DR BRANDON GIEN
Chair
Good Design Australia
A BIG believer that good design can help change our world, for the better, Brandon is an Industrial Designer, educator and global design advocate. For more than 30 years, he has championed design as a powerful tool for solving problems and creating a better future for people and planet.
Brandon is the Founder and Chair of Good Design Australia, Chair of the Australian Good Design Awards, Executive Director of the Australian Design Council, and was the first Australian to be elected as the President of the World Design Organization, the global body for Industrial Design. He holds a PhD in Environmental Design and is an Adjunct Professor of Design at the University of New South Wales and the University of Canberra.
Brandon is also a Non-Executive Director of the Symbiocene Institute and the Future Council, inspiring the next generation of designers and changemakers to imagine and design bold, sustainable futures. Through his leadership, he collaborates with industry and young people globally to co-design meaningful solutions that drive positive environmental, economic and social change.