J K Kirk \ Multidisciplinary designer, creative, maker, researcher, strategist \ Strategic Design Director at Art Processors.                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 
\\About
Multidisciplinary designer, creative, maker, researcher, strategist.
Strategic Design Director at Art Processors
Open for conversations, collaborations and commiserations.LinkedIn 
\\Interests
Speculative Design
Design Futures
21st Century Design
Ethical Design

\\Awards
2009 \ Award for Creative Industries (City of Melbourne) \ RMIT BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION 
2009 \ Lectra Award (Innovative Garment Design) \ TISA AWARDS (National Textile Institute)
2008 \ Tylers Award (Innovative Solutions) \ TISA AWARDS (National Textile Institute)
2008 \ Finalist \ SDC GLOBAL DESIGN COMPETITION

\\Selected Exhibitions
2013 \ Emerging Designers Exhibition \ YERING STATION
2012 \ Parellel Tensions Exhibition \ MELBOURNE SPRING FASHION WEEK
2012 \ Penthouse Mouse Emerging Designers Exhibition \ L'OREAL MELBOURNE FASHION FESTIVAL
2010 \ Unwearables Exhibition \ L'OREAL MELBOURNE FASHION FESTIVAL

\\Press
2022 \ Memory, Meaning and Map-making \ National Museum of Australia
2016 \ Offal, Weeds & Waste (Tome Restuarant) \ ASSEMBLE PAPERS
2014 \ A Week Where the Wild Things Go Far \ THE AGE 
2013 \ J. K. Kirk (feature article) \ FALLEN MAGAZINE
2009 \ Dress featured on cover for RMIT Fashion \ MX MAGAZINE