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Overview London-based alumni Brodie Neill not only earned a place at the table of leading world designers in September – he also provided the table. Representing Australia, Brodie unveiled a new installation, Plastic Effects, at the inaugural London Design Biennale. The installation included photographic works and a specimen table, titled Gyro, which is constituted from ocean plastics and developed by the designer and his collaborators.  Team  He collaborated with Dr Jennifer Lavers of the University’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in preparing the installation. Dr Lavers’ research interests include the impact of plastics on ocean ecology and wildlife. Born in Hobart, Brodie graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2001 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Furniture Design with Honours. He then took a Masters at the Rhode Island School of Design.  History  In 2012 he returned home to receive the Foundation Graduate Award. The citation read in part: “At University, it was quickly recognised that here was an extraordinary individual with unlimited potential. As a student he excelled consistently, always applying twice the effort of his peers, with twice the result. His work was wholly inventive, rigorously researched and masterfully executed. Since graduating, Brodie has pursued his professional life with the same inventiveness, rigor and masterful production, successfully integrating digital technologies with the sensitivities of the hand-made. Furthermore, he has shown the courage and conviction to test these ideas in the fiercely competitive international arena.