Events

The Gladstone Hotel’s 4th Annual Grow Op Exhibit

16 Apr, 2016

Featuring curators Christine Leu, Graham Teeple and Alan Webb, The Gladstone Hotel’s 4th annual Grow Op exhibit returns from April 21st – 24th, 2016. Grow Op is not your typical garden show. This four-day festival will transform the hotel’s second floor with 30+ immersive installations that take on urbanism, environmental…

DADo announce 2016 program

14 Apr, 2016

The Melbourne social circuit has few secrets left, but the DADo Film Society, screening architecture films both wonderful and obscure, is one well worth discovering. The 2016 program celebrates three exciting partnerships with some of Melbourne’s keenest advocates of good design. Session 3 builds upon Assemble Papers’ focus on Small Footprint Living with…

Planet Planet workshop

13 Apr, 2016

Planet Planet  is a two-hour workshop created to discover what is inside every fruit and vegetable in your imagination. The workshop will start with art and design appreciation, followed by a guided creative meditation, fruit and vegetable carving technique demonstration, a mystery box challenge that unlocks your imagination, and finally, you…

Hidden Design Festival 2016

15 Mar, 2016

Organised by The Australian Institute of Landscape Designers and Managers (AILDM), Hidden Design Festival will once again present a new selection of usually private designer gardens, courtyards and outdoor spaces open to the public. This year, Hidden Design Festival showcases another diverse range of outdoor spaces created by some of Sydney’s best-known and award-winning…

Introducing Factory Design District

11 Mar, 2016

Launching in June 2016, Factory Design District is a new three-day exhibition and event that will connect makers and manufacturers to a wider audience while uncovering the process of creation, from inception to realisation. In an industry that is continually evolving, a new appreciation for the soulful craftsmanship of designer/makers and…

RMIT Sustainability Week

9 Mar, 2016

RMIT University are hosting a Sustainability Week this year from 15 to 19 March 2016. The official launch will be held as drinks at the Alumni Courtyard with Pro Vice-Chancellor and head of the RMIT Sustainability Committee, Paul Gough, launching the proceedings. Get inspired by the series of garden tours, film…

Green Ladder installation unveiled

4 Mar, 2016

Brisbane will be the first Australian city to host Green Ladder, a touring architectural installation designed by world renowned Vietnamese Vo Trong Nghia Architects. As a part of Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation’s (SCAF) Fugitive Structures series, a gridded bamboo structure with a floating transparent ceiling was unveiled this week at…

WOMADelaide’s Planet Talks

24 Feb, 2016

WOMADelaide has released the full program of speakers , discussion topics and workshops for the 2016 Planet Talks, presented in partnership with the University of South Australia. Hosted as part of the WOMADelaide festival in Adelaide’s Botanic Park on March 11 – 14, The Planet Talks returns to the picturesque setting of Speakers’…

MAD SYD

9 Feb, 2016

Some of the world’s most exciting chefs and culinary thinkers will meet at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday 3 April for the inaugural MAD SYD, a day of talks and ideas exploring the future of food. Confirmed speakers include noma’s René Redzepi, Momofuku’s David Chang, Osteria Francescana’s Massimo Bottura,…