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Associate Professor Stuart Medley is an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities at Edith Cowan University (ECU). He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Western Australian Institute of Technology and a PhD from ECU (2009). His primary research focuses on deliberate communication through visual mediums, including comics, graphic design, and service design. Medley is a co-founder and Chair of the Perth Comic Arts Festival and a founding partner of Hidden Shoal Recordings, a critically acclaimed record label.
His professional affiliations include membership in the Australian Graphic Design Association (since 2022) and the Design Institute of Australia. He has received national and international recognition, including the DesignBoom Korea award (2010). Medley’s work spans academic research, creative projects, and industry collaborations, emphasizing the intersection of design, communication, and societal impact.
Research interests include visual rhetoric in AI design, service design methodologies, and the application of comics in research and law. He has led or contributed to major grants, such as the 'Diagnosing Innovation' project (2021–2024) and the WA Healthy Children Program (2013–2022). Medley actively supervises doctoral and master’s students, focusing on topics like computational thinking visualization, graphic design significance, and disaster management interfaces.
Key creative outputs include the book The Picture in Design (2012) and exhibitions like Vox Caldus (2014) and Becoming Catalogue (2013). His research bridges academic rigor with practical design solutions, addressing challenges in healthcare, disaster communication, and cultural representation.
