CUSP: Australian design for the next decade is the next instalment in Object’s series of exhibitions that looks at design and its potential to transform the way we live. Continue reading
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The inaugural Melbourne Design Awards are bringing together 15 education organisations, 6 industry groups and 55 categories. All focused on celebrating design, from the people who create the works to the people who sponsor the projects. There is also an opportunity for students to enter and have their work compete alongside industry professionals. Continue reading
The streets of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have been transformed into a giant gallery space with
the launch of a new project by Object: Australian Centre for Craft & Design. Continue reading
Beavering away behind-the-scenes of any museum are collections focused staff (curators, registrars and conservators) working on lively projects, exhibitions, object acquisitions and research papers. Much of this work is only ever experienced by audiences as an end product, as a display in the museum; a publication or event. In light of this and the fact that museums’ only ever have 3-5% of their collection on public display at any one time, the Powerhouse Museum has turned to collections blogging as a way of improving access, dialogue and transparency in museum practice. Continue reading
When sustainable design is the objective, it seems collaboration is the underpinning component to a successful outcome. Continue reading
More than an just an exhibition, WORKSHOPPED has become an important organisation that launches careers and assists designers with moving from prototype to production. Continue reading
Browse the Powerhouse Museum’s wonderful collection of Wunderlich. Continue reading
A new resource that assists designers with getting down to business. Continue reading
Now entering its fifth year, the Powerhouse Museum’s Young Blood: Designers Market continues to evolve as one of Sydney’s premier forums for showcasing new Australian design. Continue reading
The Design NSW: Travelling Scholarship can be the start of a brilliant career. Continue reading
Graphic novel and literary comic book creator Matt Huynh used the inaugural Design NSW: Travelling Scholarship to fund an overseas sabbatical in Tokyo, the UK and New York city. Continue reading
EGD teams up with the Powerhouse Museum, renowned chef Jared Ingersoll, architect Hannah Tribe, and a group of local designers, to create a temporary restaurant space with a difference. Continue reading
Not so much a museum as a research centre for design, the recently opened 21_21 DESIGN SITE reminds us why Tokyo does all things design so well. With Issey Miyake, Taku Satoh and Naoto Fukasawa as its directors, and a building designed by architect Tadeo Ando, expectations were always going to be high. With one exhibition already under its belt and another on the way, 21_21 DESIGN SITE’s Associate Director, Noriko Kawakami, lets us know exactly what we can expect. Continue reading
To find out how F!NK and Co has prospered over the past ten years Merryn Gates spoke with founder Robert Foster about production, mentorships and the integrity of design. Continue reading
Use this education kit to see how clever design can minimise the consumption of materials, use less energy and reduce waste. Continue reading
Understand different aspects of a designer’s profile and apply it to your own design project. Continue reading
Understand the impact of design, technology and cultural history on everyday objects with this education kit developed alongside the Inspired! exhibition. Continue reading
An education kit with teachers notes to complement the ‘Modern times’ exhibition. Continue reading
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 British Council is once again calling for Australia’s best young creatives to enter the 2008 Realise Your Dream award. 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
Design 21: Social Design Network launches a new online design competition. Continue reading
Fleur Watson writes about the history and evolution of architecture exhibitions and the role of the curator. 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
A waterless urinal and a clever peg are just two examples of clever innovation and design on display in the Australian Design Awards exhibition. 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
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
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
Anne Watson, former Curator of Architecture & Design at the Powerhouse Museum, and author of ‘Building a masterpiece: the Sydney Opera House’, reviews the first biography of renowned engineer, Ove Arup. Continue reading
The acquisition of a telephone designed by Marcello Nizzoli represents an important addition to the Museum’s ICT collection. Continue reading
Tristram Carfrae of Arup, Chris Bosse of PTW Architects and Dr Marc Aurel Schnabel, lecturer in Digital Architecture, University of Sydney, discuss using the latest technology and engineering to make the impossible possible in architecture. Continue reading
Douglas Tomkin, Robert Foster and David Knott talk about China and the global design community. Continue reading
An online guide to innovation in Australia’s industries. Continue reading
Detailed case studies of seven industrial design groups with video interviews. Continue reading
Join the global movement to harness the power and promise of design. Continue reading
Design 21 challenges young designers to explore why design matters. Get your entries in by June 2007. Continue reading
The epic story of the Great Wall of China comes to life in a new exhibition opening in September. Continue reading
Sydney clockmaker Richard Bartholomew Smith is principally associated with the 1:5 scale model of the Strasbourg Cathedral Clock, held in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum Sydney, Australia. Continue reading