Meet Knox (they/them)

Knox is our mascot, and was brought to life by students (Jordyn, Hugo and Moby) as a DESN3011 project (S2, 2024).

You’ll see Knox around the place, but their design holds great meaning to the origins of SoCIETIE.

Knox, obviously, is a knot, but there are two distinctive features:

• Knox’s body/head is a representation of a Giordian Knot. The metaphor represents a problem that tightens the more you pull at it—an intractable challenge requiring a shift in thinking to resolve. As is the legend, we need great leaders to ‘cut through the Giordian Knot’, breaking free from the complexity it represents.
• Above Knox’s head is a representation of Gödel’s Loophole. The metaphor highlights how initial breakthroughs are the hardest to achieve, but once done, subsequent solutions become easier.

Together, these symbols create a powerful narrative: Knox evokes the idea that a fundamental change in approach is required to untangle intractable problems in SoCIETIE, reminds us that meaningful change requires bold and unconventional thinking to navigate, and that initial breakthroughs create the path for subsequent solutions.