A fresh look at lace Margie Borschke (added: 26/10/2009)
Contemporary artists and designers find new uses for an age-old tradition....

Ties with tradition: Macedonian apron designs Lindie Ward, Curator, Design and Society, Powerhouse Museum (added: 07/09/2009)
A dazzling array of handwoven Macedonian aprons from the Ohrid, Bitola and surrounding areas are currently on show at the Powerhouse Museum. Curator Lindie Ward gives some background to the project....

Australian Design Unit (added: 02/09/2009)
A new resource that assists designers with getting down to business....

dhub talks to designboom Jane Latief, Education and Program Development, Powerhouse Museum (added: 21/08/2009)
The first Australian 'designboom mart' was staged at the Powerhouse Museum in August, as part of Sydney Design 08. Designboom co-founder Birgit Lohmann explains how the marts bring design to the people. ...

Young Blood: Designers Market at SD09 (added: 20/07/2009)
Young Blood: Designers Market moves to the Museum's magnificent Turbine Hall for Sydney's biggest annual design event, Sydney Design 09. ...

Craft·design blog (added: 16/06/2009)
Youth@craft·design is an online forum on creating and making a living in the arts today. ...

Eat Green Design joins Sydney Design 09 (added: 04/06/2009)
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....

Comic book hero Stephen Lacey (added: 15/04/2009)
The winner of the 2008 Design NSW: Travelling Scholarship has been announced....

Starting A New Sentence About Australian Design Anne Brennan (added: 15/04/2009)
This article discusses the reference to 'the old dichotomy between hand and mind that dogs the art/craft debate' ... but, as always with Cohn, there’s more to get here than what you see. Has the handmade object worn out its aura, redolent with the dignity of human labour and a clutch of positive aesthetic values, and now reduced to nothing more than a wank? And, if so, wha...

Unique Inspiration Cate Brown (added: 15/04/2009)
A discussion of the Westfield Style Pasifika Award with particular reference to Tallulah Filloy and traditional Maori culture....

Making It In China (added: 15/04/2009)
When it comes to the design scene - whether it's fashion, homewares or furniture - China is, and has been for years now, the name on everyone's lips. Michelle Hespe speaks to Australian designers about the pros and cons of manufacturing in China....

Pattern Recognition Rhana Devenport (added: 29/03/2009)
Australian and New Zealand designers discover exciting and diverse manifestations of pattern....

Australian designers at work (added: 24/02/2009)
Understand different aspects of a designer's profile and apply it to your own design project. ...

Electronic swatchbook (added: 12/12/2008)
Use this swatchbook of fabrics as part of your design project....

What's in store? (added: 10/12/2008)
Use teachers notes to explore Australia's retail history, in terms of architecture, design and technology and creative arts. ...

Inspired! Design Across Time (added: 10/12/2008)
Understand the impact of design, technology and cultural history on everyday objects with this education kit developed alongside the Inspired! exhibition....

Modern times: the untold story of modernism in Australia (added: 09/12/2008)
An education kit with teachers notes to complement the 'Modern times' exhibition....

The Powerhouse Wizard (added: 03/12/2008)
Design wins in the 2008 Powerhouse Wizard Award....

Stories from behind the stalls Janson Hews, design education officer, Powerhouse Museum (added: 01/10/2008)
Young Blood: Designers Market is a showcase of fresh design talent. Read the stories of some of the people behind the stalls and get inspired to apply for a stall in December. ...

Realise your dream - call for entries (added: 17/06/2008)
The British Council is once again calling for Australia’s best young creatives to enter the 2008 Realise Your Dream award....

Yuka Oyama’s Schmuck Quickies Melinda Young (added: 12/06/2008)
Berlin-based Japanese jeweller Yuka Oyama was at the Powerhouse Museum in August for Sydney Design 07. Melinda Young gives a background on Oyama's performance based jewellery practice....

Premier's Design Awards 2008 - Entries open (added: 10/04/2008)
Be recognised as a designer of excellence in Victoria....

Project Springboard - entrepreneurship for designers (added: 27/03/2008)
Springboard announces the successful applicants for Stage One....

Sydney Design Guide (added: 17/12/2007)
The ultimate guide to all that there is to love about Sydney....

Florence Broadhurst Philippa Rossiter, Reference Librarian, Research Library, Powerhouse Museum (added: 22/11/2007)
A short biography of her lives....

Florence Broadhurst’s fabulous foils Anne-Marie Van de Ven, curator, visual communication design and photography, Powerhouse Museum (added: 09/11/2007)
Anne-Marie Van de Ven writes about the extraordinary output of Florence Broadhurst Wallpapers and the Broadhurst collection at the Powerhouse Museum....

Douglas Annand Gabrielle Eade (added: 05/11/2007)
Douglas Annand (1903 - 1976) was an Australian artist and designer who made his mark during the mid-20th century. Although he was predominantly known for his graphic art and design skills, Annand also worked prolifically using a broad range of techniques and media, including metal, glass, watercolour, sculpture and textiles. ...

True Design: a digital storytelling project (added: 11/10/2007)
In June this year we invited a number of designers to participate in a digital storytelling project, which was launched and showcased during Sydney Design 07. ...

Marian Hosking Grace Cochrane (added: 03/09/2007)
‘Extending possibilities that industry offers …’...

Jennifer Robertson Grace Cochrane (added: 03/09/2007)
‘Mixing skills and traditions … ’...

Vivienne Jablonski Rigel Sorzano (added: 03/09/2007)
‘Fabric is pattern, from structure to surface.’ ...

Vixen Australia Glynis Jones (added: 03/09/2007)
‘We can … inspire a narrative, an imaginative reverie.’...

Elke Kramer in True Design: a digital storytelling project Emily Howes (added: 08/08/2007)
Elke Kramer’s creative practice defies pigeon-holing, wandering as it does between jewellery design, illustration, art direction, textile design, clothing, graphics, multimedia, merchandising, concept engineering and anything else she concocts or comes across. ...

Caravana talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 06/08/2007)
Kirsten Ainsworth and Cathy Braid talk about the development of their fashion label, Caravana, in 'Fashion: working with women's groups in Pakistan' at the 'Smart works' symposium at the Powerhouse Museum on 30 March 2007....

Liz Williamson talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 06/08/2007)
Liz Williamson presents her talk, 'Weaving: Jacquard and handwoven - Australia, Canada, India' at the 'Smart works' symposium at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, on 30 March 2007....

Georgia Chapman talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 06/08/2007)
Georgia Chapman presents her talk, 'Designing and producing original fabrics: changing technologies' at the 'Smart works' symposium at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, on 31 March 2007. ...

Blanche Tilden and Phoebe Porter talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 06/08/2007)
Blanche Tilden and Phoebe Porter of Studio Hacienda present their talk, 'Jewellery: industry as inspiration - making, mentorship, collaboration' at the 'Smart works' symposium at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney on 31 March 2007. ...

Miranda Brown talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 06/08/2007)
Miranda Brown presents her talk, 'Vision and values: keeping the handmade alive' at the 'Smart works' symposium at the Powerhouse Museum on 1 April 2007. ...

Stephen Ormandy talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium Ormandy, Dinosaur Designs, craft, design, Smartworks, resin, jewellery, homewares, handmade, casting (added: 06/08/2007)
Stephen Ormandy, of Dinosaur Designs, presents his talk, 'Handmade in a global marketplace' at the 'Smart works' symposium at the Powerhouse Museum on 1 April 2007. ...

Final session of 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 06/08/2007)
Closing discussion of 'Smart works' symposium in which panel of participants were asked to consider the a number of issues/questions arising out of the symposium....

Liz Williamson (added: 25/07/2007)
‘Exploring surface through structure …’...

Cooper-Hewitt announces winners of Eighth Annual National Design Awards (added: 17/06/2007)
The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum celebrates outstanding achievement in design with its annual National Design Awards. ...

Design Quarter talk: Caravana (added: 07/06/2007)
Cathy Braid and Kirsten Ainsworth tell the story of their renowned fashion label, Caravana....

Donna-May Bolinger Catherine Reade (added: 22/05/2007)
‘Leather … malleable and sensual, durable yet delicate.’ ...

Smart works - already an ism Emily Howes (added: 22/05/2007)
Emily Howes reports on the recent Smart works symposium, held at the Powerhouse Museum....

Ray Costarella Glynis Jones (added: 17/05/2007)
‘Be patient … let the textiles communicate a new future.’...

Miranda Brown (added: 16/05/2007)
‘Balance between inspiration and sustainability…’...

Caravana (added: 14/05/2007)
‘Women who were silent transformed into strong characters’ (Cathy Braid and Kirsten Ainsworth, 2006)...

Designer guilt: why sustainable design matters Margie Borschke (added: 01/05/2007)
Is it really all Philippe Starck’s fault? When the superstar designer appeared on the cover of 'Icon Magazine' with a headline that read: ‘I Killed Design’, a London-based product strategy consultant, Kevin McCullagh, aired the design world’s dirty laundry, admitting that a backlash was brewing in the face of design’s fashionable profile. ...

The power and pleasure of objects (added: 26/03/2007)
Over 800 objects from the Powerhouse Museum's extensive decorative arts and design collection are on display in the exhibition 'Inspired! Design across time'. ...

Akira Isogawa (added: 23/03/2007)
‘I love the way Akira responds to the abstraction of dance’ (Graeme Murphy, Sydney Dance Company) ...

Jill Kinnear (added: 23/03/2007)
‘Emigration has defined my life'...

Studio Hacienda (added: 23/03/2007)
‘Making jewellery that means something …’ (Blanche Tilden and Phoebe Porter, 2006) ...

Dinosaur Designs (added: 23/03/2007)
‘Handmade production …’...

Freestyle: new Australian design for living Brian Parkes (added: 15/03/2007)
Object Gallery and Melbourne Museum have collaborated to develop a landmark travelling exhibition of contemporary Australian design. ...

Caravana Christina Sumner, Curator Decorative Arts and Design, Powerhouse Museum (added: 01/02/2007)
The fashion label Caravana is a highlight in the forthcoming 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium, exhibition and book....

Co[ ]ect (added: 22/01/2007)
Australian Contemporary prepares to take the work of four outstanding craft practitioners to London in February 2007....

Massive Change (added: 10/01/2007)
Join the global movement to harness the power and promise of design....

Craftivity: 40 projects for the DIY lifestyle Lily Katakouzinos (added: 10/01/2007)
Tap into the heart of your creativity with this fun collection of crafty projects compiled by Tsia Carson, founder of supernaturale.com...

Tokyo Recycle Project #15 Helen Whitty and Maki Taguchi, Powerhouse Museum (added: 10/01/2007)
Japanese designers breathe new life into fashion cast-offs and sentimental favourites in their Museum workshop....

The cutting edge: fashion from Japan Louise Mitchell, Curator, International Decorative Arts and Design (added: 09/01/2007)
Radical and conceptual, challenging and uncompromising, functional and sometimes incomprehensible, fashion from Japan demands attention....

Remembering Rowe Street Andrew Lawrence, Interactive Producer (added: 14/12/2006)
A website that celebrates one of Bohemian Sydney’s most famous landmarks....

Sourcing the muse (added: 11/12/2006)
Explore the creative process, from inspiration to creation, with eight Australian fashion designers....

Tricks of the stage (added: 29/11/2006)
From Velcro to gaffer tape, find out some of the tricks of the stage and the ways they impact on costume, prop and set design. ...

The business of fashion (added: 29/11/2006)
Three Australian designers, Juliana Foong from High Tea with Mrs Woo, Kirrily Johnston and Kate Hurst, give an insider’s view of Fashion Week. ...

China and the global design community (added: 29/11/2006)
Douglas Tomkin, Robert Foster and David Knott talk about China and the global design community....

Textile treasure trove (added: 29/11/2006)
The museum's collection of fashion swatchbooks available online....

Australian designers at work (added: 23/11/2006)
An educational resource that explores the design process....

WETA Workshop (added: 23/11/2006)
Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger from New Zealand’s acclaimed Weta Workshop talk about special effects and The Lord of the Rings films....

Australia Innovates (added: 23/11/2006)
An online guide to innovation in Australia's industries....

COFA Online - Enrich (added: 06/11/2006)
Courses in art and design online....

Stepping Out Louise Mitchell (added: 11/08/2006)
From its beginnings in the aftermath of Sydney's International Exhibition in 1879, the Powerhouse Museum has had a broad collecting scope. In its early years a diverse range of artefacts was gathered to provide a collection based on industry and commerce which would serve an educational role. The proximity of a shoemaking course at the neighbouring Sydney Technical College...