Board Thread:Memories of ID at QIT & QUT/@comment-28860944-20160704133523/@comment-27051062-20160711034255

Fantastic post, Rob!

My first year was 1981. There were 72 of us enrolled to study six disciplines—architecture, industrial design, building, quantity surveying, landscape architecture and town planning. Our studio which was the top floor of F Block. The walls were festooned with graffiti and elaborate murals (one of The Phantom). At some point in the year the latest graffiti caused a stir and we had a stern talking to from the course co-ordinator, whom I think was John Donnerly.

Another one of our tellings off was from Margaret Mason and Frank Lambert who sternly criticised our slovenly standard of dress during one of the lectures. It was apparently unbefitting for future design professionals to attend university dressed like slobs. The following week for the same lecture almost the whole class attended in formal wear—three piece suits, ball gowns, etc.. Everyone including the staff thought this was great fun.

The more I think on this the more the memories come back. I hope other people share theirs.