Castlemaine is the home of a new eco village that is set to create new standards for sustainable living in Australia. Even before the official launch, Melbournians have been travelling up to Castlemaine to the informal Coffee Q&A sessions to learn more about this path-breaking new development. The Paddock Eco…
The Speaker Space program has now been unveiled for Denfair’s 2017 Third Edition. The diverse program for Australia’s pre-eminent contemporary design event includes an array of design thought-leaders from Australia and abroad. Design editor Nicky Lobo has curated the program for the inaugural talks series, exploring Australian design futures and…
The Authentic Design Alliance has come together with Factory Design District to present two events in June as part of Vivid Ideas 2017 with panel discussions exploring the creative processes behind handmade bespoke objects right through to large scale manufactured designs. The first event to be held on June 1st is hosted…
The Australian Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2017 presents MY HORIZON, a solo exhibition by the Brisbane-born, internationally acclaimed artist Tracey Moffatt. Evoking tantalising, open-ended narratives, MY HORIZON comprises two new series of large-scale photographs, Body Remembers and Passage, and two new video works, Vigil and The White Ghosts Sailed…
Celebrated artist and sculptor of nature, Tracey Deep, thrills us yet again with her latest body of work entitled ‘Under the Sea’. This work is a celebration of the beauty of the underwater world that we all take for granted – paying homage to the incredible patterns, shapes, textures and…
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation today announced a new initiative LIVING CITIES FORUM 2017 bringing together leading international architects and design thinkers to investigate the definition of liveability and attempts to illustrate the image of a truly liveable city as viewed through a design lens. Taking place on 27 July influential…
Resolved: Journeys in Australian Design is presented by Australian Design Centre in collaboration with Workshopped, a design organisation nurturing and supporting designers in bringing their products to the marketplace. This major design exhibition showcases the winning designs of the past 12 annual ‘Workshopped’ exhibitions. Resolved: Journeys in Australian Design goes…
Melbourne Knowledge Week (1-7 May) invites participants to co-create future Melbourne through a feast of science, technology, design, workshops and celebrations. The festival will feature almost 80 new-wave events across Melbourne, including Machines That Read Your Mind at Deakin Edge, Growing An Interactive Technology Garden at ArtPlay and a dance…
Exploring tensions between the functional and aesthetic, Botanica, presents a collaboration of form and flora in the work of contemporary craftspeople and floral studio Cecilia Fox. Cecilia Fox is a bespoke floral studio based in Melbourne, Australia. Guided by the fleeting beauty of the ever-changing seasons, their floral work comes from…
One of Australia’s best design industry events of the year, DENFAIR, has announced details of the 2017 plans including an expansive collection of curated local and international design brands, a national exhibition platform for emerging designers and creative collaborations with some of Australia’s most celebrated designers. Since its first edition…
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