Livia Lazzaro Rezende

Livia Rezende is a design historian living and working on unceded Gadigal land. She is Senior Lecturer in Design History and Theory and supervises postgraduate students in correlate fields. Livia welcomes enquiries from applicants interested in undertaking an MFA, MPhil or PhD by thesis or practice. Livia holds a doctoral degree from the V&A/Royal College of Art History of Design Programme, a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in graphic and industrial design from Brazil. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Art & Design Education and is a Senior Fellow of the Advance Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Livia is an expert in exhibition histories and histories of design practice in postcolonial contexts—including design's environmental, cultural, and social impacts. Livia is internationally renowned in the field of Design History as a Latin American scholar whose publications and thought leadership contribute to expanding the discipline's geographical and methodological reaches. Livia works with innovative research methods that advance transnational and intersectional design histories, promote positionality and perspective sharing in scholarly and teaching practices. She is recognised for introducing non-Western perspectives and knowledges to the field, for critically reassessing archival methodologies in design, and for advancing collaborative history writing. As Book Editor for the Manchester University Press, Livia advises on the academic standing of book proposals and manuscripts in the Studies in Design and Material Culture series. She is also Editor of the Journal of Design History with special responsibility for Explorations, a new strategic editorial direction underpinned by EDI principles to foster publishing access for underrepresented groups. As one of the co-founders of the international research collective OPEN, she works on decolonial methods and praxis through public engagement, educational impact, and scholarly outputs. Latin American culture, design and visual culture | Global Design Histories (focus on decolonial methods) | Studies on nationalism & national identity formation through design and craft | Craft histories and theories | Environmental Histories of Design | Nineteenth- & twentieth-century industrial and communication design | Histories of graphic design and printing technologies