http://www.dhub.org news, interviews, articles about design Tue, 21 May 2013 00:11:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.dhub.org/2013-australian-international-design-awards-finalists-announced/ http://www.dhub.org/2013-australian-international-design-awards-finalists-announced/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 05:17:00 +0000 http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014696

A record 160 entries have been awarded Good Design® in the 2013 Australian International Design Awards and are in the running for a coveted Design Award® recognising design excellence when winners are announced later this month as part of Vivid … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/2013-australian-international-design-awards-finalists-announced/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/re-rag-rug/ http://www.dhub.org/re-rag-rug/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 03:22:16 +0000 Athalie Moedjoko http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014464

Re Rag Rug is an experimental design and crafts project by two very talented Swedes, Katarina Brieditis and Katarina Evans. With backgrounds in textile design, product development and needlework, the duo were brought together through a shared interest in knitting, embroidery and … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/re-rag-rug/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/parker-the-rebirth-of-an-icon/ http://www.dhub.org/parker-the-rebirth-of-an-icon/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:24:13 +0000 David Harrison http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014496

While there were a number of important furniture brands in Australia offering modernist designs during the 50s, 60s and 70s such as Danish Deluxe and Fler in Melbourne and TH Brown in Adelaide, Sydney’s Parker remains the most well known. … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/parker-the-rebirth-of-an-icon/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/sydney-design-poster-competition/ http://www.dhub.org/sydney-design-poster-competition/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:40:58 +0000 Sydney Design Team, Powerhouse Musuem http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014419

In 2013, Sydney Design, one of the world’s oldest running design festivals, decided to become more inclusive. As one of the few design festivals produced by a Museum, the festival is all about engaging audiences around design. What better way … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/sydney-design-poster-competition/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/fame-moooi-award-2013/ http://www.dhub.org/fame-moooi-award-2013/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:14:08 +0000 http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014192

Frame and Moooi are excited to announce the ten finalists for the year’s biggest interior design award. This year, the Frame Moooi Award received 861 submissions from a total of 71 countries. The finalists were selected by juror Jana Scholze, … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/fame-moooi-award-2013/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/rethinking-innovation-harnessing-the-collective-creativity-of-the-crowd/ http://www.dhub.org/rethinking-innovation-harnessing-the-collective-creativity-of-the-crowd/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:04:01 +0000 By Jochen Schweitzer, University of Technology, Sydney and Joanne Jakovich, University of Technology, Sydney http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014121

The past few years have seen a resurgence in design as a driver of innovation. This has been visible in the popular managerial press and also the scholarly debate in management and design. Many foreign organisations and governments have already … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/rethinking-innovation-harnessing-the-collective-creativity-of-the-crowd/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/broached-east/ http://www.dhub.org/broached-east/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:52:32 +0000 David Harrison http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014073

With the latest instalment of the Broached Commissions project, entitled Broached East, half way through it’s stint in Melbourne, David Harrison spoke with Lou Weis founder and creative director of the project before he jetted off to Dubai to set … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/broached-east/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/winner-of-the-moma-ps1-young-architects-program/ http://www.dhub.org/winner-of-the-moma-ps1-young-architects-program/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:49:34 +0000 http://www.dhub.org/?p=1013977

CODA, a New York based firm is the winner of the 2013 MoMA Young Architects Program. Each year emerging architects are invited to develop designs for a competition to create a temporary outdoor installation. The design must provide shade, seating … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/winner-of-the-moma-ps1-young-architects-program/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/1-bligh-street-sydney-the-next-generation-in-sustainable-architecture/ http://www.dhub.org/1-bligh-street-sydney-the-next-generation-in-sustainable-architecture/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:36:18 +0000 Rita Bila http://www.dhub.org/?p=1013806

With the completion of 1 Blight Street, Ingenhoven Architects + Architectus in collaboration with the Dexus Property Group, have delivered Australia’s highest rated Green Star Building in Sydney. Winner of the 2012 National Architecture Award, the building is the first … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/1-bligh-street-sydney-the-next-generation-in-sustainable-architecture/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/manufacturing-in-australia-rethinking-the-process/ http://www.dhub.org/manufacturing-in-australia-rethinking-the-process/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:04:07 +0000 David Harrison http://www.dhub.org/?p=1013686

With many designers lamenting the dwindling manufacturing landscape in Australia, David Harrison speaks with designers Gary Galego, Adam Cornish and Adam Goodrum about how they are working within these shrinking parameters.  On the other side of the Tasman, Scott Bridgens, … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/manufacturing-in-australia-rethinking-the-process/feed/ 0