Updates

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…

JamFactory ICON Pepai Jangala Carroll showcase

4 Aug, 2021

JamFactory is thrilled to present the 2021 JamFactory ICON Pepai Jangala Carroll. A painter and ceramic artist based in Pukatja and working from Ernabella Arts, Carroll is a Luritja/Pintupi man and the first Aboriginal artist to be celebrated in this series of exhibitions that launched in 2013. JamFactory’s annual ICON…

New to Shelter this August

4 Aug, 2021

SHELTER’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 series, Shelter Originals and premium magazine video content from green magazine. Shelter also has a…

Sampling the Future at The Ian Potter Centre

1 Aug, 2021

From 3D-printed corals and modular underwater reef structures, to robotically printed and knitted architecture, Sampling the Future, a new exhibition at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, reveals some of the extraordinary ways that advanced technologies and manufacturing are shaping our near and distant futures. Sampling the Future showcases new work by leading experimental and speculative designers…

2021 Tasmania Landscape Architecture Awards winners

31 Jul, 2021

Tasmania’s finest spaces were on display this evening as the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) revealed the winners of the 2021 Tasmania Landscape Architecture Awards. AILA recognised one Award of Excellence and three Landscape Architecture Awards across three categories, highlighting projects which celebrate the natural beauty of Tasmania and…

Tapestry Design Prize for Architects 2021 shortlist announcement

30 Jul, 2021

The $10 000 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects, offers entrants an unparalleled opportunity to consider the capacity by which contemporary tapestry can articulate, transform and enrich architectural space. In 2021, architects worldwide responded to three designs sites across the award-winning Phoenix Central Park, Sydney, designed by John Wardle Architects and…

Nature Festival 2021

29 Jul, 2021

Nature Festival will return to South Australia in 2021 from the 25th of September to the 4th of October, and today releases the first elements of its 2021 program, an artistic program of talks, exhibitions, and performances focused on the relationship South Australians have with nature and exploring how the…

Finalists announced for inaugural Environmental Art and Design Prize

21 Jul, 2021

The Northern Beaches Council has today announced the 228 finalist works for the inaugural edition of the Environmental Art and Design Prize, which will be presented in an exhibition across three arts venues on the Northern Beaches. Due to current health restrictions, the exhibition has been deferred and dates will be provided when NSW…