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Mark Sawyer

Mark Sawyer
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Mark Sawyer is a Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Design, the University of Western Australia, where he also coordinates the Industrial Design Research Lab (IDRL)—a design-research group that brings scholarly research, practical expertise, and design thinking to real-world problems and projects. In his current research projects, Mark is examining alternative approaches to smart cities and products, as well as new design applications for post-consumer plastic waste.

Technology is Making Cities ‘Smart’, But it’s Also Costing the Environment

The Australian government has allocated A$50 million for the Smarter Cities and Suburbs Program to encourage projects that “improve the livability, productivity and sustainability...