Following the success of the inaugural Energy Efficiency Expo in 2019, attracting more than 1500 unique visitors, the event will be returning to Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 21–22 October 2020. Held in partnership with the peak industry body, Energy Efficiency Council, Energy Efficiency Expo is a free to attend…

Enrolments are open for Melbourne-based creative beekeeping studio, Honey Fingers’ online beekeeping course. The courses are designed to be delivered in a flexible, safe and responsive manner: the online theory module begins now and, as spring unfolds and beekeeping starts up in late August, Honey Fingers hopes to start hands-in-hives,…

Responding to photographs of metropolitan Japan, Calum Hurley and Jordan Leeflang have created sculptural objects and pieces of furniture inspired by six different photographs. Each image – captured by Hurley in 2017 – was chosen to show the country’s unique architectural forms and urban landscape. The images display a strong…

Join Trent Jansen, Johnny Nargoodah and Stephen Todd tonight (02/07) at 6pm on Instagram Live for a discussion about their work, inspired by the exhibition ‘Partu’ (Skin) concluding 5 July, shown at Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert. Tune in to watch via Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert’s Instagram. An exhibition of functional art by collaborative designers…

So much of what surrounds us is designed. Products, devices and related services are all the result of industrial design; their genesis firmly rooted in a tradition of manufacturing the everyday ‘goods’ that serve our functional needs, bring joy and build economic activity. Design reflects our culture, and particularly during…

Australian Design Centre presents Open House: 3rd Tamworth Textile Triennial. This exhibition features the work of contemporary artists in fibre textile arts from across Australia, a snapshot of current and future practice. Each triennial engages a guest curator and this exhibition is curated by Glenn Barkley. The theme, ‘Open House’, focuses on…

Destiny Deacon, one of Australia’s boldest and most acclaimed contemporary artists, will be celebrated in her largest retrospective to-date opening at the National Gallery of Victoria on 24 July 2020. DESTINY will mark Deacon’s first solo show in over 15 years, featuring more than 100 multi-disciplinary works made over a 30-year…

Industrial Design is defined as the art or process of designing manufactured products. Our daily lives are powered by the outputs of industrial design- from cars and chairs to crosswalk buttons and powerboards– each balances form and function delivering products that are necessary. Many reach cult status and become becoming…

Victorian-based practice Jackson Clements Burrows Architects has been named the recipient of the Award for Sustainability Advancement at the 2020 Australian Interior Design Awards for its student accommodation project Gillies Hall. Read more about the project here. This award recognises cutting-edge sustainable design and the jury agreed that this project is…

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre, one of Australia’s longest running visual arts membership associations, will present two new exhibitions online from 15 May to 27 June featuring emerging and mid-career artists from Canberra, the NSW South Coast and Adelaide who have openly exchanged knowledge of their respective materials and…