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Dr Jo Bailey BSc(Hons), GDipDes, MDes, PhD

Senior Lecturer

School of Design

Jo is a Lecturer in the School of Design, College of Creative Arts, Massey University.
As a designer her practice focuses on facilitating and democratising access to information. She has a research interest in communicating science, environmental and social issues, particularly in the digital space, and also a professional practice in book design.
Jo has a background in geography and information management,  and has worked extensively in the  NGO sector. She is interested in conservation and sustainability, the built environment, and the personal ethics of design practice.

Professional

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Sciences (Honours) - University of Exeter (1999)
  • Graduate Diploma in Design - Massey University (2011)
  • Master of Design - Massey University (2014)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - Victoria University (2024)

Prizes and Awards

  • At PCST2021, my visual presentation won the delegates poll for my session, so I was invited to present it again on 26 May in a 'best of' session. - Public Communication fo Science and Technology (PCST) (2021)
  • Extraordinary Anywhere won the best non-illustrated book at the PANZ (Publishers Association of New Zealand) Book Design Award 2017. The following citation was given at the awards on 20 July 2017 by the judges: ‘Intriguing and playful cover assuming the language of maps, but divulging coordinates of poetry or location details. The restricted colour palette works, and the change of pace and the change of place with the sections, the chapter intros and openers gives relief or a cause to pause. The qualities of this book speak for themselves’. http://www.bookdesignawards.co.nz/2017-winners/ - PANZ (Publishers Association of New Zealand Inc) (2017)
  • Global Design Award from the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) awarded to Pipe Dreaming, an installation developed for FESTA (the Christchurch Festival of Transitional Architecture) at the Global Design Awards 2017 in Miami, USA. See https://segd.org/pipe-dreaming-festa - SEGD (Society for Experiental Graphic Design) (2017)
  • It Does No Harm to Wonder / The Body of the Work was a finalist in the PANZ Book Design Awards for Best Illustrated Book - Publishers Association New Zealand (PANZ) (2021)
  • This Pākeha Life was a finalist in the PANZ Book Design Awards for Best Non-illustrated Book 2021 - Publishers Association New Zealand (PANZ) (2021)
  • Early Career Researcher Award, College of Creative Arts - Massey University (2109)
  • Make/Use won the Open Source use in the Arts at the New Zealand Open Source Awards 2016. See http://nzosa.org.nz/categories/ - New Zealand Open Source Awards (2016)
  • Make/Use won a Bronze Best Design Award in the Exhibition & Temporary Structures category at the Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Awards 2016. See https://bestawards.co.nz/spatial/exhibition-installations-and-temporary-structures/makeuse-exhibition - Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ) (2016)
  • Best Award (Bronze) for the thesis and associated website Making Good (www.makinggood.ac.nz). See http://bestawards.co.nz/entries/interactive/making-good/. - Designers Institute of New Zealand (2014)
  • Te Papa Board Books listed as a Finalist in the 2015 DINZ Best Awards.See http://bestawards.co.nz/entries/graphic/te-papa-board-book-series/. - Designers Institute of New Zealand (2015)
  • LAWA (phase 2) listed as a Finalist in the 2015 DINZ Best Awards. See http://bestawards.co.nz/entries/public-good/lawa-2/. - Designers Institute of New Zealand (2015)
  • Te Papa Board Books received a Best Award (Bronze) in the 2015 DINZ Best Awards.See http://bestawards.co.nz/entries/graphic/te-papa-board-book-series/. - Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ) (2015)
  • LAWA won the SCANZ (Science Communicators Association of New Zealand) Excellence in Science Communication Award 2015. - SCANZ (Science Communicators Association of New Zealand) (2015)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Design thinking, user-centred design, visual communication, information design, data visualisation, science communication

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship, Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Built Environment And Design (120000): Design Innovation (120302): Design Practice and Management (120300): Digital and Interaction Design (120304): Visual Communication Design (incl. Graphic Design) (120307)

Research Outputs

Creative Work

Bailey, J. (2024). Cover design for Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2024. New Zealand: Massey University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2023). Cover design for Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2023.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Brown, A. (2023). Cover and internal system design for In the Temple by Catherine Bagnall and Jane Sayle. New Zealand: Massey University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
Bailey, J. (2022). Cover design for An Anthropogenic Table of Elements book. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Kelly, M. (2022). Book cover for 30 Queer Lives. New Zealand: Massey University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2022). Cover and internal design of Poemas Mōteatea Poems. New Zealand: Massey University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2022). Cover design for Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2022. New Zealand: Massey University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2022). Women in Science stamp issue. Whanganui, Aotearoa New Zealand: New Zealand Post Collections
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2021). Design system for ASLEC-ANZ conference 'Ngā tohu o te huarere: Conversations beyond human scales'. New Zealand: ASLEC-ANZ
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Brown, A., & Bailey, J. (2021). Cover and internal system design for On We Go by Catherine Bagnall and Jane Sayle. New Zealand: Massey University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
Bailey, J. (2021). Cover design for Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2021. New Zealand: Massey University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2020). Design of idea journal: co-constructing body-environments, vol 17 no 02. : AADR
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2020). Design of idea journal: interior technicity, unplugged and/or switched on, vol 17 no 01. : AADR
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2020). Book design system for This Pākehā Life: An Unsettled Memoir by Alison Jones. New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2020). Graphic system design for idea journal, the publication of IDEA (Interior Design/Interior Architecture Educators Association). : AADR
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Le Bas, T. (2020). Book cover for Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2020. : Massey University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Brown, A. (2019). Environmental graphics for The body of the work / It does no harm to wonder Richard Reddaway retrospective exhibition at Aratoi, Masterton.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
Bailey, J. (2019). A load off your mind science culture laundromat. Auckland
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Richardson, J. (2019). Maps for Ngā Mahi Nō Inaianei Hei Oranga Mō Apopo exhibition, Māoriland Hub, Ōtaki.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2019). Cover and internal system design for The Dark Island by Benjamin Kingsley. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2019). Cover and internal system design for Marilyn Waring: The Political Years by Marilyn Waring. Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2019). Cover design for Jobs, Robots and Us by Kinley Salmon. Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2018). Cover and internal system design for Women Now: The Legacy of Female Suffrage, edited by Bronwyn Labrum. Wellington: Te Papa Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2018). Cover design for Government for the Public Good by Max Rashbrooke. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2017). Whakatairangitia: rere ki uta, rere ki tai (Proclaim it to the land, proclaim it to the sea). The Dowse Art Museum (14 April– 30 July 2017), Dairy Sheds 436 Kuku Beach Road (11–12 March 2017): http://www.deepsouthchallenge.co.nz/news-updates/third-wai-o-papa-exhibition-project-hope-maori-coastal-communities
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Kapica, N. (2016). Pipe Dreaming was an installation developed through an interdisciplinary process with a student team as an exhibition installation for the Festival of Transitional Architecture in Christchurch. Christchurch
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2016). Cover design for The Journal of Urgent Writing 2016.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., Brown, A., Le Bas, T., & Wiseman, M. (2015). Book series systems (five) commissioned by Massey University Press: Poetry New Zealand (2017); The Journal of Urgent Writing (2016); Massey Texts (2015); Land & Food Annual (2016) Thinking About: Objects from Te Papa (2017); Home: New Writing (2017) (multi-edition book systems). : Massey University Press, New Zealand
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
Bailey, J., & Mcquarrie, C. (2016). From the Aether (book design).
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., McQuarrie, C.
Bailey, J., & Brown, A. (2016). Extraordinary Anywhere: Essays on Place from Aotearoa New Zealand. Editors: Lacey, C and Horrocks, I., Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
Bailey, J., Brown, A., Wiseman, M., & Le Bas, T. (2016). Cover design system for Massey Texts (book series). Albany, New Zealand: Massey University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
Bailey, J. (2016). Cover and internal design concept for Rebooting the Regions. : Massey University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2016). Cover and internal concept designs for Land & Food Journal. : Massey University Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Parkin, T., Whitty, J., McQuillan, H., Holdaway, S., Bailey, J., & Brown, A. (2015). Space Between online platform: sustainable fashion e-commerce strategies. Wellington, New Zealand: Space Between
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A., Parkin, T.
Bailey, J., Brown, A., & Jeppesen, T. (2015). Studio Pacific Architecture website. New Zealand
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
McQuillan, H., Archer-Martin, J., Bailey, J., Fox Derwin, E., Kane, K., O'Hara, J., . . . Stewart-MacDonald, B. (2015). Make/Use. Auckland, NZ: Objectspace, 11 July - 8 Aug 2015
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., O'Hara, W.
Bailey, J., & Brown, A. (2014). LAWA: Land Air Water Aotearoa. New Zealand
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.Edited by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Brown, A. (2014). Te Papa Tongarewa book series. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.
Bailey, J. (2014). Bull O'Sullivan Architecture website.
[Design]Authored by: Bailey, J.

Journal

Bailey, J., Salmon, R., & Horst, M. (2022). The ‘Engagement Incubator’: using design to stimulate reflexivity about public engagement with science. Journal of Science Communication. 21(4), Retrieved from https://jcom.sissa.it/archive/21/04/JCOM_2104_2022_A01
[Journal article]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Repia, H., & Bailey, J. (2021). Designing tsunami risk communication with communities: A site-specific case study from Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, Aotearoa New Zealand. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies. 25(1), 3-16 Retrieved from https://trauma.massey.ac.nz/issues/2021-1/AJDTS_25_1_Repia.pdf
[Journal article]Authored by: Bailey, J.
McQuillan, H., Archer-Martin, J., Menzies, ., Bailey, J., Kane, K., & Fox Derwin, E. (2018). Make/Use: A System for Open Source, User-Modifiable, Zero Waste Fashion Practice. Fashion Practice: the journal of design, creative process and the fashion industry. 10(1), 7-33 Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rffp20/current
[Journal article]Authored by: Bailey, J., Fox, E.
McQuillan, H., Archer-Martin, J., Menzies, G., Bailey, J., Kane, K., & Fox Derwin, E. (2018). Make/Use: A System for Open Source, User-Modifiable, Zero Waste Fashion Practice. Fashion Practice. 10(1), 7-33
[Journal article]Authored by: Bailey, J., Fox, E.
Bailey, J., & Kapica, N. (2017). Lean Means at FESTA: The Christchurch Festival of Transitional Architecture 2016. Communication Design.
[Journal article]Authored by: Bailey, J.

Book

Reddaway, R., Brown, A., Bailey, J., Corballis, T., Holcroft, J., Connors, O., . . . Jerram, S.(2020). It does no harm to wonder / the Body of the Work. Masterton, New Zealand: Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History and Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts, Massey University
[Authored Book]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A., Galloway, A., Reddaway, R.Contributed to by: Reddaway, R.
Bailey, J., & Brown, A. (2016). Designing Place. In C. Lacey, & I. Horrocks (Eds.) Extraordinary Anywhere: Essays on Place from Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.

Thesis

Bailey, J. (2024). Engagement by design: Engagement through design. (Doctoral Thesis)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2014). Making Good: Exploring effective and ethical design for the web. (Master's Thesis)
[Masters Thesis]Authored by: Bailey, J.Edited by: Preston, D.

Conference

Bailey, J. (2024, July). Engagement by design: reflections on a participatory process for designing reflexive science communication. Presented at Science in Public. University of Birmingham.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Salmon, R. (2023, April). Incubating Engagement - approaches for stimulating reflexivity and connecting science communication theory and practice. Presented at Public Communication of Science and Technology. Rotterdam.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., Salmon, R., & Horst, M.'The engagement laundromat': a participatory process for iterating engagement ideas [workshop demonstration]. . Rotterdam
[Conference Other]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Salmon, R. (2023, April). Hang out at the science communication laundromat. Presented at Public Communication of Science and Technology. Rotterdam.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, JO., Salmon, R., Burgess, J., Hikuroa, D., & Holloway, M.Te Pūnaha Matatini Workshop: Normalising a reflexive culture of science engagement. . Otepoti Dunedin
[Conference Other]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Harris, D.ASC online symposium 2021: ‘Mirofestos’: crowdsourcing ideas from highly-opinionated people. . Online
[Conference Other]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., Salmon, R., & Horst, M. (2021, October). The Engagement Incubator: Embedding engagement within scientific research. Presented at Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). Toronto / Online.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Salmon, R. (2021, May). Exploring reflexivity in the engagement incubator laundromat: building bridges between theory and practice in science communication. Presented at Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) 2020+1. Aberdeen / online.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Salmon, R. (2021, May). Taking ‘a load off our minds’ through ‘airing our dirty laundry’: an installation for participation and dialogue. Presented at Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) 2020+1. Aberdeen.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Salmon, R. (2020, August). Embedding an 'Engagement Incubator' into Antarctic Research. Presented at Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) 2020. Hobart (virtual, online).
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Kane, F., Murnieks, A., Bailey, J., Bradford, M., Lee, KA., & Kilford, A. (2020). Who Are We To Engage Here?: Embodied Experiences to Support Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research. , The Design Research Society 2020 International Conference [DRS2020]: The Design Research Society
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Bailey, J., Kane, F., Kilford, A., Lee, K., Murnieks, A.
Bailey, J., & Salmon, R. (2020). Exploring reflexivity: building bridges between theory and practice in science communication. , Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST)
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Salmon, R.Taking ‘a load off our minds’ through ‘airing our dirty laundry’: an installation for participation and dialogue.
[Conference Other]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J. (2019, November). Changing the culture of science, airing the ‘dirty laundry’ [conference talk and interactive laundromat installation]. Presented at Science Communicators Association NZ (SCANZ). Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Salmon, R. (2019, November). Engagement by Design, Engagement Through Design; an exploration into reflexive science engagement design. Presented at The Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science (AAHPSSS). Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Salmon, R. (2019, July). Reflexivity by design: tools to build bridges between theory and practice in science communication. Presented at Science in Public. Manchester, UK.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Salmon, R., Bailey, J., & Priestley, R. (2018, April). Reflexive practice: Radicalising how scientists approach communication. Presented at Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST). Dunedin, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., Sparks, T., Harris, D., & Gothe, J. (2018, November). What’s design got to do with it? Designerly approaches to science communication. Presented at ASC2018. Sydney.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J., Sparks, T.
Bailey, J., & Kapica, N.(2017, February). Off Grid: an international conference of the Society for Exeriential Graphic Design (SEGD). .
[Conference]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Bailey, J., & Sparks, T. (2017, February). Prepare Wellington: Trans-situational mapping in a crisis. What can contextually relevant information offer science communication?. Presented at Australian Science Communicators National Conference 2017. The Science Exchange, Adelaide, Australia.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J., Sparks, T.
Bailey, J., & Sparks, T. (2017). Prepare Wellington: Trans-situational mapping in a crisis what can contextually relevant information offer science communication?. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Science Communicators National Conference 2017. Adelaide, Australia
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Bailey, J., Sparks, T.
Bailey, J., & Sparks, T. (2017, February). LAWA (Land Air Water Aotearoa): A human-centred design process case study for science communication. Presented at Australian Science Communicators Conference 2017. The Science Exchange, Adelaide, Australia.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J., Sparks, T.
Bailey, J., & Sparks, T. (2017). LAWA (Land Air Water Aotearoa): A human-centred design process case study for science communication. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Science Communicators Conference 2017. The Science Exchange, Adelaide, Australia
[Conference Poster]Authored by: Bailey, J., Sparks, T.
Bailey, J., & Sparks, T. (2017). LAWA (Land Air Water Aotearoa): A human-centred design process case study for science communication. , Australian Science Communicators National Conference 2017
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Bailey, J., Sparks, T.
Bailey, J., & Sparks, T. (2017). Prepare Wellington: Trans-situational mapping in a crisis. What can contextually relevant information offer science communication?. , Australian Science Communicators National Conference 2017
[Conference Abstract]Authored by: Bailey, J., Sparks, T.
Bailey, J., & Kapica, N. (2016, June). Experience in Principle: Experience in Practice–Curriculum-informed service design and placemaking. Presented at Society for Experiential Graphic Design. The Westin, Seattle, Washington, USA.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Brown, A., Bailey, J., & Kane, K. (2015, November). Public sector design. Presented at Helix: A symposium on the New Zealand Design DNA project. Wellington, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.Contributed to by: Bailey, J.
Doehring, K., & Bailey, J. (2013, August). The land and water New Zealand web tool: Where have we come from and where are we heading. Presented at Joint Conference for New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society, New Zealand Marine Sciences Society and the Australian Society for Fish Biology: Aquatic Science at the Interface. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
Brown, A., & Bailey, J. (2013, November). Design conversations: Design conservation. Presented at Design for Conservation Symposium. Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J., Brown, A.

Report

Sparks, T., & Bailey, J. (2016). Crisis mapping before a crisis: a trans-situational map for the CDEM sector. Massey University.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Bailey, J., Sparks, T.

Other

Bailey, J., & Hannah, K. (2021, June). Making cakes: transdisciplinary research, diverse teams and COVID-19 misinformation. In Te Apārangi Royal Society He Pito Mata Early Career Researchers Wānanga. Presented at Wharewaka Function Centre, Wellington. : Te Apārangi Royal Society.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Bailey, J.
McQuillan, HL., Archer-Martin, JL., Bailey, J., Kane, K., Fox Derwin, E., Menzies, G., . . . Stewart-MacDonald, B. (2015). Make/Use exhibition catalogue.
[Other]Authored by: Bailey, J., Fox, E.Edited by: Bailey, J.

Media and Links

Media

  • 13 Jul 2015 - Radio
    "Ethics in fashion" Interview on Radio New Zealand
    Radio New Zealands "Standing Room Only" show interviewed Holly McQuillan just prior to the opening of Make/Use.
  • 13 Feb 2023 - Online
    Profile in The Brilliant
    Laurie Winkless wrote a profile on the Women in Science stamps project for the Australian website The Brilliant
  • 05 Feb 2023 - Radio
    Tristam Sparks on RNZ talking about PrepWell
    Tristam Sparks gave an interview to Colin Peacock on RNZ Mediawatch about Prepare Wellington, a research report we wrote for WREMO in 2016:https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/20