Elke Kramer’s creative practice defies pigeon-holing, wandering as it does between jewellery design, illustration, art direction, textile design, clothing, graphics, multimedia, merchandising, concept engineering and anything else she concocts or comes across. 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
Stephen Banham of Letterbox talks to D*Hub about Australian graphic design, and his plans to auction the exclusive rights to his newest font Bisque on eBay this month. Continue reading
Assembling approximately 400 figures from the world’s leading figure creators, Full Vinyl presents an omnibus survey of this burgeoning field. Continue reading
Australian designer Matt Butler has been creating a sensation with his Zaishus. These highly desirable flat-pack stools now represent a collaborative project that continues to bring together some of the country’s most creative minds. 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
Design communicator, and communication designer extraordinaire Ellen Lupton talks to D*Hub about the new National Design Triennial at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, and her personal quest to open up design to the broadest possible audience. Continue reading
A website that celebrates one of Bohemian Sydney’s most famous landmarks. Continue reading
Nell Schofield talks to Mark Macleod, Anna Fienberg and Sandra Nobes about children’s publishing. Continue reading
The renowned American graphic designer Bob Gill spoke about his constant search for originality to a receptive Sydney audience this month. Continue reading
Douglas Tomkin, Robert Foster and David Knott talk about China and the global design community. Continue reading
Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger from New Zealand’s acclaimed Weta Workshop talk about special effects and The Lord of the Rings films. Continue reading
Sydney-based graphic designer Mark Gowing talks about the conception and design of corporate logos and branding. Continue reading
An online guide to innovation in Australia’s industries. Continue reading
An educational resource that explores the design process. Continue reading
The Swedish design group Front Design has been drawing the attention of the global design community with a revolutionary new project. 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
Courses in art and design online. Continue reading
Youth@craft·design is an online forum on creating and making a living in the arts today. Continue reading
Graphic design students and practitioners from around New South Wales (NSW) unleashed their creativity on one of Sydney Harbour’s most spectacular landmarks this year. Continue reading
Melbourne design team 3 Deep Design digs deep to lay the foundations for good design. Continue reading
From a definitive teenage moment when he decided he wanted to design album covers to the fulfilment of that dream collaborating with the likes of Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones, Stefan Sagmeister’s rise to fame is firmly rooted in the music industry. But beyond the dishevelled rock-star appearance, the fame and the subversive design, the Austrian-born, New York-based graphic supremo has a long-standing mission to ‘touch people’s hearts with design’. Exceedingly polite, highly articulate and self-aware he describes his trademark script as a means of eliminating the tedious process of choosing typefaces. Continue reading
Reg Mombassa converts Jesus into an Australian brand. Continue reading
Sydney-based studio Soap Creative marries the culture of gaming to web design. Continue reading
Josh Roelink’s Asian-inspired tattoo designs can take years to create and minutes to disappear from his life forever. Continue reading
Steve Scott crosses disciplines and eras to create a new look. Continue reading
Creative Director Fabio Ongarato talks about collaboration, experimentation and why good designers check their egos at the door. Continue reading
What if a friend drops in to visit for a day or two’ How would you accommodate them’ What if your rug doubles as a magic kingdom’ How would you use this gift’ Or what if you need some privacy at work’ How do you find the best solution without isolating yourself’ By questioning the environments we create for ourselves and transforming our living spaces into places for mobility and experimentation, Paris-based designer Matali Crasset is taking the design world by storm. From her own multi-disciplinary practice, where she works on a diverse range of projects including products, graphics, exhibitions and interiors, Crasset explores the boundaries of personal and communal space and creates exciting new narratives from everyday rituals. On the eve of her first trip to Australia to deliver the keynote talk at Sydney Design 06, Lily Katakouzinos spoke to Matali Crasset from her Paris studio. Continue reading
Streetwize Communications makes good design a community effort. Continue reading
Adelaide-based visual communications firm Voice collaborates to communicate. Continue reading
Melbourne illustrator Nathan Jurevicius’ vinyl toys are a hot collectible. Continue reading
Like any other creative pursuit, the design of letterforms is determined by the prevailing cultural climate and thus in a state of constant flux. Typography now functions as a kind of weathervane for the zeitgeist, with typographic analysis a leading design issue. Indeed, as designers have sought to express themselves and define their time, type has increasingly come to have its own intentions, beyond those of verbal communication. Continue reading
Stuart Crumpler’s logo design for his eponymous bags began life as a happy accident and has become an internationally recognised brand. Continue reading
Qube Konstrukt’s Adam Gardiner likes to make his graphics move. Continue reading
While creating the look of its flagship store, designer Carby Tuckwell unlocked the spirit in the machine at Deus ex Machina. Continue reading
Designer Vince Frost was in search of the ultimate idea when he redesigned the visual identity for Sydney Dance Company. Continue reading
First-hand experience of collecting pop ephemera was at the heart of a visual identity make-over for toy licencing company Haven, by Sydney’s Deuce Design. Continue reading
