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…

In response to the current restrictions, the Australian Institute of Architects will deliver the annual Victorian and NSW Architecture Awards ceremonies virtually via YouTube Live. The digital format allows architects, design professionals, builders and other interested parties across the nation to watch the winners be announced live and is the…

Artereal Gallery is proud to present a consciously and thoughtfully constructed new body of work by Sydney-based artist Patrizia Biondi –  born of a unique moment in global history. Created during a time of unprecedented turmoil, fear and upheaval, Biondi’s work prompts us to pause and reflect on the systems and structures…