The British Council is once again calling for Australia’s best young creatives to enter the 2008 Realise Your Dream award. Continue reading
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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, 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
Sydney-based engineer, John Woodward, has developed a revolutionary new implantable heart pump that gives a bad heart the chance to rest and recover. Continue reading
A new book from Powerhouse Publishing offers a unique account of the Sydney Opera House and is essential reading for anyone looking for a fresh insight into the complex history of this iconic building. The following excerpt is the introductory essay to the book, by Anne Watson (Ed.) Continue reading
The Julius, Poole and Gibson collection of engineering drawings in the collection of the Powerhouse Museum provides an account of engineering drawing that exemplifies functional design. Continue reading
Throughout his career, Arthur Bishop designed and patented automotive components and processes for the automotive, aerospace, biomedical and telecommunications industries. Continue reading