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New to Shelter this September

1 Sep, 2021

SHELTER is the new home of inspiring design and architecture content. The global streaming service’s content encompasses everything from stories of design, to a deep dive into sustainability, history, and real-life aspirational stories. It offers audiences a range of fascinating ‘must-watch’ options from feature length films to television series; short…

Blak Jewellery: Finding past, linking present

1 Sep, 2021

Contemporary jewellery exhibition by 11 Victorian First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and designers participating in the first year of the Koorie Heritage Trust’s inaugural Blak Design program. Blak Design is a ground-breaking four-year program presented by the KHT to foster First Nations cultural innovation within the Victorian design…

Melbourne Design Week 2022 expressions of interest open

27 Aug, 2021

Applications are now open to participate in Australia’s leading international design event, Melbourne Design Week 2022 (March 17 – 27). Reaffirming its reputation as a truly creative state, Melbourne and wider Victoria will again host an 11-day program of talks, tours, workshops, and exhibitions, including the $20,000 Australian Furniture Design…

Australian biosolar green roof study leads the way for climate-resilient cities

25 Aug, 2021

The benefits of combining solar panel installations with green roofs has been confirmed by new research, which demonstrates significant improvements in energy production, stormwater filtration and most surprisingly, a major increase in animal biodiversity. The study, led by UTS researchers Peter Irga, Fraser Torpy and Robert Fleck set out to measure the advantages…

35th Dulux Colour Awards Gala shifts to live-streamed event

19 Aug, 2021

The winner’s announcement of the 35th annual Dulux Colour Awards will be live-streamed on Tuesday, 31 August 2021 4:30pm AEST. This will also mark the launch of the 2022 Dulux Colour Forecast: an opportunity for guests to experience the new palettes and colours of the coming season in an immersive…

Bark Ladies to open at NGV International

18 Aug, 2021

Bark Ladies is a major ground floor exhibition at NGV International that celebrates the NGV’s extraordinary collection of bark paintings and larrakitj (painted hollow poles) by women artists working out of the Yolngu-run art centre, Buku Larrngay Mulka Centre (Buku), situated in Northeast Arnhem Land. Before 1970, no Yolngu women painted sacred…

Open House Launceston back for 2021

17 Aug, 2021

Open House Launceston launched its third program on Thursday, 12 August, as part of the City of Launceston’s Places of Launceston event. The program, which will be held on Saturday 28 August, went live on the Open House Hobart website at 8pm. This year’s program consists of 27 buildings, activities and…

Found and Gathered: Rosalie Gascoigne I Lorraine Connelly-Northey

12 Aug, 2021

Uniting two important Australian artists for the first time, Found and Gathered: Rosalie Gascoigne | Lorraine Connelly-Northey brings attention to the shared materiality at the heart of the practices of both Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) and Lorraine Connelly-Northey (b. 1967) and their transformative use of found and discarded objects to create surprising and…

Designers Australia 2021 Awards winners announced

9 Aug, 2021

The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) – Australia’s peak national design body, released the inaugural recipients for its Designers Australia 2021 Awards. The final winners out of a shortlist of 74 across the country, reflect the designers’ ability to make a strong contribution to a better world and include three…

Future Food System by Joost Bakker to be extended

4 Aug, 2021

After taking up residency at Fed Square’s River Terrace to demonstrate the sustainability blueprint of the future, Fed Square have announced Future Food System by Joost will be extended until June 2022 with a 3D virtual tour available for the very first time. The self-sustaining, 87-square-metre home and urban farm…