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Tamara Maynes has had a productive year, taking her Quilt Light to Milan Design Week and London Design Festival 2012 as part of the Supercyclers collective exhibition. I thought it an opportune time to catch-up with Tamara and find out … Continue reading
Do you like the colour green? That’s lucky because Pantone has given the green light: Emerald is the official Colour of the Year for 2013. Here is what it looks like: For more than a decade, Pantone has been selecting … Continue reading
COFA Annual 2012 showcased the works of the next generation of fine artists, media artists and designers. More than 300 COFA graduating students displayed their works in many disciplines: animation, ceramics, drawing, digital imaging, environments, graphics, installation, interactive media, jewellery, motion … Continue reading
Speaking at a roundtable discussion with design festival organisers from around the world, Chairman of the London Design Festival, Sir John Sorrell, said that major changes in the way humans live have been affected by our journey from an agricultural … Continue reading
Three designers from Workshopped 2012 dicuss their work, design influences and Powerhouse Museum favourites. Continue reading
Sketching the careers of pioneers in the field of Australian industrial design, historian Michael Bogle explores the design partnership of Joyce and Selwyn Coffey of Melbourne-based Kempthorne Lighting (est. 1931). 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
Alex Lotersztain presents his talk, ‘Working between global manufacturing and encouraging village industries’, at the ‘Smart works’ symposium at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, on 31 March 2007. Continue reading
Karim Rashid is a Canadian-born, New York-based designer who has designed it all. From an award-winning rubbish bin to jewellery, mobile phones, furniture and futuristic concept environments, Rashid lives and breathes design. Continue reading
Ruth McDermott is making her mark in Australian design through innovative lighting design and installations. Continue reading
A champion of fresh ideas and material research, Achille Castiglioni took familiar shapes and transformed them into some of today’s most sought after design icons. Continue reading