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
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Contemporary tapestries from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop Continue reading
Emily Howes reports on the recent Smart works symposium, held 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
Anders Ousback (1951-2004) was an admired restaurateur and potter who gave generously to both fields. He appreciated the age-old connection between food and pottery vessels and said that ‘pottery and cookery are the most ancient crafts still practiced in our modern world’. Continue reading
Oliver Smith comes from many generations of jewellers and metalsmiths, stretching back to makers of armour. A skilled silversmith, specialising in hot-forging, he has developed a particular interest in putting his one-off items of silver cutlery into production in stainless steel and other metals and materials. Continue reading
‘Women who were silent transformed into strong characters’ (Cathy Braid and Kirsten Ainsworth, 2006) Continue reading
‘I love the way Akira responds to the abstraction of dance’ (Graeme Murphy, Sydney Dance Company) Continue reading
‘Emigration has defined my life’ Continue reading
‘Fabric is pattern, from structure to surface.’ Continue reading
‘This is where wool ought to be.’ Continue reading
‘Exploring surface through structure ” Continue reading
‘The CAD program is an extension to my workshop.’ Continue reading
‘Mixing skills and traditions ‘ ‘ Continue reading
‘Not knowing ‘ is part of the motivation’ Continue reading
‘Extending possibilities that industry offers ” Continue reading
‘Making jewellery that means something ” (Blanche Tilden and Phoebe Porter, 2006) Continue reading
‘Doing the most with the least” (Donna Marcus, 2006, quoting Buckminster Fuller on geodesic domes, 1940s) Continue reading
‘Materials experimentation’and pre-determined modelling” Continue reading
‘We researched by actually doing it’ Continue reading
‘Husque ‘ a unique manufacturing identity’ Continue reading
‘Based on trust and professional communication ” Continue reading
‘Tradition to the market place ” Continue reading
‘The future is in making best use of existing facilities.’ Continue reading
‘Repetition ‘ is like a musician playing scales.’, Benjamin Edols, 2006 Continue reading
‘A design can mature with each casting.’ Continue reading
‘It must be possible to make glass from scratch.’, John Croucher, 1993 Continue reading
‘Handmade classics for the future ”, Marie Simberg-Höglund, 2006 Continue reading
‘A successful business, almost by mistake ” Continue reading
‘Each way of working ‘ stimulates the other.’ Continue reading
‘I now know that I am thrilled by repetition.’ Continue reading
See the work of Jon Goulder in the new exhibition Smart works: design and the handmade. 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
Object Gallery and Melbourne Museum have collaborated to develop a landmark travelling exhibition of contemporary Australian design. Continue reading
Australian Contemporary prepares to take the work of four outstanding craft practitioners to London in February 2007. Continue reading
Over 800 objects from the Powerhouse Museum’s extensive decorative arts and design collection are on display in the exhibition ‘Inspired! Design across time’. Continue reading
The fashion label Caravana is a highlight in the forthcoming ‘Smart works: design and the handmade’ symposium, exhibition and book. Continue reading
Radical and conceptual, challenging and uncompromising, functional and sometimes incomprehensible, fashion from Japan demands attention. Continue reading
Douglas Tomkin, Robert Foster and David Knott talk about China and the global design community. Continue reading
Watch as glassblowers from the Hot Glass Roadshow transform molten glass into works of art. Continue reading