PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Nov 2023 | (BUILDING) NEW PERSPECTIVES through practice-led research in Art, Design and Architecture — Symposium Proceedings. Editors: Dietmar Köring, Eva Sommeregger, Liene Jākobsone, Māra Traumane, Dina Suhanova. Riga: Art Academy of Latvia. ISBN (print) 978-9934-630-13-2; ISBN (digital) 978-9934-630-14-9.
Nov 2022 | Cumulus Conference Proceedings Detroit 2022 — Design for Adaptation | Design for Symbiocene: “Hybrid Materials and Symbiotic Objects — In-Between the Grown and Made.” Authors: Austeja Platukyte & Ruta Valusyte.
Aug 2021 | 2021 IEEE International Conference on Technology and Entrepreneurship (ICTE): Leading Digital Transformation in Business and Society — Book of Abstracts: “Hybrid Materials in Design” (abstract). Author: Austeja Platukyte

ACADEMIC SERVICE — THESIS & FINAL PROJECT REVIEWING

2025 | Vilnius Academy of Arts — MA Design | Thesis reviewer — Student: Eglė Alejevaitė — “ELT transformacija: Tvarūs sprendimai miesto infrastruktūroje” (ELT transformation: sustainable solutions for urban infrastructure).
2025 | Vilnius Academy of Arts — MA Design | Thesis reviewer — Student: Deividas Giedraitis — “Laikinosios konstrukcijos: Grybienos medžiagiškumas ir micelio taikymo galimybės dizaine” (Temporary structures: mycelium materiality and applications in design).
2022 | Vilnius Academy of Arts — BA Design | Thesis reviewer — Student: Deividas Giedraitis — “Tvarumo aspektai laidojimo kultūroje (biologiškai skaidi urna ‘Ramybės’)” (Sustainability aspects in burial culture — biodegradable urn “Ramybės”).
2022 | Vilnius Academy of Arts — MA Design | Thesis & research/practical project reviewer — Student: Lina Navickaitė — “Lietuviškų medžiagų biblioteka: vietinių išteklių, tautinio tapatumo ir dizainerių kuriamų medžiagų aspektai” (Library of Lithuanian Materials: local resources, national identity, and designer-made materials).
2022 | Vilnius Academy of Arts, Kaunas Faculty — Dept. of Textiles — MA Textile Design | Thesis reviewer — Student: Indrė Spitrytė — “Naujojo medžiagiškumo laboratorija ‘Vegetuojanti tekstilė’” (New Materiality Lab: “Vegetating Textile”).
2022 | Kaunas University of Technology — Faculty of Mechanical Engineering & Design — Industrial Design Engineering (6123EX001) | BA thesis reviewer — Student: Deimantė Jovaišaitė — “Inovatyvus kompostavimo įrenginys” (Innovative composting device).
2021 | Vilnius Academy of Arts — BA Interior Design | Thesis reviewer — Student: Viltė Adomavičiūtė — “Kanabetologika. Pluoštinių kanapių spalių ir kitų ekologiškų medžiagų sąveikų pritaikymas interjere” (Cannabetology: applying hemp shives and other eco-materials in interior design).

RESEARCH AREAS

V003 Design — 70%
T008 Materials Engineering — 30%