Keith Hensel was principal designer at Breville, and previously a designer with Sunbeam and Nielsen Design Associates. For more than 20 years he had been involved in designing household products from lighting to kettles, toasters to toothbrushes. Hensel’s designs have … Continue reading
Rohan Nicol is a Wagga Wagga based designer with a craft background and a new design enterprise, Lucelux, which launched in 2009. Bridging the gap between manufacturing and design in Australia, Rohan has established an alliance with local manufacturer Precision … Continue reading
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
Like everyone over the past week we have also taken stock of the last twelve months. There are always some ups and downs but somehow we got through and all our design friends have helped make this a great year. … 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
Say hello to some of the hot designers from the 2012 Young Blood Designers Markets. 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
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
Founder of Black Star Pastry, Chris Thé, invited a group of emerging local designers to create a collection of bespoke eating implements. Continue reading
A really enjoyable part of my job as producer of the Craft Punk programs at the Powerhouse Museum is finding young designers who can adapt their creative ideas to designing projects around a particular theme. These projects are then offered to … Continue reading
Twenty year old Monash University student Enzo Kocak has been chosen as the only Australian from a field of 1,300 entrants, to present his design concept to a jury of expert designers in London in September as part of the Electrolux Design Lab competition. Continue reading
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
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
The search is on for the best designed products on the Australian market. Continue reading
Listen to Cynthia E. Smith, a curator at New York’s Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, discuss the exhibition ‘Design for the Other 90%’. Continue reading
A waterless urinal and a clever peg are just two examples of clever innovation and design on display in the Australian Design Awards exhibition. Continue reading
Detailed case studies of seven industrial design groups with video interviews. Continue reading