COFA Annual 2012 showcased the works of the next generation of fine artists, media artists and designers. More than 300 COFA graduating students displayed their works in many disciplines: animation, ceramics, drawing, digital imaging, environments, graphics, installation, interactive media, jewellery, motion … Continue reading
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) presents the triptych of design films from director Gary Hustwit. Screening his latest, Urbanized from 14 January to 3 February, audiences can also see Objectified and Helvetica, the other two films that make the design trilogy, in … Continue reading
Today DHub continues with Lily Katakouzinos’ travel diary about Helsinki’s Design Week 2012 where she experienced a range of design options, innovations, new trends and design classics. At the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma this life-size crocheted police car by Finnish aritst … Continue reading
Speaking at a roundtable discussion with design festival organisers from around the world, Chairman of the London Design Festival, Sir John Sorrell, said that major changes in the way humans live have been affected by our journey from an agricultural … Continue reading
In 1989, alone and at the age of 10, John Maketh made the harrowing journey from South Sudan to Ethiopia, fleeing civil war, thirteen years later, John Maketh is graduating from UTS with a Bachelor of Design in Architecture. Continue reading
BPN (Building Products News) Sustainability Awards Australia’s premier awards program celebrating sustainable building design and innovation. A building that sets a new benchmark for sustainable design, the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, has taken out top honours at this year’s … Continue reading
Woven Image have recently collaborated with award-winning Australian designer and HASSELL Principal, Matt Sheargold as part of their Imagination Partners series. For the collaboration, titled ‘Muralithic’, Sheargold was challenged to artistically reinterpret the EchoPanel® Mura Tile, an innovative acoustic wall … Continue reading
Amy Wong is one of a number of terrarium makers who have been placing Melbourne at the forefront of terrarium design. Amy is due in Sydney for a series of terrarium workshops in early December – part of the Craft … Continue reading
In their ongoing work to assist artists and the creative industries in finding space, the City of Sydney today announced that it has become the first licensee of the Creative Spaces. This unique portal is designed to help artists and … Continue reading
Tasmania’s unique MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) by Fender Katsalidis has been awarded the Australian Institute of Architects’ most coveted National Architecture Award for 2012. The project was given the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, the … Continue reading
Recently I had the pleasure of visiting Helsinki during Helsinki Design Week . The city is also host to the 2012 World Design Capital so there was plenty to see and do. My visit was hosted by the Helsinki Design Week … Continue reading
Laboratory for Computational Design (LCD) is an innovative teaching and researching platform co-founded by Xu Feng, Nikolas Wabnitz (Wax Architecture) and Daniel Gillen. Recently Gillen was a part of Beijing Design Week 2012. The lab aims to pursue the transfer of knowledge in computational design … Continue reading
In the past few years we’ve heard much about “3D printing” and the many uses of this emerging technology. But how does 3D printing work? How is it different from other manufacturing processes? And what else can the technology be … Continue reading
UTS Business School is taking the initiative to become the home for the most creative, innovative, responsible and integrative thinking minds in business through a collision of progressive curriculum and the architecture of world-renowned architect Frank Gehry. The revamped Business School, to be housed … Continue reading
Suddenly going to the library is a colourful and rich experience for the children of Stanmore Public School in Sydney. Redefining the reading context Frost* Design turns reading into a surprising and inspiring experience, inside and out! “Working in conjunction with Neeson Murcutt … Continue reading
Those of you who subscribe to design festivals around the world will know that September was a cracker for design! With Helsinki Design Week from 6 – 16 September and the London Design Festival quickly following from 14 – 23 … Continue reading
While architecture is not the most penetrable of subjects – nor architects the most casual of conversationalists – it is an area that has much to offer in the way of social, political and environmental commentary. And ‘archibabble’ aside, anyone … Continue reading
Artists Andrew Quilty and Dean Sewell are changing the landscape of our daily journey to and from work. Having chosen a site along Elizabeth Street between Goulbourn and Campbell streets, their guerrilla activity has taken hold with the Sydney City Council authorising … Continue reading
Powerhouse curator Charles Pickett and former curator Judith O’Callaghan preview their new book about Australian architects’ attempts to make suburban houses cheap, liveable and appealing. The ‘Australian dream’ of suburban living is under threat, assailed from all sides by crises … Continue reading
The Sea Chair designed by Studio Swine and Kieren Jones with co-authors Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves, has won the BIO Gold Medal, the highest ranked award, as well as the BIO Green Award for environmentally friendly projects at the … Continue reading
During July, Master of Architecture students took part in Sydney South Central, a 26-day intensive design studio held in partnership with the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and funded by the UTS Deputy Vice Chancellor Resources, Patrick Woods.
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For the first time in the awards history the jury for the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2012 National Architecture Awards has unveiled the shortlisted projects. Continue reading
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce Rem Koolhaas is to receive the 2012 Jencks Award. The Jencks Award is given annually to an individual (or practice) that has recently made a major contribution internationally to both … Continue reading
As Arts funding in Australia continues to shrink so does the hope that the nation will promote creative thinkers who will shape our future and lead us to developing a better one with improved outcomes. Funding creative thinking may seem extravagant and financially risky … Continue reading
Kids’ playgrounds have come a long way from the days of the humble swing and slippery slide in a park. Today’s modern playgrounds feature sand diggers, water slides and giant climbing nets and landscape architects and designers are leading the … Continue reading
It’s nearly 10 years since Thomas Heatherwick’s ‘Plank’ first featured in the Great Expectations: new British design stories exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum. Alongside his work were also works by Tom Dixon, Stella McCartney and Marc Newson. I recently met … Continue reading
When I was 18 I witnessed something truly fabulous: the removal of pastel furniture from my family home. The eighties were over, bring on the final decade of the 20th Century I thought. What I didn’t know at the time … Continue reading
Parlour is a site for active exchange and discussion and brings together research, informed opinion and resources on women, equity and architecture in Australia. Continue reading
Design is one of those words, it means many things to many people. It’s been defined, deconstructed, damned and deified. Architect William McDonough famously stated that design is the first signal of human intention but for most people it is decoration, mere … Continue reading
Twenty-four projects and two landscape leaders were recognized at the 2012 national landscape architecture awards by AILA, announced on 9 August, 2012. Australian Medal for Landscape Architecture UDLA Project: Walyjala-jala buru jayida jarringun buru Nyamba Yawuru ngan-ga mirli mirli, (Planning for the … Continue reading
The competition winning design by HAO/Holm Architecture Office in collaboration with Archiland Beijing is now under construction. The museum is being built in the city of Tianjin in China and is dedicated to Juan Antonio Samaranch, who was president of … Continue reading
Claire McCaughan and Lucy Humphrey are the directors of Archrival. Both studied architecture at the University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Design (Arch) and a Bachelor of Architecture (2006) with first class honours. Both have travelled widely and … Continue reading
Millions have sat in them, few know their history. Yet like just about everything connected with the Sydney Opera House the theatre chairs, indispensable to audiences’ experience of the building, have their own intriguing story. When the young Sydney architect … Continue reading
Complex, intricate work in less time and with less errors – that’s the promise of rapid prototyping, a relatively new design paradigm that allows concepts to be visualised, tested and realised via three-dimensional (3D) printing technology. “Rapid prototyping enables ideas … Continue reading
I first thought about the idea of an edible interior when I came across ‘printed food’ a material designed by American chef Homaro Cantu providing menus for his patrons they could also eat as part of the meal. As I thought … Continue reading
There may not be a design solution for winter but as the temperature starts to drop, I can’t help but covet cosy designs like Patricia Urquiola’s Mangas rugs produced by Spanish company, Gandia Blasco. Inspired by a knitted sleeve, Ms … Continue reading
“Design is the purposeful, technical, imaginative, thought process that shapes our country, helps our lives and fills our GDP. It is, in short, a life-enhancing activity.” His Excellency Michael Bryce AM AE Design is in everything we do and come … Continue reading
State Library creates a new online home for design thinking State Library of Queensland has launched Design Online, a new public web space for exchanging ideas and generating knowledge around design in the Asia Pacific. State Librarian Janette Wright said design … Continue reading
BVN Architecture’s new addition to the Ravenswood School for Girls (Gordon) has taken top honours at this year’s NSW Architecture Awards, receiving the coveted Sir John Sulman Medal for Public Architecture. The Mabel Fidler Building was awarded the state’s most … Continue reading
We are surrounded by signs in our daily city existence, sometimes we notice them when driving or crossing the road but often they meld into a melange of street scenery. The growing abundance of signs in our urban landscapes as … Continue reading
