Biography

Dr Scharoun holds a PhD in Visual Communications from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University in Brisbane. Lisa completed a Bachelor of Arts in graphic design at Florida Southern College in the United States and subsequently worked in the advertising industry in the US before commencing a Masters in Design Studies at The University of the Arts London, Central St. Martin’s College. On finishing her studies, Lisa continued working in the advertising and design industry in London, specializing in interior design, branding and visual identity. She has previously held the position of head of the graphic design discipline at Deakin University in Melbourne and a senior lecturer position in visual communications at Raffles Design Institute in Shanghai, China. Her research focus is on global graphic design strategy, emotions and value sets in visual communications and global concepts of utopia in contemporary graphic design strategy. She has exhibited her design, photography and fine-artwork in the United States, UK, Australia and China. In 2009, Lisa was awarded 1st place in the fine-art collage category of the prestigious Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) competition. She was recently shortlisted for the University of the Arts London, BarTur award for her photographic work and selected as a finalist in the AGDA (Australian Graphic Design Association) poster annual competition in 2010.  


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