Exhibitions + Publications
EXHIBITIONS
Sweet, T. 'Deconstruct'. The Arts Centre: Shared Lines. Christchurch, New Zealand, 9-17 March. 2019.
Sweet, T S, ‘Deconstruct’. Kaikōura memorial Hall: Shared Lines. Kaikōura, New Zealand, 16 - 23 February 2019.
Sweet, T S, Barnard, M, and Jack, B, 'Tectonic Probes: Tremors From the Pacific Ring', Artefacts With Agency, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, 29 – 30 November 2017.
Sweet, T S & Sweet, K, 'Earthquake Bench', Shared Lines, Thistle Hall, Wellington, New Zealand, 18 - 22 October 2017.
Sweet, T S, 'Disaster Manual', Shared Lines, Thistle Hall, Wellington, New Zealand, 18 - 22 October 2017.
Sweet, T S, Barnard, M, and Jack, B, 'Tectonic Probes: Tremors From the Pacific Ring', Shared Lines, Thistle Hall, Wellington, New Zealand, 18 - 22 October 2017.
Sweet, T S, Barnard, M, and Jack, B, 'Disaster Manual: Resilience Through Objects', Arts Chiyoda 3331, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, 17 - 26 February 2017.
Sweet, T S, Barnard, M, and Jack, B, 'Tectonic Probes', Space 853, Los Angeles, California, USA, 27 January – 3 February 2017.
Sweet, T S, ‘Seismic Cabinet’, Wholehouse Reuse, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand, 5 June - 23, August 2015.
Sweet, T S, and Sweet, K. ‘Tectonic Displacement’, CAAD Opus 6, Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates, 10 May – 12 June, 2014.
Sweet, T S, ‘Of Shelter’, CAAD Opus 5, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 1 May – 27 May, 2012.
Sweet, T S, ‘Mawtini (Seven Fragments of Home)’, Tashkeel Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 13 March – 30 April, 2012.
Sweet, T S, ‘Tree House Triptych’, CAAD Opus 4, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 20 April – 16 May, 2010.
Sweet, T S, ‘Cupping Water’, Reflective Mirror, United Nations Headquarters, New York, New York, 22 February – 15 March, 2010.
Sweet, T S, ‘Stitched Map’, Here There And Elsewhere, Rewak Gallery, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 12 March – 14 April, 2008.
Sweet, T S, ‘Surrounded’, Made Here, Cranbrook Museum Of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1 June – 25 June, 2005.
Sweet, T S, ‘The Throne You Sit On’, Holy Sit, Contemporary Art Institute Of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, 9 April – 5 May, 2005.
Sweet, T S, ‘Pods’, ComfortHer, Forum Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 7 November – 18 December, 2005.
Sweet, T S, ‘Consolation’, The Red Door Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, 13 December – 18 December, 2004.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Sweet, T., Milligan, A., & Hall, M. (2020). Whakawhitinga kōrero: Interdisciplinary video dialogues on sustainability. In E. Sengupta, P. Blessinger, and T. S. Yamin (eds.), Teaching and learning strategies for sustainable development: innovations in higher education teaching and learning (Volume 19, pp. 197–211) Emerald Insight doi: 10.1108/S2055-364120200000019016/full/html
MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS
Sweet T., Sweet K, and Hakaraia, D. (2017). Te Kukune Screen. In Harvey, J (Ed.). The Big Screen. Architecture NZ , May/June 2017, p. 22. ISSN 0113-4566
WEB-BASED PUBLICATIONS
Sweet, T., & Delanty, D. (2019). The Big Build 2019, Baiyun Village, Tonglu County, Hangzhou, China. http://www.tlnews.com.cn/
Sweet, T. (Producer). (2019) Whakawhitinga Kōrero: Dialogues on Sustainability [video series]. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington. https:// tewaharoa.victoria.ac.nz and https://www.victoria.ac.nz/sustainability/students/ learning-resources.
Sweet, T. (2013) Culturally Reflective Design: Educational Strategies For The Development of Culture-Specific Products. Goucher College, Master of Arts in Cultural Sustainability. http://blogs.goucher.edu/culturalsustainability/2013/04/26/ tonya_sweet/
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Sweet, T. (2019). Whakawhitinga kōrero: Interdisciplinary video resource for sustainability education. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Sweet, T. (2019). Crisis Mode: Design for Psychological Resilience. Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD, USA.
Sweet, T. (2019). Harnessing the Vernacular: Sustainable Design Education. The Hangzhou Art and Design Collaborative (HADC), Hangzhou, China.
Sweet, T. (2019). Empowerment in Design Education: Cultivating Global Competencies. The Architectural Design & Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Sweet, T. (2017). Creative Resilience: Mitigating Anxiety Through Design. Shared Lines, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
Sweet, T. (2017). Design For Disaster: A Foray Into Speculative Furniture. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA.
Sweet, T. (2013). Countering Globalism: Cultivating Culturally Reflective Furniture Design. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA.
Sweet, T. (2013). Culturally Reflective Design: Strategies for the Development of Culture-Specific Products. Goucher College, Towson, MD, USA.
Sweet, T. (2012). Conceptual Furniture Design. Traffic Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Sweet, T. (2018). Furniture Design for Disaster: A Case Study for Psychologically Resilient Objects. Journal of Interior Design. 43(1), Creative Scholarship issue. Wiley. doi:10.1111/joid.12110
Sweet, T. (2018). Artefacts with agency: Fostering resilience through practice-led research. Synnyt/Origins Journal, Issue 3: Special issue on Catalyses, Interventions, Transformations, 73-91. ISSN 1795-4843
Sweet, T. & Tucker, R. (2018). Resilient Furniture Design: A Reconceived School Table for Earthquake Safety. The International Journal of Designed Objects 12 (2):1-14. doi:10.18848/2325-1379/CGP/v12i02/1-14.
Sweet, T. & Caudwell, C. (2017). Resilient Design: Mitigating Trepidation About Environmental Disasters. The Design Journal, 20(sup1), S1894-S1903.doi:10.108 0/14606925.2017.1352707
Sweet, T. (2013). Instilling An Awareness Of Phenomenology Through A Craft- Centered Design Pedagogy. The International Journal of Design Education, Volume 6, Issue 2. 31-39.
CONFERENCE PAPER IN PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS
Sweet, T., Milligan, A., & Meegan, H. (2019). Whakawhitinga kōrero: Interdiscipli- nary video dialogues on sustainability. In International Conference on Sustainable Development. Columbia University in New York, USA. Retrieved from https://ic-sd. org/2019/11/21/proceedings-from-icsd-2019/
Sweet, T. (2019, November 13). Speaking Their Language: Interdisciplinary videos for the SDGs. In 19th International ACTS Conference. The University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Sweet, T. (2019). Victoria University of Wellington, Whakawhitinga kōrero: Interdisciplinary place-based video dialogues on the SDGs. In New Zealand Sustainable Development Goals Summit 2019. Auckland, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://cpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/
Sweet, T. (2018). Power To The People: Sustainable Design Education. In 2018 Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) Conference. Adelaide, Australia.
Sweet T. (2017). Artefacts with agency: Fostering resilience through practice-led research. In Art of Research VI: Catalyses, Interventions, Transformations. Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.
Sweet, T. & Caudwell, C. (2017). Resilient Design: Mitigating Trepidation About Environmental Disasters. The Design Journal: 12th European Academy of Design Conference, Design For Next. Taylor & Francis
Sweet, T. & Caudwell, C. (2017). Designed Resilience For A Changing World. Cumulus Working Papers 33/16: Cumulus Hong Kong 2016 – Open Design for E-very-thing. Kung, C., Lam, E. & Lee, Y., Ed. 426-429. http://cumulus. hkdihongkong2016.org/uploads/files/cumulus_hong_kong_2016_working_ papers_final.pdf
Sweet, T. & Sweet, K. (2017) Earthquake Bench Prototype: A Reconceived Digital Workflow. MaD for the Future 2017: A National Conference for Innovation in Manufacturing and Design. Auckland, New Zealand.
Sweet T. (2015). ‘Earthquake Resilient Design’. In Helix: A Symposium on the New Zealand Design DNA Project. Wellington, New Zealand.
Sweet, T. (2014). Confronting Ubiquity: Cultivating Culturally Reflective Furniture Design. 29th Annual National Conference On The Beginning Design Student Proceedings, Actions: Making of Place. Eric Oskey, Ed. 509-518.
Sweet, T. (2012). Nurturing Cultural Identity In A Globalized Design Education. 28th Annual National Conference On The Beginning Design Student, End of in the Beginning. Jodi La Coe, Ed. 42-48.
Sweet, T. (2010). Design Pedagogy: Cultivating Identity Through The Design Process. Design Inquiry Conference Proceedings. 16-18.
Sweet, T. & Sweet, K. (2009). Reintegrating Craftsmanship Into Digital Design Praxis. DRS/Cumulus Conference Proceedings. 75-81.
Sweet, T. & Sweet, K. (2009). Advanced Praxis: Synthesizing Digital and Craft in Design. Sigradi Conference Proceedings. 67-72.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Sweet, T. & Milligan, A. (2019) Whakawhitinga kōrero: Dialogues on sustainability (video series). Available via Victoria University of Wellington's Library Collection and at: https://www.victoria.ac.nz/sustainability/students/learning-resources
Sweet TS, Sweet K, and Hakaraia, D. 'Te Kukune Screen.' In Harvey, J (Ed.). The Big Screen. Architecture NZ , May/June 2017, p. 22. ISSN 0113-4566
Sweet T S, 'Creative Resilience: Mitigating Anxiety Through Design', Shared Lines, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, October, 2017.
Sweet T S, 'Design For Disaster: A Foray Into Speculative Furniture’, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA, January, 2017.
Sweet T S, 'Countering Globalism: Cultivating Culturally Reflective Furniture Design’, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA, April, 2013.
Sweet T S, 'Culturally Reflective Design: Strategies for the Development of Culture-Specific Products', Goucher College, Towson, MD, USA, April, 2013.
Sweet T S, ‘Conceptual Furniture Design’, Traffic Gallery, Dubai, UAE, May 2012.
RESIDENCIES
AIR 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Artist-In-Residence, Tokyo, Japan, February 2017
AWARDS
2019 Australasian Green Gown Award in “Learning, Teaching and Skills”. Award press: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyGsNiGIVYA