Sydney Design Festival 2009 - August 1 to 16, 2009 » Exhibitions

FASHIONING NOW: CHANGING THE WAY WE MAKE AND USE CLOTHES

Robert Swieca — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:50:15 +0000

Fashioning Now looks at ways in which clothing is produced, used and discarded. Through a dynamic array of fashion garments, textile objects, photography, illustration and time-base media, Fashioning Now highlights the diversity of sustainable options being explored by designers, researchers and manufacturers, while predicting possible scenarios for a future fashion industry.

Curated by Alison Gwilt and Timo Rissanen from University of Technology Sydney including Romance was Born, Alex Martin, Jennifer Shellard, Bijan Sheikhlary, Helen Storey, Issey Miyake (garment loaned by Dr Gene Sherman), The Perfect T-shirt and The Local Wisdom project by Dr Kate Fletcher

28 JULY-28 AUGUST 2009, MON-FRI 12NOON-6.00pm
UTS GALLERY, LEVEL 4, 702 HARRIS STREET, ULTIMO
FREE ADMISSION

ARTEFACT H10515

belindah — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:52:04 +0000

Artefact H10515 is a life form that lives in a large display case. It moves, it breathes and it feeds on digital sources within and beyond the walls of the museum. Artefact H10515 is the creation of Craig Walsh, a leading Australian media artist with an international reputation for creating innovative and thought-provoking work. Walsh’s artificial life form is designed to disrupt and expand our expectations of a museum – as well evoke intrigue, contemplation and delight.
OPENING IN AUGUST
POWERHOUSE MUSEUM
500 HARRIS STREET, ULTIMO
FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION

EAT GREEN DESIGN

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:43:53 +0000

The beating heart of Sydney Design 09, this unique creative platform and temporary restaurant explores sustainable practice in design. It’s a place to meet; it’s a specially-designed and built venue inside the Museum for talks, events, products, ideas as well as a cup of coffee or a delicious meal.

The vision of Cilla Maden of Collaborate, Eat Green Design has been designed and purpose-built by award-winning architect Hannah Tribe of Tribe Studio, Surry Hills. The menu has been devised by renowned chef Jared Ingersoll of Danks Street Depot.

VIEW THE MENU

Eat Green Design also showcases a selection of innovative, sustainable products from independent and emerging eco-designers around Australia including Design By Them, Toby Horrocks, Lightly, Spaceleft and ISM Objects. Limited edition pieces created for Eat Green Design will be available for purchase at Young Blood: Designers Market.

A stimulating line-up of guest speakers talking about sustainable business, living, lifestyle design and architecture will feature at the breakfast and dinners (bookings are essential, click on each date below for more information on the speakers).

Or drop in to Eat Green Design during the day for a coffee and catch talks at midday by designers involved with the project and other guest speakers. View the schedule of daily speakers (free with Museum admission).

BOOK TICKETS

BREAKFAST/ DINNER SPEAKERS (bookings essential)

Saturday 1 August, Dinner 6pm: WELCOME TO EAT GREEN DESIGN Jared Ingersoll, Chef/ Director Danks Street Depot; Hannah Tribe, Director Tribe Studio Architects; Cilla Maden, Creative Director Eat Green Design; Helen Whitty, Producer of Public Programs Powerhouse Museum; John Eusson, Director Eusson Consulting (MC).

Monday 3 August, Breakfast 8am: CATERING TO OUR FUTURE Jared Ingersoll, Chef/ Director Danks Street Depot; Alison Drover, Director The Alison Principle; Nick Ritar, Co-director Milkwood Permaculture Farm.

Wednesday 5 August, Breakfast 8am: SUSTAINABILITY – PRODUCTS, DESIGN AND MEDIA Michael Fitzsimons, Director Instyle Fabrics; Paul McGillick, Editor Indesign Magazine and Habitus; Fergus Scott, Director Fergus Scott Architecture; John Eusson, Director Eusson Consulting (MC).

Thursday 6 August, Dinner 6pm: DESIGN, PROTECTION, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY Robert Wulff, Head of Griffith Hack’s Clean and Sustainable Technologies Group; Virginia Bruce, CEO of Real Brand and Business; Rod Bamford, Designer/ Artist/ Lecturer COFA; John Eusson, Director Eusson Consulting (MC).

Friday 7 August, Breakfast 8am: SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE, MEDIA AND ART FROM DISCARDED ORGANIC AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE Tamsin O’Neill, Green Magazine; Tracey Deep, Floral Sculpture Studio; Caroline Pidcock, Pidcock – Architecture + Sustainability; John Eusson, Director Eusson Consulting (MC).

Monday 10 August, Dinner 6pm: CREATIVE CONCEPTS FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTLE AND HOME ENVIRONMENT John Eusson, Director Eusson Consulting; Sandy Debeyer, writer/ stylist/ photographer Burke’s Backyard magazine; Rachel Guy, Wholistic Lifestyle Trainer.

Tuesday 11 August, Breakfast 8am: ECO’S YOUNG GUNS Katie Patrick, Publisher Director Green Pages Magazine; Rachel Bending, Designer and founder of Slingfings and Bird Textiles; Matt Perry, Partner Republic of Everyone; Ben Peacock, Partner Republic of Everyone; John Eusson, Director Eusson Consulting (MC).

Wednesday 12 August, Dinner 6pm: IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVE THINKING Liane Rossler, Co-founder, designer and director Dinosaur Designs; Phil Stubbs, Producer The Environment Show; Dave Gravina, Director Digital Eskimo; John Eusson, Director Eusson Consulting (MC).

DAILY DESIGNER TALKS (free with Museum admission, no bookings required)

Saturday 1 August, 2.30pm free with Museum admission: David Trubridge, furniture and lighting designer.

Sunday 2 August, 12pm, free with Museum admission: Eckard Kemmerer, Executive Director, Apogee International and Paula Rogers, Managing Director The Fair-trading Company.

Monday 3 August, 12pm free with Museum admission: Arthur Koutoulas, Director Arthur Koutoulas Design.

Tuesday 4 August, 12pm, free with Museum admission: Nicholas Karlovasitis and Sarah Gibson, Creative Directors Design By Then.

Wednesday 5 August, 2pm, free with Museum admission: Richard Francis-Jones, fjmt.

Thursday 6 August, 12pm, free with Museum admission: Claire Morris, Creative Director Apple and Bee.

Friday 7 August, 12pm, free with Museum admission: Michael Alvisse and Mark Schamburg, Directors Schamburg and Alvisse.

Saturday 8 August, 12pm, free with Museum admission: Oliver Smith, silversmith and designer.

Sunday 9 August, 12pm, free with Museum admission: Tom Barker, Unversity of Technology Sydney.

Monday 10 August, 12pm, free with Museum admission: Julie Paterson, Design Director Cloth Fabrics.

Tuesday 11 August, 2pm, free with Museum admission: Kent Gration, Director/ designer Wambamboo.

Wednesday 12 August, 2pm, free with Museum admission: Cindy-Lee Davies, Director Lightly; Kate Mitchell and Katherine Brickman, Directors Greedy Hen.

For more information visit www.eatgreendesign.com

1–12 AUGUST
POWERHOUSE MUSEUM
500 HARRIS STREET, ULTIMO
DAILY DESIGNER TALKS ARE FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION
BREAKFAST: $66 PER PERSON
DINNER (INCLUDES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES): $110 PER PERSON
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS

belindah — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:55:14 +0000

See the Powerhouse Museum’s selection from this year’s finalists in the Australian International Design Awards. This year designs are as diverse as a battery-heated wetsuit, foldable commuter bike, sleep disorder testing device and transportable sink.

The Australian International Design Awards are an important measure of design innovation in this country and proof that a better solution emerges when you apply a stringent design process.

FROM 1 AUGUST 2009, 10.00am – 5.00pm
POWERHOUSE MUSEUM
500 HARRIS STREET, ULTIMO
FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION

WORKSHOPPED 09

belindah — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:35:14 +0000

Showcasing a stellar range of Australian furniture, lighting and product design conceived by emerging young designers, Workshopped 09 focuses on the work of designers that are ‘creating the future, inspiring, enhancing and making a difference’.

Established in 2001, Workshopped remains committed to assisting designers in the difficult process of taking a new product design from prototype to production and maintaining successful commercial relationships with industry and the marketplace. Designers exhibiting at WORKSHOPPED 09 include Tomek Archer, Charles Wilson, Gary Galego, David Knott and collaborators Ueno Fukutoshi and Akira Isogawa.

5–15 AUGUST 2009, MON – FRI 9.30am – 6.00pm, SAT 9.30am – 4pm
CHIFLEY PLAZA
29/2 CHIFLEY SQUARE, SYDNEY
FREE ADMISSION
WORKSHOPPED.COM.AU

SUSTAIN ME: CONTEMPORARY DESIGN

belindah — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:35:11 +0000

The word “sustainability” is in danger of losing its tangible value and status as a universal catch-cry from chronic over use. Sustain me: contemporary design explores the conventional role design and designers play in creating and developing a deeper understanding of sustainability. Exhibitors include David Trubridge, Green Life 21 project (designs by Yoshikazu Hasegawa and Prue Venerables), Elliat Rich Steven Harrison, Luisa Cevese: RIEDIZIONI, Instyle Contract Textiles, Mark Vaarwerk, Andrew Maynard Architects and Julie Paterson: clothfabric.

30 JULY- 22 AUGUST 2009, 10am to 5.00pm (CLOSED SUNDAYS)
IVAN DOUGHERTY GALLERY
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS
UNIVERSITY OF NSW
CNR OF SELWYN STREET AND ALBION AVENUE
PADDINGTON

CULTURAL DESIGN: DAVID TRUBRIDGE
New Zealand designer David Trubridge addresses how ecodesign (however worthy) is not enough unless it also addresses some form of cultural/spiritual nourishment. Says Trubridge: “Design is looking for new meaning and relevance. In the past all cultures were defined and expressed by their artifacts and art… we too could find cultural and spiritual nourishment from long lasting objects and this may reduce the never-fulfilled craving for consumer goods.”

1 AUGUST, 12 noon
COFA LECTURE THEATRE, EG02
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS
GREENS ROAD
PADDINGTON

GLENN MURCUTT: ARCHITECTURE FOR PLACE

belindah — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:49:39 +0000

Glenn Murcutt’s groundbreaking designs are internationally recognised as being at the very forefront of contemporary architecture. His work is celebrated for its sustainability, harmony with the natural world, and resonance and unity with Australia’s diverse climate and topography.

This a special exhibition that reveals the way Murcutt crafts his projects, with a selection of ideas presented from initial sketch to detailed construction drawings, and final built work. A series of photographs by Anthony Browell completes the show.

UNTIL 5 OCTOBER 2009, 9.30am-5.00pm
MUSEUM OF SYDNEY
CNR BRIDGE AND PHILLIP STREETS
SYDNEY
Presented by the Architecture Foundation Australia, in association with the Historic Houses Trust and the NSW Architects Registration Board and courtesy of Toto Gallery MA ,Tokyo.

ALTER EGO, THE OTHER I

belindah — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:44:38 +0000

Like to play somebody you couldn’t possibly be in the real world? Create an alternative personality or persona? Become your own alter ego? This exhibition invites designers across various disciplines to create an alter ego as a means to push boundaries, explore ideas and create works that they may never have dared to if they were creating as “themselves”.

Exhibiting designers, artists and jewellers include Melinda Young, Sean O’Connell, Mark Vaarwerk, Lisa Furno, Scott Rosen, Alice Potter, Kelly Robson and Lauren Reid. Curated by Zoe Brand.

14-22 AUGUST 2009, MON-FRI 12noon-6.00pm, SAT 11.00am-6.00pm
GAFFA
1/7 RANDLE STREET, SURRY HILLS
FREE ADMISSION
www.gaffa.com.au

TYPORGANICS BOTANICA SUSTAINABLE GRAPHICS

belindah — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:28:38 +0000

An exhibition of final-year Enmore Design Centre work highlighting the innovative and sustainable design solutions of signage. Students were asked to produce designs using non-renewable resources that were found, recycled or included the transformation of raw material; that had minimal impact on the environment; that allowed people to relate with the natural environment; and that took in ecologically sound practices for production, transport, assembly, and disposal.
The signage did not need to be permanent and its main function was to attract, inform and direct.
4-14 AUGUST

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: WHAT, WHY AND HOW
As well as the display of work there will be a panel discussion on the “what, why and how” of sustainable design. A panel of speakers from various design disciplines will talk about issues related to the topic and show examples of their work in this area.
12 AUGUST 2009, 6.00pm-8.00pm

EXHIBITION HALL
DESIGN CENTRE
ENMORE
FREE ADMISSION

RUGUP DESIGN EXHIBITION

Robert Swieca — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:04:06 +0000

An exhibition of contemporary rugs designed by the third year Textile Design student finalists from the University of NSW’s College of Fine Arts for the 2009 Rug Up design competition. These outstanding pieces were manufactured in collaboration with Designer Rugs.

The exhibition will also feature a selection of rugs designed by leading Australian artists and designers: Minnie Pwerle and and Akira Isogawa.

30 JULY – 2 AUGUST 2009, 10.30am – 4pm
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
MACQUARIE STREET
SYDNEY