Welcome to D*Hub’s ‘Loves’ column. We’ve invited design lovers to share their favourite object in the Powerhouse Museum Collection. Trent Jansen is an award winning Australian designer. Trent Jansen loves … I really like Ragnar Hansen’s Tea and Coffee set because … Continue reading
There may not be a design solution for winter but as the temperature starts to drop, I can’t help but covet cosy designs like Patricia Urquiola’s Mangas rugs produced by Spanish company, Gandia Blasco. Inspired by a knitted sleeve, Ms … Continue reading
“Design is the purposeful, technical, imaginative, thought process that shapes our country, helps our lives and fills our GDP. It is, in short, a life-enhancing activity.” His Excellency Michael Bryce AM AE Design is in everything we do and come … Continue reading
State Library creates a new online home for design thinking State Library of Queensland has launched Design Online, a new public web space for exchanging ideas and generating knowledge around design in the Asia Pacific. State Librarian Janette Wright said design … Continue reading
It is again that time of the year when cycling greats take to the impossible Alps of France and battle it out over three weeks to determine who shall be deemed ‘King of the Mountains’ or polka-dot jersey, green jersey … Continue reading
This September MUD Australia will open their first international store, founder Shelley Simpson talks about retail, the hand made and the business of creativity. Continue reading
Designer Tom Skeehan talks about what inspires him, his love of Japanese design and creating playful functional objects. Continue reading
Three designers from Workshopped 2012 dicuss their work, design influences and Powerhouse Museum favourites. Continue reading
Having returned from the agIDEAS conference in Melbourne, it is one phrase that resonates – ‘the future of civilisation is a common design problem’. Of course, I’m quoting David Berman, the Canadian graphic designer and author of Do Good Design. … Continue reading
The British Council has announced the 14 shortlisted participants, who will take part in the third year of ACCELERATE – a unique career-building experience for Indigenous Australians working in the creative industries. This year, judges from Australia’s arts funding bodies joined … Continue reading
Design critic, Alice Rawsthorn, believes design is one of the most powerful tools at our disposal to empower ourselves and other people by changing the way we live. Last week, Rawsthorn gave the keynote lecture at the event ‘7 Kinds … Continue reading
‘Broached Commissions’ is one of the most unusual specimens to have emerged from the antipodean design-world in recent years. The newly-established collective (2010) consists of five regular members – Lou Weis (the founder), Vincent Aiello (production advisor), Charles Wilson, Adam … Continue reading
What better place than the Powerhouse Museum to contemplate our future. The Museum’s vast collection has archived over 200 years of Australian related history. By looking to our collection and exhibitions we are able to determine where we have come … Continue reading
This massive work of art was created by artist Janet Echelman and features in the Love Lace exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum. Placed between the Town Hall of Sydney and the Woolworths building in the centre of the city as … Continue reading
This question will be at the heart of discussions at an upcoming symposium in Sydney. The event titled ‘7 Kinds of Happiness: Conversations on Design and Emotion’ is curated by Melbourne-based design studio, The Office for Good Design and will … Continue reading
Nostalgic, elegant, tacky, cheerful, tasteless, complex and superficial, it was everything and nothing. It was far more an attitude than an aesthetic searching to disrupt. Today postmodernism has become the movement we love to hate. Yet postmodernism gave us the … Continue reading
A few brightly lit, vinyl stencilled shopfronts give a small hint of the design momentum developing inside a few council owned buildings on Sydney’s once vital Oxford Street. In October 2011 the City of Sydney called for Expressions of Interest … Continue reading
Using the crowdfunding website, Pozible, the Australian Design Alliance (AdA) has launched a national fundraising campaign to raise money to create a national design policy. The Australian Design Alliance (AdA) is the alliance of peak professional organisations that represent designers … Continue reading
20 years is a long time in design. When Marc Newson was commissioned to create a chair for a Powerhouse exhibition in 1988 there was no ‘brand Newson’, no headline-making sales records, no globally-renowned manufacturers beating a path to his … Continue reading
Trent Jansen designs chairs, stools and accessories for bikes, among other things. He designs when he thinks there’s a need to design. He has won numerous awards including the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award in 2008. He is a conceptual … Continue reading
Welcome to D*Hub’s new ‘Loves’ column. We’ve invited design lovers to share their favourite object in the Powerhouse Museum Collection. Fenella Kernebone is a long-time fan of great design and is first to share what she loves most in the Museum’s … Continue reading
2012 marks a new chapter in the story of Electrolux Design Lab as it enters its tenth year. Electrolux therefore invited design students globally to create a special anniversary logo for the concept. The competition has been conducted in collaboration … Continue reading
Liane Rossler is most well known as a co-founder of iconic Australian design company, Dinosaur Designs (with Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy). Last year Rossler left the company she had spent 25 years with and is now working across a very … Continue reading
Through market capitalisation analysis Apple Inc. is now identified as the largest corporation in the world. Apple’s first product was launched in 1976. Despite being on its knees prior to the introduction of the first iMac in 1998, it has … Continue reading
When you intern with a radical thinker like Gijs Bakker, you would expect to undergo some kind of liberating realisation. This is exactly what happened to Tasman Munro who was the winner of the Design NSW Travelling Scholarship in 2010. The … Continue reading
A new computer the size of a credit card and less than the cost of a cover for an iPhone is set to create a revolution in classrooms around the world. The Raspberry Pi is $35 computer with no keyboard, … Continue reading
Celebrities have recently discovered a power in associating with design. Madonna as usual has displayed her inimitable ability to be at the vanguard by using Marc Newson’s Lockheed Lounge in her music video for ‘Rain’ in 1993. The lounge makes … Continue reading
A recent post in Dhub pointed to new directions in robotics. Flying drones constructed an architectural model out of foam blocks for the ‘vertical village’ that will be located in the rural area of Meuse in France. The brief video … Continue reading
The biggest name in architecture will be the subject of a major exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum. Australia’s first major exhibition devoted to the work of Le Corbusier will celebrate the work of the most influential architect of the twentieth … Continue reading
Memories and food are often entwined. Like Marcel Proust and his Aunt Léonie and her lime blossom madeleines, Korean-Australian artist Joungmee Do’s memories are closely linked to the food she ate as a child. She explores her own personal memories … Continue reading
These ramekins were mass produced by Martin Boyd Potteries, a company established in 1946 by Guy Martin Boyd (a member of Australia’s artistic/literary Boyd family) and Norma Flegg. When new, the ramekins were valued for their fresh appearance and solid … Continue reading
Frame, wheels, pedals, seat: the formula for a making a bicycle has remained relatively steady throughout time. Sequins, dog house, golden leaf, bamboo: these are just a few examples of the immense diversity of material components and varied compositions of this creation which have resulted in some very obscure and often peculiar designs of this enduring invention.
2012 AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS: The search is on for the best design in the world. An open invitation welcomes entries of professionally designed products and services into Australia’s most esteemed design award. Entries open 1 February 2012. Continue reading
Be it a pop-up cinema in Hackney, East London, a newspaper’s foray into iPad apps or a wind-propelled Landmine Detonator which cost $40 to produce; the list of Designs of the Year 2012 from the Design Museum, London highlights a refreshing diversity of global design talent. Continue reading
Adrian Franklin’s new book, published in association with the Powerhouse Museum, is a guide to mid-twentieth century design. In this extract he looks at the humble coffee table. If there is one item of furniture that is completely modern, it … Continue reading
Turning their noses up to ‘good taste’, mashing up art deco, kitsch and pop art, the Memphis Group had a radical attitude and an undeniable impact on design internationally when it emerged more than 30 years ago.
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More than a platform for extraordinary athletic feats, the Olympic Games have become a Cultural Olympiad whose purpose is to display the hosting nation’s cultural economy on a global scale. It’s a platform for designers to realise challenging architecture, make … Continue reading
This battered leather briefcase, housing a circuit board, cassette player and removable keyboard, seems an unlikely beginning to one of the great success stories of the modern age. The Apple 1 computer was the first product designed and manufactured by … Continue reading
In this interview, Joan-Maree Hargreaves speaks to Henry Wilson about his interest in imitation, ethical design and the design process that guides him. Continue reading
This year’s Sydney Design has come to a close, connecting people and creating meaningful dialogue around design issues.
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