http://www.dhub.org news, interviews, articles about design Fri, 24 May 2013 02:00:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.dhub.org/selective-ethics/ http://www.dhub.org/selective-ethics/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 02:06:13 +0000 Tom Heneghan, Professor of Architecture at Tokyo University of the Arts; and former Chair of Architecture at the University of Sydney http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014502

For the past month, the art museum at my university has been host to an exhibition of extraordinary beauty, fascinating experimentation, and craft technique of a skill that I thought was no longer found in the contemporary world. It was … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/selective-ethics/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/re-rag-rug/ http://www.dhub.org/re-rag-rug/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 03:22:16 +0000 Athalie Moedjoko http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014464

Re Rag Rug is an experimental design and crafts project by two very talented Swedes, Katarina Brieditis and Katarina Evans. With backgrounds in textile design, product development and needlework, the duo were brought together through a shared interest in knitting, embroidery and … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/re-rag-rug/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/parker-the-rebirth-of-an-icon/ http://www.dhub.org/parker-the-rebirth-of-an-icon/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:24:13 +0000 David Harrison http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014496

While there were a number of important furniture brands in Australia offering modernist designs during the 50s, 60s and 70s such as Danish Deluxe and Fler in Melbourne and TH Brown in Adelaide, Sydney’s Parker remains the most well known. … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/parker-the-rebirth-of-an-icon/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/sydney-design-poster-competition/ http://www.dhub.org/sydney-design-poster-competition/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:40:58 +0000 Sydney Design Team, Powerhouse Musuem http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014419

In 2013, Sydney Design, one of the world’s oldest running design festivals, decided to become more inclusive. As one of the few design festivals produced by a Museum, the festival is all about engaging audiences around design. What better way … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/sydney-design-poster-competition/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/roseanne-bartley-civic-responsibility-jewellery-design/ http://www.dhub.org/roseanne-bartley-civic-responsibility-jewellery-design/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:32:54 +0000 Rita Bila http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014378

Roseanne Bartley is a jewellery designer with a distinctive sense of civic responsibly – not as a recent development in her practice but something I have observed throughout her career. She is a designer that sees jewellery making as a … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/roseanne-bartley-civic-responsibility-jewellery-design/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/a-piece-by-potter-shigekazu-nagae-comes-to-life/ http://www.dhub.org/a-piece-by-potter-shigekazu-nagae-comes-to-life/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:41:14 +0000 Kim Min-Jung http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014210

Forms in Succession #5, porcelain sculpture created by Japanese potter Shigekazu Nagae dances beautifully in this video. The paper ‘look-alike’ form evokes the aesthetics of origami – the art of Japanese paper-folding. Made by using a slip-cast technique the material speaks … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/a-piece-by-potter-shigekazu-nagae-comes-to-life/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/get-your-art-and-craft-facts/ http://www.dhub.org/get-your-art-and-craft-facts/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:33:26 +0000 http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014162

Just released by the Australia Council for the Arts is Art Facts, the new home for statistics about Australian arts. Here you will find a range of facts about visual arts and craft in Australia and the latest trends to watch out … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/get-your-art-and-craft-facts/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/rethinking-innovation-harnessing-the-collective-creativity-of-the-crowd/ http://www.dhub.org/rethinking-innovation-harnessing-the-collective-creativity-of-the-crowd/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:04:01 +0000 By Jochen Schweitzer, University of Technology, Sydney and Joanne Jakovich, University of Technology, Sydney http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014121

The past few years have seen a resurgence in design as a driver of innovation. This has been visible in the popular managerial press and also the scholarly debate in management and design. Many foreign organisations and governments have already … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/rethinking-innovation-harnessing-the-collective-creativity-of-the-crowd/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/broached-east/ http://www.dhub.org/broached-east/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:52:32 +0000 David Harrison http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014073

With the latest instalment of the Broached Commissions project, entitled Broached East, half way through it’s stint in Melbourne, David Harrison spoke with Lou Weis founder and creative director of the project before he jetted off to Dubai to set … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/broached-east/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/manufacturing-in-australia-rethinking-the-process/ http://www.dhub.org/manufacturing-in-australia-rethinking-the-process/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:04:07 +0000 David Harrison http://www.dhub.org/?p=1013686

With many designers lamenting the dwindling manufacturing landscape in Australia, David Harrison speaks with designers Gary Galego, Adam Cornish and Adam Goodrum about how they are working within these shrinking parameters.  On the other side of the Tasman, Scott Bridgens, … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/manufacturing-in-australia-rethinking-the-process/feed/ 0