Eat Green Design Joan-Maree Hargreaves (added: 21/10/2009)
When sustainable design is the objective, it seems collaboration is the underpinning component to a successful outcome. ...

A new design for a new age Dr Paul Donnelly, Curator, Design and Society, Powerhouse Museum (added: 07/09/2009)
The recent acquisition of a chair designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1927 marks a significant addition to the Powerhouse Museum's collection of Modernist furniture....

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. ...

Travel bugs Stephen Lacey (added: 20/08/2009)
The Design NSW: Travelling Scholarship can be the start of a brilliant career....

Paul Cocksedge Studio: intelligent design Nicole Bearman (added: 05/08/2009)
Paul Cocksedge Studio is the internationally acclaimed design practice of Paul Cocksedge and Joana Pinho, based in London. The Studio is dedicated to building a sophisticated portfolio of some of the most inventive pieces and projects in contemporary design. Nicole Bearman interviewed Paul before his arrival in Sydney as the international guest speaker for Sydney Design 09...

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....

Design NSW - meet the finalists Stephen Lacey (added: 02/06/2009)
The inaugural Design NSW: Travelling Scholarship attracted an extremely high calibre of entries from across the state. Meet the top four....

Fostering Design: Drawing on a Pool of Raw Talent Merryn Gates (added: 28/04/2009)
To find out how F!NK and Co has prospered over the past ten years Merryn Gates spoke with founder Robert Foster about production, mentorships and the integrity of design....

Diary of the 2008 Design NSW: Travelling Scholarship winner (added: 27/04/2009)
Graphic novel and literary comic book creator Matt Huynh used the inaugural Design NSW: Travelling Scholarship to fund an overseas sabbatical in Tokyo, the UK and New York city....

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

Grace Cochrane: Smart Works: Design and the Handmade (added: 15/04/2009)
Smart works: design and the handmade was a craft and design exhibition held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney in 2007. Jenny Deves spoke with the curator Grace Cochrane about the development of the exhibition. ...

See the World Through Design (added: 15/04/2009)
Not so much a museum as a research centre for design, the recently opened 21_21 DESIGN SITE reminds us why Tokyo does all things design so well. With Issey Miyake, Taku Satoh and Naoto Fukasawa as its directors, and a building designed by architect Tadeo Ando, expectations were always going to be high. With one exhibition already under its belt and another on the way, 21_2...

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....

Ecologic: Creating a Sustainable Future (added: 10/12/2008)
Use this education kit to see how clever design can minimise the consumption of materials, use less energy and reduce waste....

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. ...

Kings Cinema (added: 10/12/2008)
Use these teachers notes alongside the Kings cinema exhibition to learn about the film industry in Australia from 1900 onwards....

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....

Call for entries - Australian International Design Awards (added: 01/10/2008)
The search is on for the best designed products on the Australian market....

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....

The Zaishu project Kate Bezar, Dumbo feather (added: 12/06/2008)
Australian designer Matt Butler has been creating a sensation with his Zaishus. These highly desirable flat-pack stools now represent a collaborative project that continues to bring together some of the country's most creative minds....

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....

Beyond Art, The Challenge of Exhibiting Architecture Fleur Watson (added: 05/03/2008)
Fleur Watson writes about the history and evolution of architecture exhibitions and the role of the curator....

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

Khai Liew: Expressive minimalism Anne Watson, Curator, Architecture & Design, Powerhouse Museum (added: 03/12/2007)
Anne Watson discusses aesthetics and inspiration in the work of furniture designer Khai Liew....

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. ...

I've got you (under my skin) Nanette Carter (added: 05/10/2007)
Nanette Carter discusses Dutch designer Jurgen Bey's knack for transforming the banal and useful into the engaging and desirable....

Droog - the design tells the story Cathy Netherwood (added: 05/10/2007)
Since being launched on an unsuspecting public in 1993, the Dutch design collective Droog has subverted the sacred tenets of modern design while providing a few laughs for good measure. But behind the light-hearted irony of many Droog objects, there’s a serious questioning of contemporary design, consumerism and the role of the designer. ...

Clever design Angelique Hutchison, Curator, Product Design (added: 04/09/2007)
A waterless urinal and a clever peg are just two examples of clever innovation and design on display in the Australian Design Awards exhibition....

Ernabella Arts Inc. Grace Cochrane (added: 03/09/2007)
‘Tradition to the market place …’ ...

Fieldmark Hilary Pedersen (added: 03/09/2007)
‘This is where wool ought to be.’...

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

David Trubridge talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 31/08/2007)
David Trubridge presents his talk, 'The hand that guides the mouse' at the 'Smart works' symposium at the Powerhouse Museum on 31 March 2007. ...

Pamille Berg talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 10/08/2007)
Pamille Berg presents her talk, 'Indigenous artists and project-specific interior design for rug commissions' at the 'Smart works' symposium at the Powerhouse Museum on 31 March 2007....

Jon Goulder talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 06/08/2007)
Jon Goulder presents his talk, 'The STAK stool story: maker to manufacture' at the 'Smart works' symposium at the Powerhouse Museum on 30 March 2007....

Alex Lotersztain talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 06/08/2007)
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....

Jill Kinnear talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 06/08/2007)
Jill Kinnear presents her talk, 'Design, diversity and digital printing: the journey of a textile practice from beginnings to baggage X-rays', at the 'Smart works' symposium at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, on 31 March 2007. ...

Douglas Lloyd Jenkins talk at 'Smart works: design and the handmade' symposium (added: 06/08/2007)
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins presents his talk, 'New Zealand Design and the secret history of Middle Earth' 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....

Korban Flaubert in True Design: a digital storytelling project Emily Howes (added: 03/08/2007)
Janos Korban and Stefanie Flaubert, in partnership as Korban/Flaubert, approach design like a pair of mad scientists, where a row of bubbling test tubes might be as appropriate a design tool as pencils and paper. ...

Rod Bamford (added: 25/07/2007)
‘Compromise … can lead to a fresh solution’...

Jonathan Baskett (added: 25/07/2007)
‘Based on trust and professional communication …’...

David Trubridge (added: 25/07/2007)
‘Not the object itself but its message …’...

Janet DeBoos Grace Cochrane (added: 25/07/2007)
‘I now know that I am thrilled by repetition.’...

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. ...

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....

Rex Heathcote Astrid Wootton (added: 21/05/2007)
‘Promoting a skills base in a regional area …’...

Striding out (added: 10/05/2007)
Sydney-based design duo Korban/Flaubert strengthen their international profile with exhibitions around the globe....

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'. ...

Jon Goulder (added: 25/03/2007)
See the work of Jon Goulder in the new exhibition Smart works: design and the handmade. ...

Modernism & Australia: Documents on Art, Design and Architecture 1917-1967 Ann Stephen, Andrew McNamara, Philip Goad (added: 25/03/2007)
This first anthology of modernist art, design and architecture in Australia reveals the raw nerves that modernism exposed....

Donna Marcus (added: 23/03/2007)
‘Doing the most with the least…' (Donna Marcus, 2006, quoting Buckminster Fuller on geodesic domes, 1940s) ...

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

Marc Harrison (added: 23/03/2007)
‘Husque … a unique manufacturing identity’...

Jeremy Cole (added: 23/03/2007)
‘Bringing it back in-house…’ ...

Bison Australia (added: 23/03/2007)
‘A successful business, almost by mistake …’...

Andrew Last (added: 23/03/2007)
‘Materials experimentation…and pre-determined modelling…’...

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. ...

DESIGN 21: Social Design Network (added: 14/03/2007)
Design 21 challenges young designers to explore why design matters. Get your entries in by June 2007....

'Not a proper job': designer Tom Dixon Anne Watson, Curator, Architecture and Design (added: 07/03/2007)
London-based design maverick Tom Dixon recently visited the Powerhouse. Here he talks to Anne Watson, Curator, Architecture and Design, about the business of design....

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...

Sketch furniture by Front (added: 22/12/2006)
The Swedish design group Front Design has been drawing the attention of the global design community with a revolutionary new project....

The Hot Glass Roadshow (added: 18/12/2006)
Watch as glassblowers from the Hot Glass Roadshow transform molten glass into works of art. ...

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

Designer of our time Anne Watson, Curator, Architecture and Design, Powerhouse Museum (added: 30/11/2006)
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. ...

Fatty elegance Lily Katakouzinos, Powerhouse Museum (added: 30/11/2006)
Italian-based designer Patricia Urquiola inspired audiences at the Powerhouse Museum this year....

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....

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

Brave innovation: the story of the Featherston Stem chair Anne Watson, curator, architecture and design, Powerhouse Museum (added: 23/11/2006)
Melbourne-based Grant Featherston (1922-1995) was one of the new wave of Australian designers to emerge in the immediate post-war years. ...

Matali Crasset: What if? Lily Katakouzinos (added: 08/11/2006)
What if a friend drops in to visit for a day or two? How would you accommodate them? What if your rug doubles as a magic kingdom? How would you use this gift? Or what if you need some privacy at work? How do you find the best solution without isolating yourself? By questioning the environments we create for ourselves and transforming our living spaces into places for mobil...

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

Super Natural Nicole Bearman (added: 13/09/2006)
Ross Lovegrove's epic body of work is characterised by its clever fusion of finely sculpted organic forms with the latest materials and technology....

Charlotte Perriand: Living Design Anne Watson (added: 11/09/2006)
A true radical at heart, Charlotte Perriand created some of the most significant and recognisable designs known today....

Ruth McDermott (added: 06/09/2006)
Ruth McDermott is making her mark in Australian design through innovative lighting design and installations....

Achille Castiglioni, Italy 1918-2002 Anne Watson (added: 29/08/2006)
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....

Disappearing act Nicole Bearman (added: 09/08/2006)
Why is there a growing trend for furniture we can see through? Are we just being ironic, or is this clearly a design revolution?...

Alvar Aalto (added: 07/08/2006)
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