Case Studies for Innovation Think Tank Training and Consulting on Projects
Coming soon in Feb 2024:
Pilot study on designing for autonomous vehicles and pedestrian interaction
Mirvac - Placemaking Innovation in Property
Linette Salbashian was involved in the placemaking project with Mirvac during her role in the innovations team. This included coming up with a design solution and coordinating the events during the launch of the first Australian urban farm located in the carpark of 200 George Street, Sydney. This was a pilot project to test out the effectiveness of adapting under-utilised spaces in our buildings and city, including finding new uses for carparks, especially with the rise of the ride share economy. Read more here.
University of Technology & Sydney University - Flood Crisis Relief Community Engagement Pilot
Linette Salbashian was invited to engage and provide critical feedback to a pilot study and experiment collaborated with academics in the Design Lab at the Architecture, Design and Planning Faculty. Her experience in architecture, planning and design-thinking tools allowed her to be an active participant in this study.
The study was based on using AI-supported tools to enhance community engagement for crisis resilience using speculative scenario, personas, to envision the future of community resilience after a major flooding event.
Mirvac - Research & Product Development
Issues such as housing affordability, sustainability and effects of the pandemic on rental customers were looked at and new ideas and solutions to pressing problems and pain points were presented.
Mirvac - Management & Implementation of Design Competition
Linette was involved in running and implementing a companywide design competition in the Mirvac Sydney headquarters offices during her role in the innovation team. This included creating the competiton brief and setting up environments for creativity and offering consultations and workshops in them during the lead up to the competition.
SALBASHIAN ARCHITECTS - Business Model & Processes, Client Experience & Apartment Typology Innovation
Linette applies the above innovation processes in her business to solve business, client and industry issues that arise.
Currently she is working on new apartment typologies for parents of newborns or families that require a high level of care.
University of Sydney - Workshops
Linette taught the Design-Thinking Methods Course which involved workshop facilitation and student consultations. Methods such as interviewing, sketching, mindmapping, prototyping, storyboarding and scenario building were explored. For more information on the course, click on link: DECO2016: Design Thinking (sydney.edu.au)
University of Technology, Sydney -
Business & Entrepreneurship School Advisory
Linette participated in critiquing MBA Executive and MBA Entrepreneurship students on multiple occasions while they were working with real life businesses.
University of Technology, Sydney -
Human-Centred Design Book Published
During her Master’s course in Design, Linette and her peers conducted research on new products and services to tackle issues in homelessness and was published in the book ‘Practicing: Strategizing Engaging Sensemaking Doing Pitching Reflecting’ .
