Download a self-guided walking tour of some of Sydney’s icons of modernism. Continue reading
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The first Australian ‘designboom mart’ was staged at the Powerhouse Museum in August, as part of Sydney Design 08. Designboom co-founder Birgit Lohmann explains how the marts bring design to the people. Continue reading
The search is on for the best designed products on the Australian market. Continue reading
The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize is calling for artists to enter their work for a chance to win a total of $13,000 in prize money. Continue reading
Listen to Cynthia E. Smith, a curator at New York’s Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, discuss the exhibition ‘Design for the Other 90%’. Continue reading
Be recognised as a designer of excellence in Victoria. Continue reading
Fleur Watson writes about the history and evolution of architecture exhibitions and the role of the curator. Continue reading
Springboard announces the successful applicants for Stage One. Continue reading
The ultimate guide to all that there is to love about Sydney. Continue reading
Young Blood: Designers Market is a showcase of fresh design talent. Read the stories of some of the people behind the stalls and get inspired to apply for a stall in December. Continue reading
Closing discussion of ‘Smart works’ symposium in which panel of participants were asked to consider the a number of issues/questions arising out of the symposium. Continue reading
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins presents his talk, ‘New Zealand Design and the secret history of Middle Earth’ at the ‘Smart works’ symposium at the Powerhouse Museum on 1 April 2007. Continue reading
Professor Xing Ruan presents his talk, ‘Ephemeral China/handmade China’ at the ‘Smart works’ symposium at the Powerhouse Museum on 30 March 2007. Continue reading
Diana Lorentz was part of the True Design pilot program. She is manager of the Powerhouse Museum’s design department. Continue reading
Caroline Pidcock compares her professional history to a sailing boat tacking across a body of water: an indirect, zigzagged route where destinations become merely stopping points as part of a greater journey. Continue reading
In June this year we invited a number of designers to participate in a digital storytelling project, which was launched and showcased during Sydney Design 07. Continue reading
The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum celebrates outstanding achievement in design with its annual National Design Awards. Continue reading
Sydney-based design duo Korban/Flaubert strengthen their international profile with exhibitions around the globe. Continue reading
View Paul Keating presenting the May 2007 Design Quarter talk at the Powerhouse Museum. Continue reading
Is it really all Philippe Starck’s fault’ When the superstar designer appeared on the cover of ‘Icon Magazine’ with a headline that read: ‘I Killed Design’, a London-based product strategy consultant, Kevin McCullagh, aired the design world’s dirty laundry, admitting that a backlash was brewing in the face of design’s fashionable profile. Continue reading
A stunning new folio showcasing the work of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Glenn Murcutt has been published by 01 Editions in Sydney. Continue reading
Douglas Annand (1903 – 1976) was an Australian artist and designer who made his mark during the mid-20th century. Although he was predominantly known for his graphic art and design skills, Annand also worked prolifically using a broad range of techniques and media, including metal, glass, watercolour, sculpture and textiles. Continue reading
In 2003, Danny Almagor established the Australian arm of Engineers Without Borders, an organisation that works with disadvantaged communities to improve their quality of life through education and the implementation of sustainable engineering projects. Continue reading
This first anthology of modernist art, design and architecture in Australia reveals the raw nerves that modernism exposed. Continue reading
Rebecca Roke talks to London-based FAT architects about their award-winning practice that is breaking new ground in social housing and re-interpreting English vernacular architecture. Continue reading