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/arduino-open-source-and-curiosity-a-14-year-olds-journey/ http://www.dhub.org/arduino-open-source-and-curiosity-a-14-year-olds-journey/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:18:41 +0000 Isaac Leung http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014368

FOURTEEN year old Aidan Bray will be presenting a Master Class on the Arduino at the Powerhouse Museum, as part of the Vivid Sydney Ideas program. The “Master Class in Reverse” program, according to Lily Katakouzinos, the manager of contemporary … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/arduino-open-source-and-curiosity-a-14-year-olds-journey/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/nouvel-and-gehry-in-the-hood/ http://www.dhub.org/nouvel-and-gehry-in-the-hood/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:59:10 +0000 Charles Pickett http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014317

The first new building at the Central Park development on Broadway is making progress. Watching it is a bit different from following the progress of most new buildings – it’s literally growing, not just figuratively so. French botanist Patrick Blanc … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/nouvel-and-gehry-in-the-hood/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/the-makoko-floating-school-project/ http://www.dhub.org/the-makoko-floating-school-project/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:08:43 +0000 Aja Stuart http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014237

In a world where changing climate conditions are seeing the rise of sea levels and increased rainfall, disadvantaged waterfront communities are bearing the brunt of consequent flooding and land loss. Makoko, the largest informal settlement in Lagos, Nigeria, is one … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/the-makoko-floating-school-project/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/capithetical-winners/ http://www.dhub.org/capithetical-winners/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:56:25 +0000 http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014275

The four winning propositions for the CAPITheticAL competition for a hypothetical Australian capital were announced on 14 March. The CAPITheticAL competition, for the design of a hypothetical Australian capital, announced its winners on 14 March at the Gallery of Australian Design. … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/capithetical-winners/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/a-piece-by-potter-shigekazu-nagae-comes-to-life/ http://www.dhub.org/a-piece-by-potter-shigekazu-nagae-comes-to-life/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:41:14 +0000 Kim Min-Jung http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014210

Forms in Succession #5, porcelain sculpture created by Japanese potter Shigekazu Nagae dances beautifully in this video. The paper ‘look-alike’ form evokes the aesthetics of origami – the art of Japanese paper-folding. Made by using a slip-cast technique the material speaks … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/a-piece-by-potter-shigekazu-nagae-comes-to-life/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/get-your-art-and-craft-facts/ http://www.dhub.org/get-your-art-and-craft-facts/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:33:26 +0000 http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014162

Just released by the Australia Council for the Arts is Art Facts, the new home for statistics about Australian arts. Here you will find a range of facts about visual arts and craft in Australia and the latest trends to watch out … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/get-your-art-and-craft-facts/feed/ 0 http://www.dhub.org/oscar-and-reuben/ http://www.dhub.org/oscar-and-reuben/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:57:32 +0000 Charles Pickett http://www.dhub.org/?p=1014134

The recent death of Oscar Niemeyer attracted glowing tributes from around the world. As well as being truly venerable (104 years old) and extraordinarily prolific (about 400 projects), Niemeyer (or just Oscar as he is usually known in Brazil) was the last of the … Continue reading →]]> http://www.dhub.org/oscar-and-reuben/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