DrAprille Chua Jia Qi
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of South Australia
Dr Aprille Chua is a seasoned designer-researcher and education professional with over a decade of expertise. Her research centres on leveraging environmental graphic design and augmented technologies to enhance health and well-being.
Dr Chua leads two research tracks: 'Design for Health and Wellbeing' for the BA (Hons) Design Communication programme and 'System Design' for the MA Design programme. Her PhD research has been recognised by the prestigious Australian Good Design Award (2023), and was also awarded Postgraduate Research (2022) and High Achiever Award (2021) for academic excellence by the South Australian Government.
Having recently received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Common Ground Research Network, she has demonstrated her commitment to the design field through numerous international and national research grants (2020, 2021, 2022) as well as serving as an active peer reviewer for leading journals, demonstrating her dedication to research and practice in design.
RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Conferences and presentations
- An Investigation into the Use of Augmented Environmental Graphic Design to Help Improve Employee Wellbeing within the Healthcare Workplace, Spaces of Welfare Conference (2021)
- Using Augmented Environmental Graphic at Workplaces, Design Prototype Research Showcase (2022)
- Emergence, EQUS (selected) Artwork Showcase in Sydney (2023)
- Presentation at Academic Design Management Conference (ADMC) (2024)
- Reimagined Wellbeing, Singapore Design Week Exhibition (2024)
- 19th International Conference on Design Principles & Practices (25–27 Feb 2025)
Publications
- Augmenting Environmental Graphics in Healthcare Spaces in Augmented Art (2022)
- A flexible third-place, design research enquiry during the pandemic in Design For Health (2023)
- Augmented Graphics in Healthcare Workspace: A Design Research Process (2024)
Awards
- Recipient of Emerging Scholar Awards, Common Ground Research Networks (2025)
Research Interests
- Design for health and well-being
- Environmental graphic design
- Healthcare design research
- (Spatial) augmented reality
- Work recovery