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Professor Alison Page

19 January 2023

Associate Dean and UTS alumnus Professor Alison Page collaborates with Breville to help bring an Aboriginal Culinary Journey to life.

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Bachelor of Design in Interior Architecture

Professor Alison Page is already known to many at UTS as a Walbanga and Wadi Wadi woman, the Faculty of Design Architecture & Building's newly-appointed Associate Dean (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement), and an award-winning Designer and Film Producer.

A graduate of UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building herself, Professor Page's career now spans over 20 years and links Indigenous stories and traditional knowledge with contemporary design.

Professor Page’s work has recently taken her into a collaboration with global appliance maker Breville, resulting in a world-first partnership between First Nations People and the National Museum of Australia that creates products for the heart of the home, celebrates contemporary design, and reflect 65,000 years of ongoing Australian Indigenous culture.

Alison Page

An Aboriginal Culinary Journey is an ambitious initiative to tell stories of our country using products as canvas. The artists had the brief of combining ancient artistic techniques with current design acumen and an eye toward the future. Our artists, Yalti, Yukultji, Warlimpirrnga and Lucy embraced this project so effortlessly and intuitively and imbued so much story and meaning to each piece. I am so proud to be part of this rich and important chapter in Australian design and culinary history.   
– Prof Alison Page

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A decade in the making, an Aboriginal Australian Culinary Journey combines ancient stories with the best of contemporary design, with 100% of Breville’s profits to be distributed between:

  • Indigenous scholarships and initiatives at UTS to create pathways for employment in engineering, technology and design; 
  • the National Indigenous Culinary Institute’s work to create employment opportunities for aspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander chefs; and
  • the 'Indi-Kidi Program' by the Moriarty Foundation to support childhood nutrition and sharing Indigenous Food Culture.

Also part of the Breville team for this project is Sarah Jennings – another faculty graduate from UTS Bachelor of Design in Product Design. Sarah originally joined Breville in 2018 as part of a UTS-Breville product design internship program.

Breathing art, ritual and stories into our homes and everyday lives, the inaugural limited series of six Breville products feature works by esteemed Western Desert artists, and members of the original Pintupi Nine, Yalti Napangati, Yukultji Napangati, Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri and Sydney based artist and Yuwaalaraay woman, Lucy Simpson.

The 6 kitchen products from Breville Aboriginal Culinary Journey range

Image courtesy Breville

Alison Page is Associate Dean (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) at UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building, founder of the National Aboriginal Design Agency, and member of several cultural Boards including the National Australia Day Council, The Art Gallery of South Australia, and the National Australian Maritime Museum.

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