Speaker Type: Design

Steve Mushin (Stephen Mushin)

Author, Design, Education Consultant, Illustrator, Inspirational Speaker, STEM Teacher

Steve Mushin’s graphic novel style STEM book Ultrawild, An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City On Earth (Allen and Unwin, Nov 2023) was described by The Guardian as:

‘a brain-meltingly intricate and inspiring compendium of the gigantic ideas needed to repair the planet.’

Steve is an industrial designer, hack engineer and illustrator. He collaborates with scientists, and engineers to develop outrageous, but scientifically possible inventions to rewild cities back into jungles.

Steve runs creative thinking, illustration and design workshops with primary and secondary schools, universities and businesses, where he uses his ‘design thought experiments’ as starting points for madcap STEM explorations.

In 2015, he was awarded an Australian Design Honours for work in sustainability design education.

MEDIA LINKS:

Steve’s website

The Ultrawild book website

Video interview: The Wheeler Centre

Steve’s Instagram

Teaching resources: Ultrawild

Interview: Radio New Zealand

Profile: Australian Design Centre

Article: Sydney Morning Herald