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. ...

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....

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....

Double-take: a look at the Sydney Design 09 campaign (added: 24/05/2009)
The creators of this year's Sydney Design festival visual identity discuss the create process behind their design....

Photo of the day blog (added: 29/04/2009)
The Powerhouse Museum Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day....

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....

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....

Suzanne Boccalatte in True Design: a digital storytelling workshop (added: 16/02/2009)
Suzanne Boccalatte was part of the True Design pilot program. Boccalatte has a long history of working with the Powerhouse Museum, most notably creating the visual identity for Sydney Design festival since 2004....

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....

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. ...

Call for entries - MIX08: Sustainability is Old News (added: 28/06/2008)
Indigo, the international indigenous design network invites tertiary design students from around the world to take part in a major cultural exchange project entitled MIX08....

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 style of no style Margie Borschke (added: 12/06/2008)
Creative Director Fabio Ongarato talks about collaboration, experimentation and why good designers check their egos at the door....

Ellen Lupton — design zealot Nicole Bearman and Gabrielle Eade (added: 12/06/2008)
Design communicator, and communication designer extraordinaire Ellen Lupton talks to D*Hub about the new National Design Triennial at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, and her personal quest to open up design to the broadest possible audience....

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....

Font for sale Nicole Bearman and Gabrielle Eade (added: 12/06/2008)
Stephen Banham of Letterbox talks to D*Hub about Australian graphic design, and his plans to auction the exclusive rights to his newest font Bisque on eBay this month....

4th Australian Poster Annual - entries now open (added: 26/05/2008)
The National Design Centre invites designers everywhere to participate in the 4th Australian Poster Annual....

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

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....

Donald Fish Charlotte Fish (added: 09/11/2007)
Donald Fish is a graphic designer, illustrator, writer and cartoonist whose career spans 60 years – from 1945 to 2005. His daughter Charlotte Fish records his career....

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. ...

Stories from the Field (added: 10/10/2007)
DESIGN 21: Social Design Network launches a new competition with the brief to design the official logo for Stories from the Field: The United Nations Documentary Film Festival....

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. ...

Andrew Silke in True Design: a digital storytelling project Emily Howes (added: 03/08/2007)
It is easy to forget that Andrew Silke’s animated creations are little more than conglomerations of pixels. ...

Andrew Barnum in True Design: a digital storytelling project Emily Howes (added: 03/08/2007)
With equivalent pedigrees in both graphic design and music, Andrew Barnum would seem to be something of a split personality....

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. ...

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. ...

Everyone's two cents Margie Borschke (added: 22/03/2007)
Streetwize Communications makes good design a community effort....

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....

Full Vinyl: The Subversive Art of Designer Toys Suzanne Boccalatte (added: 13/03/2007)
Assembling approximately 400 figures from the world's leading figure creators, Full Vinyl presents an omnibus survey of this burgeoning field....

Pop-ups, fold-outs and other design adventures (added: 17/02/2007)
Nell Schofield talks to Mark Macleod, Anna Fienberg and Sandra Nobes about children’s publishing....

Playing God Margie Borschke (added: 24/01/2007)
Reg Mombassa converts Jesus into an Australian brand....

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

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....

John Hansen Stephen Jones (added: 20/12/2006)
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Remembering Rowe Street Andrew Lawrence, Interactive Producer (added: 14/12/2006)
A website that celebrates one of Bohemian Sydney’s most famous landmarks....

Forget the solution, make the problem interesting Cathy Netherwood (added: 30/11/2006)
The renowned American graphic designer Bob Gill spoke about his constant search for originality to a receptive Sydney audience this month....

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....

The electronic art of Bush Video Stephen Jones (added: 27/11/2006)
In 1975 video art in Australia was considered similar to electronic music and was mainly made up of abstract electronic effects, live dancers or performance, or appropriated visual material from NASA films....

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....

The art of logo design & visual identity (added: 23/11/2006)
Sydney-based graphic designer Mark Gowing talks about the conception and design of corporate logos and branding. ...

Design Meister Nicole Bearman (added: 23/11/2006)
From a definitive teenage moment when he decided he wanted to design album covers to the fulfilment of that dream collaborating with the likes of Lou Reed and the Rolling Stones, Stefan Sagmeister's rise to fame is firmly rooted in the music industry. But beyond the dishevelled rock-star appearance, the fame and the subversive design, the Austrian-born, New York-based grap...

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

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....

Project Cockatoo Island (added: 30/10/2006)
Graphic design students and practitioners from around New South Wales (NSW) unleashed their creativity on one of Sydney Harbour's most spectacular landmarks this year....

In the beginning there was the word Margie Borschke (added: 16/10/2006)
Wordplay is at the heart of Sydney designer Suzanne Boccalatte’s award-winning design....

A short history of typography Charlotte Fish (added: 20/09/2006)
Like any other creative pursuit, the design of letterforms is determined by the prevailing cultural climate and thus in a state of constant flux. Typography now functions as a kind of weathervane for the zeitgeist, with typographic analysis a leading design issue. Indeed, as designers have sought to express themselves and define their time, type has increasingly come to ha...

Australia 75 - Australia's first electronic arts festival Stephen Jones (added: 05/09/2006)
In March 1975 an exhibition called 'Computers and Electronics in the Arts' was presented during the 'Australia 75 Festival of the Creative Arts and Sciences' in Canberra. Australia 75 was a celebration of the creativity and achievements of Australian scientists and artists, presenting examples of what they were doing and the tools with which they worked. ...

The art of motorcycle maintenance Margie Borschke (added: 21/08/2006)
While creating the look of its flagship store, designer Carby Tuckwell unlocked the spirit in the machine at Deus ex Machina....

A logo with a life of its own Margie Borschke (added: 17/08/2006)
Stuart Crumpler's logo design for his eponymous bags began life as a happy accident and has become an internationally recognised brand....

The identity Bruce built Margie Borschke (added: 11/08/2006)
First-hand experience of collecting pop ephemera was at the heart of a visual identity make-over for toy licencing company Haven, by Sydney's Deuce Design....

Making Sydney Dance Margie Borschke (added: 11/08/2006)
Designer Vince Frost was in search of the ultimate idea when he redesigned the visual identity for Sydney Dance Company....

Images in motion Margie Borschke (added: 11/08/2006)
Qube Konstrukt's Adam Gardiner likes to make his graphics move....

Vinyl life Margie Borschke (added: 11/08/2006)
Melbourne illustrator Nathan Jurevicius' vinyl toys are a hot collectible....

Making a mark Margie Borschke (added: 11/08/2006)
Adelaide-based visual communications firm Voice collaborates to communicate....

Mash up Margie Borschke (added: 11/08/2006)
Steve Scott crosses disciplines and eras to create a new look....

Body Beautiful Margie Borschke (added: 11/08/2006)
Josh Roelink's Asian-inspired tattoo designs can take years to create and minutes to disappear from his life forever....

Play again? Margie Borschke (added: 11/08/2006)
Sydney-based studio Soap Creative marries the culture of gaming to web design....

First principles Margie Borschke (added: 11/08/2006)
Melbourne design team 3 Deep Design digs deep to lay the foundations for good design....