HELMUT LUECKENHAUSEN
BORN Cologne, Germany 1950
PART 1 ACADEMIC
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2006
Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology
'Iconism, Narrative and Contemporary Mythology in Design Ð Creating a
Perceptual Cognitive Category'.
Includes the location of visual narrative (exemplified by a body of my professional works) within the domain of cognitive psychology and explores how an essentially Darwinian model of human behaviour recognizes the perceptual as the dominant form of knowledge
1979
Graduate Diploma of Art (Industrial Design), Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology
1973
Diploma of Education, State College of Victoria, Hawthorn
1970
Diploma of Industrial Design, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2006-current
Pro Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive, Swinburne University of
Technology Sarawak (acting from Aug 2006-Jan 07)
The branch campus university in Kuching, Sarawak is a partnership between
Swinburne University of Technology in Australia and the State Government of Sarawak. The campus caters for local and international students, currently from over 28 countries, with a growing suite of Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs covering Engineering, IT and Business, Science and Design
2004-7
Dean, Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology.
Led the Faculty (previously National School of Design) into becoming a significant international force in the field of design, including increasing international student numbers from fewer than fifty to nearing 400 and setting up programs in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and from 2007, Singapore. Successful programs were similarly set up with Billy Blue Schools in Sydney. Led the establishment of the National Institute for Design Research, and the development of new policies and programs
for design practice-led research. Introduced an extensive program of growth and development (increased Melbourne numbers alone by over 250%) and re-introduced the Swinburne School of Film and Television.
2003
Representative Dean for Design, Swinburne University of Technology (External liaising role, prior to restructure into Faculties)
2003
Director, National Institute of Design (renamed from National School of Design)
1997-3
Head, National School of Design, Swinburne University of Technology
1996-current
Appointed Professor
1995-6
Deputy Head, School of Design, Swinburne University of Technology (1.0)
1994
Coordinator/Chair, Year 1&2, Graphic Design, School of Design, Swinburne University of Technology (0.6)
1988
Promoted to Senior Lecturer, School of Design, Swinburne University of
Technology (0.6)
Coordination and teaching of 3D Design program across four years of the Graphic Design course. Including: paper engineering (packaging, point of sale), display, exhibition, 3D illustration, product styling and model making (principally for photography)
1982-8
Lecturer 3D Design, Graphic Design, Swinburne University of Technology (0.6)
1982
Lecturer Furniture Design, Department of Industrial Design, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (part time)
1982
Lecturer 3D Design, Graphic Design Department, Victoria College, Prahran
(part time)
1974-81
Founded and taught the Three Dimensional Design and Sculpture courses in the Tertiary Orientation Program at Box Hill College of TAFE (1.0)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2001-current
(See also 'Exhibitions' and 'Representation in Permanent Collections' for further output measures recognized in the creative disciplines, below)
Project Manager, Innovative Technologies in the Design and Manufacture of High-Value Furniture and Wood Products, Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), Wood Innovations.

Member of CRC Board
Research projects include:
- Application of innovative manufacturing technologies such as the microwave modification of timber.
- Investigation into the manufacture of bent furniture components.
- Development of composite timber materials designed to improve the strength and stability amongst other properties of the various species of treated timbers.
- Value adding solutions to Australian regrowth and plantation timber species for domestic and export market applications.
- Identification and development of commercial opportunities for use of timber bending and window production for the construction industry.
- The development of a comprehensive database relating to window and door construction in the building industry. - conducted in collaboration with CSIRO

The CRC was granted a further $1.1 million Victorian Government STI Grant to prove the technical and commercial viability of an automated wood bending machine using microwave technology. The CRC has partnered with Black Forest
Timbers Pty Ltd to form Wood Shapes Pty Ltd, the company that is building and operating the first machine. The Victorian government noted the input from the Faculty of Design during the selection process and requested the input of Professor Lueckenhausen and his team in the development of Wood Shapes Pty Ltd.
ACADEMIC AND EDUCATION BOARDS/COMMITTEES
1994-Feb 2007-
Academic Board, Swinburne University of Technology
1998-Feb 07, Chair
1994-7 Member
Academic Board Committees
1998-Feb 07 Executive Committee
1998-Feb 07 Academic Programs Quality Committee
1998-Feb 2007
Member, Swinburne University of Technology Council
Council Committees
2004-Feb 07 Strategy and Performance Review Committee
2004-Feb 07 Governance and Membership Committee
1998-Feb 07 Member, Executive Committee (later also search Committee)
1999-Feb 07 Member, Honourary Degrees and Professor Emeritus Committee
1998-2003, Joint Planning and Resources Committee
1998-9, Search Committee
Also Ex-officio
2004-Feb 2007, TAFE Board of Studies
May 2004- Dec 2006
Member, Academic Board, Billy Blue Schools Pty Ltd
2003
International Representative for Design, Creative & Performing Arts Panel,Performance-Based Research Fund, Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand
2002- 2002-Appointed to the Board of Academic Advisers to the Singapore Institute of Materials Management (SIMM) a private provider in partnership with International Design Engineering Association (IDEA), and PICO Creative Centre, Singapore.
1994-6-
Canterbury Girls Secondary College Council
1995-6 President
1994-5 Member
1992
Member, Industry Advisory Committee, Advanced Certificate of Art & Design, Box
Hill TAFE, Victoria
1988
Member, Accreditation Committee, Canberra School of Art
1983-4
Member, Advisory Panel, Certificate of Applied Art/Woodcraft,Prahran TAFE
PART 2 PROFESSIONAL
PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
2003-current
Fellow, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures &
Commerce (RSA)
1992-current
Design Institute of Australia
1998-current Fellow, Design Institute of Australia
1992-7 Member, Design Institute of Australia
1986-current
Craft Victoria (previously Crafts Council of Victoria)
Funding: Victorian Government and Australia Council
2000-current Life Member
1986-93 Member of the Board
1986-90 President
1992-6
World Crafts Council
Unesco funded NGO
1993-6 Honorary Secretary
1992-6 Deputy Vice-President, South Pacific Asia
In conjunction with WCC program, undertook a series of ad-hoc cultural relations visits and/or projects funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
1986-96
Craft Australia (previously Crafts Council of Australia)
Funding: Australia Council
1993-6 Immediate Past President
1989-92 President
1987-89 Vice President
1991
Member, Australian Academy of Design
COMMITTEES/BOARDS
June 2007 -
Member of the Board, Representative for Australia, CUMULUS, The International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art and Design (Secretariat, UIAH, Helsinki)
2004-current
Member, Design Subcommittee, Victorian Endowment for Science Knowledge and Innovation (VESKI)
2000-6
Member of the Board and Director, National Institute of Circus Arts
1992
Member, Review Committee for The Occupational Health and Safety Curriculum, Arts Training Australia
1992
Member, Selection Committee, VACB and DFAT Asian Artist-In-Residence places,
The Asialink Centre
1992
Chair, Joint Working Group. ( CCA, Australia Council, DFAT, DITAC, NIES, DASETT, Austrade and the Academy of Design)
1990-1
Member, Community, Environment, Art and Design Committee, Visual Art/Craft Board, Australia Council
1987-9
Member, Advisory Committee, Victorian Ministry for the Arts
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (A)
1979-current
Designer/Maker. Established Furniture Design and Construction Practice.
Corporate and Site-specific Work. E.g:
- Design of furniture and interiors. Coordination of art/craft program. AMIEU Building, Melbourne. Architects - A Genser and Associates
- Reception, foyer and restaurant furniture. Collins Place, Melbourne Architects - I M Pei, New York, Bates, Smart,
- Mc Cutcheon, Melbourne and Peter Mills & Associates, Melbourne
- Chancellor's Ceremonial Suites. University Maces, Mace Stands and Chancellor's Chairs, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne and Sarawak
- Chancellory, interior installation, ceremonial furniture, coordination of fittings and art program
- Board room flexible meeting table system, Council Room, Pratt Campus, Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale
EXHIBITIONS
2006
Transformations, The Language of Craft. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
2006
Swinburne University Eclectic’s, Delshan Art Gallery, Armadale, Vic.
2004
Precious Platters. The Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne, Vic
2003
Bernd Roeter Ð Spuren und Begegnungen, Handwerkskammern Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, Germany
2003
Something Special, Woodworks Gallery Bungendore, NSW
2002
Crate expectations, Invited Exhibition, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2002
Material Culture, Aspects of Contemporary Australian Craft and Design, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
2001
The Breath of Nature, The 2nd Invitational Exhibition of Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2001, Cheongju, Korea
2000
Australian Decorative Arts Survey 2000, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, Vic
2000
Against the Grain; Australian Sculptural Furniture, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
2000
From Eltham to Memphis, An exhibition of works from the Victorian State Craft Collection, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
1999
World Contemporary Craft Now, The Invitational Exhibition of Cheongju International Craft Biennale '99, Cheongju, Korea
1999
Blessed Be the Work Ð Australian Contemporary Design in Jewish Ceremony 11. The Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne, Vic
1999
Holz in KŸnstlerhand, (Wood in Artists Hands), Ligna Hannover '99, Hannover,Germany
1999
Klein Aber Fein Ð International Exhibition, Messe am Rhein, Koblenz, Germany
1998
From the Cabinet of Curiosity, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, Vic (Solo)
1998
Craft Design for the Global Village, International Craft Design Association,
(i) Maison & Objet, Paris, France,
(ii) International Craft Fair, Florence, Italy
1997
Holz von nah und vern, Artists in Wood from 5 Continents, Handwerkskammer Rheinhessen, Mainz, Germany
1997
Sculpture Objects Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, USA. [Trade fair]
1997
Vom HolzstŸck zum KunststŸck (International Artistry in Wood), Ligna , Hannover,Hannover '97, Germany
1997
Messe am Rhein, Koblenz, Germany. [Trade fair]
1997
Objects of Ideas Ð Ten approaches to contemporary craft practice. Crafts Council of Queensland exhibition, Qld
1996
Chicago 15 Ð Contemporary Australian Furniture, Sculpture Objects Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, USA
1996
Manifesto Ð The first exhibition of the International Craft Design Association, Maison & Objet, Paris, France
1996
Summoning the Spirit Ð Contemporary Craft & Folk Traditions. Centre for Contemporary Craft, Sydney, NSW
1996
Box. Craft Victoria in collaboration with the Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, Vic
1994-5
Symmetry, Crafts Meet Kindred Trades and Professions. AETA/CV Travelling exhibition, Australia
1994
The Art of the Object. Contemporary Craft from Australia. Craft Australia touring exhibition, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile
1994
Australian Decorative Arts Survey, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, Vic
1993
Crafts of Asia and the Pacific, Teheran, Iran
1992
Jahresmesse Ð GŠste Aus Australien. Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
1992
Australia-New Design Visions. The 2nd Perth International Crafts Triennial, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
1992
Exhibition of Australian Design Excellence. The Department of Foreign Affairs in conjunction with the Australian Academy of Design. Touring Manila, Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpu
1992
Vic Health 1992 National Craft Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
1992
Letterboxes, GPO Melbourne. (Travelling)
1992
Australian Pavilion, World Expo '92, Seville, Spain
1991
Aspects of Asia Pacific Crafts Ð The Expression of Nature and Life. The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
1991
Australian Contemporary Design in Jewish Ceremony. The Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne, Vic
1991
Splitting Heads. Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart, Tas
1991
Craft Expo, Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW [Trade fair]
1991
The Carousel Exhibition. Beavers. Canberra, ACT
1991
Across The Board, Creative Expressions in Wood. Canton Art Institute Canton, Ohio. USA
1991
Erica Underwood Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth WA. (Solo)
1990
Genoa Gallery, Skaneateles, NY. USA. (Solo)
1990
Uniquely Australian, Pacific Design Centre, Los Angeles. USA
1990
International New Art Forms Exposition. Chicago. USA. [Trade fair]
1990
Images and Objects, Art and Design of the 20TH Century, Boston. USA. [Trade fair]
1989
Uniquely Australian, Pacific Design Centre. Los Angeles. USA.
1989
Perth International Crafts Triennial. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
1989
Furniture Facets, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, Vic
1989
Wood Objects Exhibition. Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, Vic
1988
BMG Fine Arts, Adelaide Festival of Arts Exhibition, Adelaide, SA (Solo)
1988
Devise Arts, Melbourne, Vic (Solo)
1988
Devise Arts, Victorian Pavilion, World Expo '88, Brisbane, Qld (Solo)
1988
BMG Fine Arts, Sydney, NSW (Solo)
1988
Classics, Crafts Council of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
1988
The National Woodwork Exhibition, Melbourne, Vic
1988
Australian Decorative Arts 1788-1988, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
1987
Solo Touring Exhibition: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery,Launceston, Crafts Council of Tasmania Gallery Hobart, Burnie Art Gallery,Burnie, Tas
1987
The Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
1987
Craft Expo, World Trade Centre, Melbourne, Vic [Trade fair]
1986
Beavers, Canberra, ACT (Solo)
1986
The Craft Centre, Toorak, Vic (Solo)
1986
Chair and Table, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, Vic
1986
Viewpoints, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne. Vic
1985
The Craft Centre, Toorak, Vic (Solo)
1983
The Craft Centre, Toorak, Vic (Solo)
1983
Australian Decorative Arts, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
1982
Blackfriars, Sydney, NSW (Solo)
1982
International Year of the Tree Exhibition, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, Vic
1980-7
Australian Crafts Ð Annual Survey Exhibition. Meat Market Craft Centre,Melbourne, Vic
1981
The Craft Centre, Toorak, Vic (Solo)
1980
Australian Crafts Centennial Purchase Exhibition, Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, Vic
1979
The Craft Centre, Toorak, Vic (Solo)
REPRESENTATION IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Public
The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
The Significance of work having been included in, for example, the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) Collection:
The collection of Australian Art (a category which includes design, decorative art and craft) in the NGA incorporates 'art' made in Australia or about Australian subjects since European settlement in 1788, with the greatest emphasis being on the work of the 20th Century. The collection is seen as a contemporary 'repository' for significant milestones in the development of Australia's artistic and cultural heritage. Contemporary curators, the agents who select and propose the purchase of works for National and State collections, tend to be concerned with the scholarly mapping and representation of significant movements and the individuals who contribute to them rather than sampling broadly and trying to collect 'one of everything'. The National collection is therefore conservative and will try to collect works that track and represent the longer-term trajectory of individuals, the work of whom already has some established national and/or international provenance.
Representation in the National collection, with a body of work collected over time, therefore denotes that the individual concerned is considered in the upper ranks of Australian creative practitioners
- Table. Teak. Zoomorphic tripod table. 900mm High.
- Teraph 5. Mahogany, Jellutong, MDF, Catalysed Enamels. 4 door cabinet with complementary geometric/zoomorphic components.
1780 High
- Wunderkabinet Pair. Silky Oak, Silky Oak Veneer, Silver Ash, Silver Ash Veneer, Glass, Sterling Silver Keys. A pair of collection cabinets with complementary geometric/zoomorphic components and specimen windows
- Ark of the Law (Aron Hakodesh). Blackwood (Acacia), Blackwood Veneer, Anodised, Engraved & Paint-filled Aluminium Plates. 2145
High, 1680 Wide

Other Public Collections
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
The Jewish Museum. Melbourne, Vic
The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. Launceston, Tas
The Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
The Crafts Council of the Northern Territory, Alice Springs, NT
Victorian State Craft Collection. Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, Vic

Institutional/Corporate
Curtin University of Technology, WA.
Swinburne University of Technology, Vic
Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak
Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund Bldg. Melbourne. Collins Place.
Melbourne, Vic
ACI Australia Ltd, Vic
HBR Design Group. Melbourne, Vic
ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS ABOUT HELMUT LUECKENHAUSEN
a) BOOKS AND JOURNALS
Robert Bell., 'Helmut Lueckenhausen', Australian Art in the
National Gallery of Australia, ed Anne Gray, National Gallery
of Australia, Canberra, 2002, pp 332-333
2002
Smith, J, Wunderkabinets, Object, no. 3/99, pp 46-49
1999
Murray, K., The Cabinet of Helmut Lueckenhausen, Craft, vol 29, no. 237, pp 17-19,
1999
Australian Design Yearbook. Design World No 31
1996
Australian Wood Review No 3
1993
Design Ink July
1993
Arts and Crafts. Korea Nov
1992
The Crafts Movement in Australia: A History, Cochrane, G
Artfile, Artists and Designer Makers of Australia, Craft Arts International
1992
Interior Designers Handbook
Vol 9
1992
Decorative Arts and Design from the Powerhouse Museum
1991
International Crafts, Margetts, M. ED
1991
New Art Four, Drury, N. ED
1990
Modern Australian Furniture, Bogle, M and Landman, P
1989
The International Design Yearbook, UK
1989
Craft International, No.4, USA.
1988
Craft Australia
Autumn
1988
Craft Australia
Winter
1986
Craft Australia
Winter
1983
Craft Victoria
Oct
1988
Craft Victoria
Jan/Feb
1984
Craft Victoria
Oct
1982
Craft Victoria
Nov/Dec
1981
Art Monthly
Nov
1987
Design World
No 12
1987
Craft Arts
May/Jul
1986
Craft Australia Year Book
1984/5
Design, United Kingdom
April
1984
Fine Woodworking Design Book Three. USA
1983
Australian Home Journal
Nov
1982
b) MAJOR CATALOGUES
2005
Transformations, The Language of Craft. National Gallery of Australia,
Bell, R
2002
Material Culture, Aspects of Contemporary Australian Craft and Design,
National Gallery of Australia, Bell, R
2001
The Breath of Nature, The 2 nd Invitational Exhibition of Cheongju
International Craft Biennale 2001, Cheongju, Korea
2000
Against the Grain: Australian Sculptural Furniture, Brisbane City Gallery,
Brisbane
1999
World Contemporary Craft Now, The Invitational Exhibition of Cheongju
International Craft Biennale '99, Cheongju, Korea
1997
Vom HolzstŸck zum KunststŸck (International Artistry in Wood),Ligna
Hannover '97, Germany
1996
Chicago 15 - Contemporary Australian Furniture, SculptureObjects
Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, USA
1996
Objects of Ideas - Ten approaches to contemporary craft practice.
Crafts Council of Queensland
1994
Symmetry, Crafts Meet Kindred Trades and Professions. Murray, K, ED
1994
The Art of the Object. Craft Australia. (Bell, R, curatorial consultant)
1994
Australian Decorative Arts Survey, Diggins, L, ED
1992
Design Visions, Art Gallery of WA, Bell, R, ED
1992
1992 VicHealth National Craft Award. Wallace-Crabbe M, ED
1989
Perth International Crafts Triennial, Art Gallery of WA, Bell, R, ED
1987
Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Hill, B.
ED
ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS BY HELMUT LUECKENHAUSEN
Lueckenhausen H., 'Wood and Other stories', Surface and Form Catalogue, Craft
West, 2002
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Lueckenhausen H., Austin,V., 'A New Suit Ð Craft in Contemporary Design
and Production'. In Proceedings of the Designing Minds Symposium,
University of South Australia, Adelaide, 2000, pp 49-52
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Changing Parameters in Education and Craft', Craft
Victoria, vol.. 28, no236, 1/1998, pp 16-18
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Craft and Design in Museum History', in Craft and
Contemporary Theory, ed S Rowley, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1997, Ch 3
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Which Way to Modern?', Craft Victoria, vol. 24, no226,
Summer 1994/95, pp 10-12
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Adolescence in an Old Land.', The Art of the Object
Catalogue, Craft Australia, 1994
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Jewellery Packaging/Display. (Promoting craft)', Craft Arts
International, no. 31, 1994, pp 121-122
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Words and Work', Craft Victoria, vol. 24, no 223, March/April
1994, pp 4-7
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Catalogue Essay', Contemporary Wearables Catalogue'93.
Toowoomba Art Gallery, 1993
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Studio Furniture in Corporate Interiors', Artfile, Artists
and Designer/Makers of Australia, Craft Arts International, 1992, pp 268-
270
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Futurology... Crafts. Crafts as Cultural Artefact', Artlink, vol.
12, no. 2, 1992, p51
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Culture in the Making Ð Ecumenism, Economics and the Arts',
The 1991 Gillian Bradshaw Memorial Lecture, Curtin University Press, 1991
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Furniture Next' (Catalogue Essay), Furniture Next, Some
Representative Attitudes In Contemporary Australian Furniture Designing and
Making, Meat Market Craft Centre, Feb/Mar 1991
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Why am I doing this?', Craft Victoria, vol. 21, no. 207,
March/April 1991, pp 5-7
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Design Ð Before the Fact', Australian Craft News, Craft
Australia, Autumn 1988, p 95
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Lueckenhausen H., 'The Designer as Craftsman Ð Making Ritual Objects for
Urban Ceremony', Paper presented at Perth International Crafts Triennial.,
1. Craft West, 1989/4, pp 4-5.
2. Pottery in Australia, vol.. 29 no. 1, 1990.
3. Craftlink, vol. No.8, 1990
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Design is Art Made Useful.' Ð Keynote address presented at
AIAE Ninth Annual Conference, Australian Art Education, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989
pp33-37
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Lueckenhausen H., 'Introductory Essay to the Wood Collection', Victorian
State Craft Collection Catalogue, MMCC, 1988.
UNPUBLISHED CONFERENCE PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS
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Lueckenhausen, H., Why Are we Doing This? Something Special Conference,
Bungendore Gallery, ACT, September, 2003
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Lueckenhausen H., Barnes C., Communicating Design. New Ways of
Documenting Design Projects. Conceptions of Design in Multicultures-The 2nd
International Visual Communication Design Conference, Kun Shan University of
Technology, Taiwan, 2001
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Doing a Job of Work. JMGA 7th Biennial and 3rd International
Conference, Perth,1992
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Craft and Design. Interventions Conference, Wollongong University,
Wollongong,1992
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Designing For an Environment. National Ceramics Conference,
Brisbane,1991
INVITED PUBLIC LECTURES AND/OR FORUM PRESENTATIONS
2002
Design Practice and the Built Environment in Melbourne.
The Oriental Institute of Technology, Tapei, Taiwan
2002
The Challenge of New Technology in a New Age,
Digital Design World Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2000
Futures: Education,Craft and Design,
Crafts Council of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 11 November, 2000
2000
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(i) Design Ð a Total Process
(ii) Quality Control and Guarantee
Design Forum, 24-28 January 2000, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2000
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The Designed Environment in Melbourne, Design in Australia, and the Contribution
of the National School of Design
(i) Tainan Women's College of Arts & Technology, Taiwan
(ii) Transworld Institute of Technology, Touliu, Yunlin, Taiwan
(iii) Chung- Hsin High School, Taiwan
1999
(i) Design as a Factor for Product Quality
(ii) The Main Principles of the Design Process
Regional Design Forum '99, Vientienne, Laos
1999
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The Designed Environment in Melbourne, Design in Australia, and the Contribution
of the National School of Design,
(i) Shih-Hsin University, Taiwan
(ii) Tung-Fang Junior College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
(iii) Chang-Jung High School, Tainan, Taiwan
(iv) Transworld Junior College of Commerce, Touliu, Yunlin, Taiwan
(v) Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
(vii) Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
1998
Craft and Design Ð the ordinary and the exotic,
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
1997
(i) Tribal & transitional Crafts of Australian Aborigines,
(ii) Contemporary Australian Craft and Design
(iii) Presentation on my Studio Furniture Work
Fachhochschulle Hildesheim Goettingen Holzminden, (College of Art), Hildesheim,
Germany
1997
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Cultural Identity and the Risks of Internationalisation,
International Design Forum: Handwerkskammer Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany
1996
Presentation on my Studio Furniture Work,
Northern Metropolitan College of TAFE, Melbourne, Vic
1995
(i) Australian Design
(ii) Presentation on my Studio Furniture Work
Faculty of Industrial Design, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogota, Colombia
1995
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Australian Aboriginal Representation in Contemporary Craft and Design,
Artesanias de Colombias. a. Bogota, Colombia
1995
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Arts and Industry,
(i) Gold Coast City Art Gallery 1995 Lecture Program, Gold Coast
(ii) Craft Council of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld
1994
Internationalism in Craft and Design,
Japan Craft Fair, Kyoto International Craft Centre, Kyoto, Japan
1994
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Presentation on my Studio Furniture Work,
L'Ecole d'Art Traditionnel, Rabat, Morocco
1992
Presentation on my Studio Furniture Work
(i) Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
(ii) Dong-A University, Pusan, Korea
1992
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Australian Contemporary Woodcraft, Commemorative Lecture, Inami Woodcraft
Marketing Centre, Inami, during Toyama International Crafts Festival '92, Japan
1992
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Presentation on my Studio Furniture Work,
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
1992
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Presentation on my Studio Furniture Work, Sturt Workshops, Mittagong NSW
1991
Presentation on My Studio Furniture Work and That of Other Selected Australian
Practitioners
Brunei Arts and Handicrafts Training Centre. Bandar Seri Begawan,Brunei.
1991
Presentation on My Studio Furniture Work and That of Other Selected Australian
Practitioners,
(i) Dong Nai Fine Arts School. Dong Nai, Vietnam
(ii) College of Industrial Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam
(iii) Seian Women's College. Kyoto, Japan
(iv) Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Tokyo, Japan
1991
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Jillian Bradshaw Memorial Lecture, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA
1991
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Presentation on My Studio Furniture Work and That of Other Selected Australian
Practitioners, Genoa School of Furniture Design, NY, USA
1990
Presentation on My Studio Furniture Work and That of Other Selected Australian
Practitioners , Genoa School of Furniture Design, NY, USA
1990
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Presentation on My Studio Furniture Work,
Sturt School for Wood, Sturt Workshops, Mittagong, NSW
1990
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Contemporary Australian Crafts Practice and the Beginning of Tradition
(i) Thai Handicrafts Promotion Division, Department of Industrial Promotions,
Bangkok, Thailand.
(ii) National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(iii) Institute of Technology, Mara, Malaysia
(iv) Indonesian Crafts Council, Ministry of Industry, Jakarta, Indonesia.
(v) Institut Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1989
Perth International Crafts Triennial, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1989
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Presentation on My Studio Furniture Work, Box Hill TAFE College, Box Hil, Vic
1988
Presentation on My Studio Furniture Work,
(i) California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA
(ii) San Diego State University, CA, USA
(iii) Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA
(iv) California College of Arts and Crafts, Oaklands. CA, USA
1988
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Australian Tertiary Education in Graphic Design, Art Centre College of Design,
Pasadena, CA, USA
1987
Presentation on My Studio Furniture Work, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, ACT
1987
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Presentation on My Studio Furniture Work,
(i) University of Tasmania, School of Art, Hobart
(ii) Launceston Institute of Advanced Education, Launceston
1985
Presentation on My Studio Furniture Work,
Box Hill College of TAFE, Box Hill, Vic
1984
Presentation on My Studio Furniture Work,
Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education, Churchill, Vic
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1991
Creative Fellowship. Visual Arts/Craft Board, Australia Council
1987
Projects Grant. Crafts Board, Australia Council
1987
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Decorative Woodwork Award. The National Woodwork Exhibition,
Melbourne
1984
Special Projects Grant. Crafts Board, Australia Council
1983
Royal Adelaide Show Craft Award, non-acquisitive
1983
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National Craft Acquisition Award. Crafts Council of the Northern
1983
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Territory. National Craft Award. Alice Springs
1980
Personal Development Grant. Crafts Board, Australia Council

INVOLVEMENT IN PLANNING AND CONDUCT OF MAJOR CONFERENCES
2000
Chair and presenter, Design Forum, 24-28 January 2000, Partnership Project Cambodia Ð HWK Koblenz, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
1999
Chair and presenter, Regional Design Forum '99, Partnership Project Laos Ð HWK Koblenz, Vientianne, Laos
1996
Coordinator and Chair, 'Symposium for the Development of Craft Worldwide', World Crafts Council in conjunction with UNESCO, Kyoto,Japan
1995
Chairperson and Convenor, 'Making Culture, Crafts, Communication and Commerce', The Second National Crafts Conference, Melbourne, Vic
1993
Secretary and Australian Delegate, Annual Assembly World Crafts Council
Asia, Teheran, Iran
1992
President & Organizer, National Craft Conference, Perth, WA
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Secretary and Australian Delegate, World Crafts Council Annual General Assembly, World Crafts Council Asia, Colombo, Sri Lanka
1991
Secretary and Australian Delegate, Annual Assembly World Crafts Council Asia, Kyoto, Japan
1990
Secretary and Australian Delegate, Annual Assembly World Crafts Council Asia, Isfahan, Iran
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
1994
The Art of the Object. Contemporary Craft from Australia. Wood. Craft Australia exhibition touring Uruguay, Brazil, Chile
1991
Furniture Next. Some Representative Attitudes In Contemporary, Australian Furniture Designing and Making. Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne, Vic
RESIDENCIES / WORKSHOPS
1997
International Design Forum - Handwerkskammer Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany
Workshop - Design of Products for the European Market
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Workshop - Australien in Farbe und Form, Fachhochschulle Hildesheim
Goettingen Holzminden (College of Art), Hildesheim, Germany
1994
Lecture and workshop, Kyoto City International Foundation, Kyoto, Japan.
Australian Imagery in Design
1992
Leader, Woodworking Trial Workshop, Toyama International Crafts
Festival '92, Inami, Japan. Residential Masterclass
1992
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Critical appreciation tour of Design Visions for post-primary art and technology
teachers, Art Gallery of WA, Perth, WA
1992
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Workshop on design principles. Art Gallery of WA., Perth, WA Training for art
educators
1991
Genoa School of Furniture Design. NY. USA. A six week residency in conjunction
with a series of lectures
1991
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Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA.. A six week residency in conjunction
with the 'Woodworks' Art and Technology Festival
1991
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Design Workshop. Albany Summer School, Albany, WA. Design principles and
methodology for arts practitioners without formal design training
1990
Design workshop and Forum Tour - Bunbury, Margaret River,
Pemberton, Denmark, Albany, WA.
1988
Design Forum Series. Crafts Council of Victoria.
Forums on design and promotion presented at various country centres in Victoria
OTHER PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS
1998
Opener and guest speaker,
(i) Nature as Object.. Craft and Design from Japan, Finland and Australia,
(ii) 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum, Germany,
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (B)
1974-current
Established freelance practice in Paper Engineering/Construction. Including Exhibition design, display paper construction for illustration and advertising
E.g.
- Paper sculpture/display. Permanent installations for the Science and Mind & Body exhibitions. Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
- Paper sculpture/display. Deloitte, Touche Tohmatsu, Melbourne