Gavin Sade (aka g1, g-one) is an interaction designer, researcher and academic working in the field of interactive media arts, and the creator of über.tv. His production and design experience covers a range of electronic media forms including CD-ROM based games and information titles, information kiosks, public new media arts installations, interactive performance systems, web applications, multi-user environments, video production, sound design, engineering and production...
In 1997 Gavin was employed by the Queensland University of Technology to coordinate undergraduate and masters courses in interactive media design. In the same year Gavin established a working relationship with Keith Armstrong and between 1997 and 2003 Gavin was a member of the Transmute Collective working as a lead interaction designer on the Collectives new media art installations and performances.
Since 1997 Gavin held the position of course coordinator and head of Communication Design at QUT, and is currently working as the Undergraduate Subject Area coordinator in Communication Design at QUT, and teaching classes in Interaction Design, and Web Design.
In these roles he is responsible for: the development of studio based curriculum in the area of interactive media at undergraduate and post graduate level; management, organization and running of the department; management of staff and resources; and, coordination of productions undertaken by the department including regular new media exhibitions and industry collaborations. Gavin has also worked as a researcher on projects run by the Australasian Centre for Interaction Design.
Currently Gavin is also a director of Kuuki, a creative media, art and design company based in Brisbane which produces interactive media works for museums and galleries.
Finally, as if that is not enough, Gavin is working (still) towards his PhD titled which is currently titled “Envisioning our cybernetic environment” (that will inevitably change). The PhD is a practice led study that explores the phenomena of post-modern technology, design and dwelling, focusing on (and problematising) the relationship between Design (specifically interaction design), technology, and sustainability (sustain-ability).