, R. & Swale, S. (2014) Draping as a Designing and Making Process with Potential for the Unexpected. Scope Contemporary Research Topics Art and Design 9, 27-36.
Swale, S. (2013) Fashion Blogs: It's the world around us. VESTOJ: The platform for critical thing on fashion, online journal. Peer reviewed by the editors, tstoj'(Paris). Uploaded 16 April 2013.http://www.vestoj.com/current/?p=1195.
Swale, S. (2012) Blogging: Audience Participation and New Fashion Discourses. Presentation at Fashion Tales 7-9 June, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano.
Swale, S. (2009) 'Mustard and Moustaches' in Ian Chapman's 'Glory Days: From Gumboots to Platforms'(2009) Edited selection. Harper Collins, Auckland. ISBN 978 18 695 0728 2.
Swale, S. (2009) 'The Man in the Floral Suit' in Desire-n (group show). From curated exhibition. ANZAAE Conference, Dunedin. 20 April - 1 May. 1 piece.