Dr Madeline Taylor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Design,
Fashion
Biography
I focus on shining light on hidden or overlooked potential, through the recognizing people and their practices. This theme runs through my teaching, research and practice in the creative industries. I am a high-performing and experienced practitioner, teacher and researcher. I have taught at multiple institutions since 2012, with responsibility for creating learning resources, planning and delivering lectures, seminars and studio classes, as well as marking and feedback for multiple disciplines. I have also been instrumental in the researching and writing of multiple new units, which has developed my interest in learning design. This teaching experience draws on 15 years of industry practice, primarily in live performance, and my work as a co-director of The Stitchery Collective, a design collective focused on the social and cultural aspects of fashion. Currently, I am growing an international research profile in contemporary costume practice, with a focus on the emotional intelligence required to collaborate effectively in design realisation. This research draws together my professional expertise, teaching interests and the capabilities I have gained through my involvement in several national and international research projects over the last decade.Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer in Fashion Design
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Design,
Fashion
Keywords
design collaboration, fashion, costume, performance design, critical fashion practice, linguistic ethnography
Discipline
Design Practice and Management, Other Built Environment and Design, Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of Melbourne)
- Bachelors Honours (Queensland University of Technology)
Teaching
Prior to my appointment as Lecturer in Fashion, for the last seven years I have worked as a sessional academic at QUT. This teaching was across the Schools of Design and Creative Practice. Over this time I have taught into over 40 subjects, averaging an involvement in 5 to 6 subjects a year. Topic specialities include fashion practice and history, design practice and theory, theatre practice, technical production and performance design. I have also taught casually at University of Melbourne at the Victorian College of Arts, and University of the Arts London at Central Saint Martins. I currently teach Fashion Studio and Fashion Visualisation.
Selected publications
- Taylor M, (2021) Fitting materials: Costume flows, intra-actions and agency in and around the fitting room, Scene, 9 (1-2), pp. 97-116.
- Hickey A, Bulley K, Bulley B, Winter S, Taylor M, (2021) Under the Skin: Designing Immersive Experiences in Fashion Display. In T Ferrero-Regis & M Lindquist, Staging Fashion: The fashion show and its spaces, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 83-96.
- Taylor M, (2020) Building Costumes, Building Language in the Costume Workshop. In S Pantouvaki & P McNeil, Performance Costume: New Perspectives and Methods, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 263-276.
- Taylor M, (2020) Belonging backstage: 'us' and 'them' in production, Currents Journal (1).
- Taylor M, Hickey A, Rohers R, (2020) Celebrating Bowery: Radical costume parties as queer heterotopia in Brisbane, Studies in Costume and Performance, 5 (1), pp. 85-100.
- Taylor M, Bulley K, Hickey A, (2019) Manifesto of dress: Political intersections in fashion lecture-performances, Clothing Cultures, 6 (2), pp. 265-280.
- Taylor M, (2017) Shopping their wardrobe: Changing costume practices in Australian theatre, Behind the Scenes: Journal of Theatre Production Practice, 1 (1), pp. 16-31.
- Ferrero-Regis T, Taylor M, (2014) The Hollywood affect: A comparative study of costume in Australia and The Proposition. In R James & R Vallis, Hollywood and the world, Inter-Disciplinary Press, pp. 23-31.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Madeline, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- QS Reimagine Education Global Education Award 2021From an international field of over 1100 entries, the QUT Design for Impact team was awarded the overall global award at the prestigious Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards in London. The awards are known as the ¿Oscars of Education¿ and reward innovative approaches that enhance student learning outcomes and employability. The award includes a cash prize of $25,000 (USD). The international panel of judges (representing institutions such as IBM, MIT and Harvard) was won over by QUT¿s innovative, complex and authentic transdisciplinary ¿Impact Labs¿ ¿ a series of four units with strong community and industry connections that were introduced across the QUT Bachelor of Design curriculum in 2019.¿Impact Labs¿ four units, ¿Place¿, ¿People¿, ¿Planet¿ and ¿Purpose¿ aim to future-proof design students¿ careers. Labs facilitate the gradual development of students¿ theoretical understandings of societal and global issues. Experientia
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- Vice Chancellor¿s Award for Excellence - Student LearningTeam award for Place, People, Planet and Purpose: Design for transformative learning through transdisciplinary collaborations. Acknowledged the development of four innovative, large-scale, authentic transdisciplinary Impact Lab units, allowing students to learn through experiential, inquiry-led design challenges.Team includes: Mrs Melanie Finger, Mr Dean Brough, Ms Sheona Thomson, Dr Deanna Meth, Mr James Macaulay, Dr Liz Brogden, Mr Andrew Scott, Dr Greg Mews, Dr Claire Brophy, Mr Scott Parlett, Mrs Melissa Guyatt, Ms Kathleen Horton, Ms Madeline Taylor and Ms Amanda Bellaby.
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- As part of the Stitchery Collective, awarded a $20,000 Creative to Go grant to pilot a remote artist in residency project in Central Queensland.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Veronica Kelly Prize ¿ Honourable Mention
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Vice-Chancellors Award for Excellence - Partnerships and Engagement
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Mapping environmentally sustainable practices within costume design and construction for Australian Theatre
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Tiziana Ferrero-Regis