Chris Thornton

Chris has over 25 years experience as a designer and educator in the UK and in Australia. As a practicing designer and illustrator he has worked professionally in editorial publishing and in freelance practice, specialising in mixed-media and digital work for print, web and moving image. Chris moved to Australia in 2008 with his family and began teaching at UniSA on the Bachelor of Communication Design program. He specialises in the socio-cultural and ecological impacts of design and teaches theory and practice in undergraduate and post-graduate studies. Chris's approach to practice and research is distinctly interdisciplinary and employs methodologies, processes, theories and technologies from a range of contexts. Chris holds a Ph.D in Design Studies from the University of South Australia where his current research investigates the design potential and interconnectedness of social narratives, ecological identity and the phenomenon of environmental perception. Design in social & cultural context, Design practice & theory, Design and narrative, Critical thinking

[2026] Gebreyohannes, E. A., de Vries, S. T., Dedefo, M. G., Frank, O., Thiessen, M., Ellett, L. K., . . . Lim, R. (2026). Awareness of the Black Triangle Scheme among healthcare professionals and consumers in Australia: A mixed‐methods study exploring reporting intentions and suggested improvements. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 1-14. [2025] Gebreyohannes, E. A., Thornton, C., Thiessen, M., de Vries, S. T., Q Andrade, A., Kalisch Ellett, L., . . . Lim, R. (2025). Co-Designing a Consumer-Focused Digital Reporting Health Platform to Improve Adverse Medicine Event Reporting: Protocol for a Multimethod Research Project (the ReMedi Project). JMIR Research Protocols, 14, e60084-1-e60084-10. [2025] Gebreyohannes, E. A., Thornton, C., Thiessen, M., de Vries, S. T., Coombs, G., Hwang,