Publications
Brick By Brick, Shell By Shell: (Bio)material Practices for Regeneration, Repair and Resilience
Scardifield, K. (Book Chapter) In Designing Through Planetary Breakdown: Locating Material Knowledge and Practical Skill. Edt. Stein, J.A., Carr, C., Routledge (2025).
Applied Transition Design for Socio-Ecological Outcomes: Local Movements, Incumbent Systems, and the Need for Agile Weaving
Wearne, S., Lee, T., Scardifield, K., & Wakefield-Rann, R. World Futures Review. (2025) https://doi.org/10.1177/19467567251330204
Enabling Factors and Critical Extensions for the Algal-Based Bioplastics Industry
Lee, T., Wearne, S., Wakefield-Rann, R., Scardifield, K. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 457, 142365, ISSN 0959-6526 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142365.
Biomasonry Products from Macroalgae: A Design Driven Approach to Developing Biomaterials for Carbon Storage
Scardifield, K., McLean, N., Kuzhiumparambil, U., Ralph, P., Neveaux, N. et al. Journal of Applied Phycology 36, 935–950 (2024) . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-023-03051-7
Future Threads: The Art of New Materials
Scardifield, K., Art Monthly Australasia. Edt. Brennan, A., Ewington, J., Griffiths, B. Issue 339, Winter (2024).
How To Be Tidal: Designing with Waste Streams as Matter in Flow and Matter of Value
Scardifield, K., & McLean, N. Journal of Cultural Economy, 16(4), 604–614. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2023.2246994
Material Kin: Fashioning a Cellulose-Based Foam Floatation Device in Climate Breakdown
McLean, N., Crosby, A., Scardifield, K. (2022). DESIGN FOR ADAPTION, Cumulus Conference Proceedings. ISBN 979-8-218-07901-7.
Scoping Algae Futures: Scoping a Circular Algae Bioplastics Industry in Regional NSW
Lee, T., Wearne, S., Wakefield-Rann, R., Scardifield, K. Scoping Algae Futures Report (2021).
A Weathering (exhibition)
Scardifield, K. Siteworks 2022: From a Deep Valley, Bundanon Art Museum, Australia (2022-2023).
Urgent Is The Rhythm, The Metabolic Museum (exhibition)
Scardifield, K. FREE/STATE, Adelaide Biennial of Contemporary Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia (2022)
Conferences & Symposia
24th International Seaweed Symposium: Seaweeds In A Changing World.
Institute of Marine & Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, 2023.
Waste/Ecology/Economy: Redrawing the Circular Economy
Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney, 2023.
University of Technology Sydney, 2023.
CUMULUS 2022: Design For Adaption
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, United States, 2022.
Public Lectures & Media
Dr. Kate Scardifield, Practice Research Symposium Australia, RMIT University, Naarm Melbourne, 2025.
How To Be Tidal
Dr. Kate Scardifield, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, The Netherlands, 2024.
Mapping Material Ecologies Through Design Research
Dr. Kate Scardifield, CHEMARTS Summer School, AALTO University, Finland, 2024.
Future Materials Encounter: Algae
Dr. Kate Scardifield & Jessie French OTHER MATTER with Giulia Bellinetti. Future Materials Lab, Jan van Eyck Academie, The Netherlands.
Material Matters
Dr. Kate Scardifield, Professor Veena Sahajwalla (UNSW) and Professor Alice Payne (RMIT). Sydney Design Week, Powerhouse Museum, 2023.
Could The Ocean Be The Solution?
Dist. Professor Peter Ralph, Professor Martina Doblin, Amy Low and Dr. Kate Scardifield, VIVID Ideas, 2023.
Sticky, Smelly, Moist: Designing New Materials
Dr Tom Lee, Dist. Professor Peter Ralph, Dr. Stefan Lie and Dr. Kate Scardifield, South by Southwest Australia, 2023.
Creative Industries Can Drive The Use Of New Materials
Dr. Kate Scardifield, REMIX Summit Sydney, 2023.
New Materials For Smarter Buildings
Dr. Kate Scardifield with Robyn Williams. The Science Show, Radio National Australia, 2022.
Art, Design And Climate Change
Dr. Kate Scardifield, Dr Zoë Sadokierski & Alankrita Narayan with Sophie Ellis, Think Sustainability, 2SER, 2021.
Material Culture And Creative Ecologies
Dr. Kate Scardifield and Katie Dyer, Powerhouse Museum, 2020.