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
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
Established in 1919 The Institution of Engineers Australia, now known as Engineers Australia, is the national organisation that represents and promotes the interests of Australian engineers and the advancement of engineering in all disciplines. The origin of a serious collaboration between the … 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
Equipment such as wheelchairs or prosthesis is fundamental in allowing some people with disabilities to carry out the tasks of daily living. But in the endeavour to go higher, faster and longer, athletes with a disability have found these standard … Continue reading
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
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
The 2012 instalment of the Australian International Design Awards (AIDA) was launched recently without a parbuckle, or should I say hitch? For those who don’t know about AIDA, each year, since 1992, the Powerhouse Museum has made a selection of … 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
Welcome to D*Hub’s ‘Loves’ column. We’ve invited designers and design lovers to share their favourite object in the Powerhouse Museum Collection. Janos Korban and Stefanie Flaubert are award winning Australian designers. korban/flaubert love… The Catalina flying boat ‘Frigate Bird II’, 1935 The … 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
What is good design? Award winning film maker James Cameron says: “it’s an elegant solution to a design problem”. Cameron was recently honoured with Australia’s most prestigious design accolade for his work on the Deep Sea Explorer, a single occupant … 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
![The Powerhouse Museum's Mars Yard, part of the new Pathways to Space project, with two experimental Mars Rovers developed by the Australian Centre for Field Robotics. [Image: Geoff Friend, Powerhouse Museum]](http://www.dhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mars_rover-110x110.jpg "The Powerhouse Museum's Mars Yard, part of the new Pathways to Space project, with two experimental Mars Rovers developed by the Australian Centre for Field Robotics. [Image: Geoff Friend, Powerhouse Museum]")
Robotics is among the most rapidly changing fields of design and engineering today, with new innovations appearing by the week. The Powerhouse Museum is involved not only in putting robots on display, but also participating in robotic design. The projects … Continue reading
The Australian designed James Cameron deep-sea submersible wins the top prize at the Australian International Design Awards. The work is the partnership of Hollywood’s James Cameron with four Australian companies; Acheron Project, Design + Industry, McConaghy Boats and Finite Elements. … 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
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
It is again that time of the year when cycling greats take to the impossible Alps of France and battle it out over three weeks to determine who shall be deemed ‘King of the Mountains’ or polka-dot jersey, green jersey … Continue reading
Having returned from the agIDEAS conference in Melbourne, it is one phrase that resonates – ‘the future of civilisation is a common design problem’. Of course, I’m quoting David Berman, the Canadian graphic designer and author of Do Good Design. … Continue reading
The British Council has announced the 14 shortlisted participants, who will take part in the third year of ACCELERATE – a unique career-building experience for Indigenous Australians working in the creative industries. This year, judges from Australia’s arts funding bodies joined … Continue reading
Design critic, Alice Rawsthorn, believes design is one of the most powerful tools at our disposal to empower ourselves and other people by changing the way we live. Last week, Rawsthorn gave the keynote lecture at the event ‘7 Kinds … Continue reading
What better place than the Powerhouse Museum to contemplate our future. The Museum’s vast collection has archived over 200 years of Australian related history. By looking to our collection and exhibitions we are able to determine where we have come … Continue reading
This massive work of art was created by artist Janet Echelman and features in the Love Lace exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum. Placed between the Town Hall of Sydney and the Woolworths building in the centre of the city as … Continue reading
This question will be at the heart of discussions at an upcoming symposium in Sydney. The event titled ‘7 Kinds of Happiness: Conversations on Design and Emotion’ is curated by Melbourne-based design studio, The Office for Good Design and will … Continue reading
Using the crowdfunding website, Pozible, the Australian Design Alliance (AdA) has launched a national fundraising campaign to raise money to create a national design policy. The Australian Design Alliance (AdA) is the alliance of peak professional organisations that represent designers … Continue reading
Walking around the streets of Pyrmont, where the Powerhouse Museum is located, you can see glimpses of sandstone both decorative and functional. The material that once formed the distinctive cliffs and gulleys on the peninsula now exists as layers beneath … Continue reading
What’s the fuss you say? Well today is the birthday of an Australian icon, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, fondly known as the coathanger. Now eighty years old the Bridge has become a symbol of Sydney and of Australia, its arch … Continue reading
A new computer the size of a credit card and less than the cost of a cover for an iPhone is set to create a revolution in classrooms around the world. The Raspberry Pi is $35 computer with no keyboard, … Continue reading
Celebrities have recently discovered a power in associating with design. Madonna as usual has displayed her inimitable ability to be at the vanguard by using Marc Newson’s Lockheed Lounge in her music video for ‘Rain’ in 1993. The lounge makes … Continue reading
A recent post in Dhub pointed to new directions in robotics. Flying drones constructed an architectural model out of foam blocks for the ‘vertical village’ that will be located in the rural area of Meuse in France. The brief video … Continue reading
Not what you were expecting – tricked you! Have you bought shoes for 99 cents and got ten years international travel out of them? Well a Mr Fuller bought these in 1978 and trudged them all around Europe. He mended … Continue reading
The biggest name in architecture will be the subject of a major exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum. Australia’s first major exhibition devoted to the work of Le Corbusier will celebrate the work of the most influential architect of the twentieth … Continue reading
The CCTV (China Central Television) HQ, co-designed by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) is an architectural and engineering spectacle. A unique space for public interaction it defies the usual notion of a ‘skyscraper’ and is … Continue reading
2012 AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS: The search is on for the best design in the world. An open invitation welcomes entries of professionally designed products and services into Australia’s most esteemed design award. Entries open 1 February 2012. Continue reading
Be it a pop-up cinema in Hackney, East London, a newspaper’s foray into iPad apps or a wind-propelled Landmine Detonator which cost $40 to produce; the list of Designs of the Year 2012 from the Design Museum, London highlights a refreshing diversity of global design talent. Continue reading
More than a platform for extraordinary athletic feats, the Olympic Games have become a Cultural Olympiad whose purpose is to display the hosting nation’s cultural economy on a global scale. It’s a platform for designers to realise challenging architecture, make … Continue reading
