What does a chair symbolise’ Does it evoke thoughts and emotions’ Does it represent a time in your life’ Or is it simply just another object’ Continue reading
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Imagine a bike rack so enticing you just can’t wait to ride up and park your bike against it. Continue reading
“The Hand’s Thought”, a product design competition sponsered by Bosch and EXPOnenti, has been extended and the conditions of participation amended. Continue reading
‘At Studio Castiglioni in Milan, Giovanna Castiglioni and her mother have opened up the doors to her father’s studio allowing the public into rooms overflowing with drawings, models, prototypes and objects” HEIDI DOKULIL INTERVIEWS GIOVANNA CASTIGLIONI Continue reading
Finalists for the Powerhouse International Lace Award have now been chosen by five international and Australian judges. From an outstanding field of 700 entries, the chosen designs feature a broad scope of philosophies, techniques and materials from 22 countries around the globe. Continue reading
Tasmanian designer, Brodie Neill, is recognised internationally for the bold, smooth, fluid and sculptural forms of his limited edition and production pieces of furniture and lighting. This young, energetic designer enthuses about creating and working in the 3D digital design world. Continue reading
After the recent revolution in Egypt, a competition has been established to commemorate the events of January 25 – February 11, 2011 with a special call to dialogue towards design. Continue reading
The annual Brit Insurance Designs of the Year awards, presented by London’s Design Museum, is on again. Now in its fourth year, the awards celebrate the past 12 months of design in the fields of architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactives and transport. Category winners have already been announced and the overall winner was revealed at an awards dinner on 15th March, 2011. Continue reading
craft + design enquiry is currently calling for papers that relate to the theme of ‘relational craft and design’. Continue reading
Craft Australia and the ACDC (Australian Craft and Design Centres) network sit along with ten other design and creative arts peak bodies to represent a new national alliance: the Australian Design Alliance (AdA). The combined membership is in excess of 20,000 members representing almost 80,000 design practitioners. His Excellency Michael Bryce AM AE launched its first national meeting with one hundred of Australia’s leading designers, architects, planners, educators and policy makers in the Utzon Room at the Sydney Opera House on 3 September 2010. Continue reading
A red dress hangs in my wardrobe, I have not worn it for years, but I cannot bring myself to throw it out. Normally, I follow the ‘one year’ rule and ditch things after I have not worn them for a year, but this ‘ along with my wedding dress and a couple of other items ‘ survives the cull year after year. Too many happy memories are captured in its folds. Occasionally I take it out, and try it on again. It transports me back to another time, another place. My body remembers this garment. Continue reading
MAGAZ is the Middle East’s foremost magazine of design spanning architecture, urbanism and landscape, interiors, furniture and product design, industrial design, visual communication and fashion. Continue reading
At a recent fundraiser event and farewell for the President of Trustees of the Powerhouse Museum, Dr Nicholas Pappas, Director Dr Dawn Casey delivered an important speech for the Museum’s revitalisation plans which are now underway. This article provides a full transcribe of that speech with a main summary outline of the plans. Continue reading
The theme for Sydney Design 2010 was ‘Tell Us a Story’. In this article by the Powerhouse Museum’s Contemporary Programs Manager, Lily Katakouzinos, we learn more about the origins of this theme, its success and how it translated throughout the full breadth of exhibitions, programs, speakers and activities offered throughout the 16-day long festival. Continue reading
Oprah and Frank are in town this week. Last week it was Anne and Jake and as Jake told the media, Sydney is just like New York with celebs buzzing through constantly. I missed out on Oprah, Anne and Jake. I didn’t even catch up with Becks the other week. But I did get to be in the same airspace as Frank when he was unveiling his concept for the new Dr Chau Chak Wing Business School at UTS. Continue reading
Among the reasons we are so universally attracted to glass as a material are its transparency, its playful ability to capture, reflect or refract light, its capacity to render colours particularly clear and vibrant, and the mystery that still enshrouds the complex and varied art-glass making processes. The ancient glassmakers’ skills, some almost lost but revived time and again, are an inherent part of the magic of glass. And while we no longer link glass making with the medieval alchemist, we remain spellbound by the virtuosity of human hands that give glass formal beauty. Continue reading
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
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
About a year ago it became official: new Australian houses are the biggest in the world. In Sydney new houses average a whopping 260 square metres of floor space. The ‘Australian dream’ of suburban home ownership is regarded as a defining aspect of modern Australia ‘ but how did it get so out of control’ How did the Aussie battler become proud custodian of a mansion, even one satirised as a Mcmansion’ Continue reading
The 2010 winner of the Design NSW: Travelling Scholarship is Tasman Munro, who is the perfect mix of humanitarian worker and roving urban street artist. By day, he works for industrial designer Christian Tietz at Designlab Oceania, solving indigenous housing and health problems. By night, he roams rooftops and warehouses with musicians and artist friends to create live community performances. 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
The recent acquisition of a chair designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1927 marks a significant addition to the Powerhouse Museum’s collection of Modernist furniture. 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
An innovative and sustainable range of jewellery takes out this year’s Design NSW: Travelling Scholarship. Continue reading
Paul Cocksedge Studio is the internationally acclaimed design practice of Paul Cocksedge and Joana Pinho, based in London. The Studio is dedicated to building a sophisticated portfolio of some of the most inventive pieces and projects in contemporary design. Nicole Bearman interviewed Paul before his arrival in Sydney as the international guest speaker for Sydney Design 09. 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
Smart works: design and the handmade was a craft and design exhibition held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney in 2007. Jenny Deves spoke with the curator Grace Cochrane about the development of the exhibition. 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
Australian and New Zealand designers discover exciting and diverse manifestations of pattern. 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
Swatches or small samples of fabric have been collected and compiled in the form of swatchbooks for at least 300 years. The Powerhouse Museum has several volumes containing thousands of bright, unfaded samples of fashionable fabric designs, braids and laces ranging from the 1830s to the 1990s. The Museum’s electronic swatchbook site contains samples from the 1890s through to the 1920s. Continue reading
Use teachers notes to explore Australia’s retail history, in terms of architecture, design and technology and creative arts. Continue reading