EAT GREEN DESIGN DAILY DESIGNER TALKS
Hear inspiring designers speak each day at Eat Green Design, a unique creative platform and restaurant inside the Powerhouse. Daily designer talks are FREE with Museum admission, no bookings required.
Talks
HOW CAN GRAPHIC DESIGN HELP SAVE THE PLANET?
One way or another, graphic design permeates almost every aspect of our daily lives. Perhaps it’s time that designers the world over engaged in a meaningful dialogue to provide ideas and inspiration to acknowledge and address climate change and over-population. This conference provides graphic designers and the broader community with a framework and platform for discussing some fundamentally important global challenges and making a meaningful and useful contribution towards the planet’s future. (more…)
Marcus Piper, Creative Director one8one7
TO | FRO explores the success and stories of emerging Australian creatives in all corners of the globe. Both at home and abroad Australia is emerging as a creative incubator across all disciplines. Through technology and transport we are no longer so isolated, providing immediate access to manufacturers, clients and consumers. (more…)
Workshopped 09 designers David Knott and Tomek Archer
Light will be shed on the process of product design and Knott and Archer will describe how ideas are born, refined, tested and brought to market. The talk will help show where designers find inspiration and how seemingly meaningless images or occurrences can later help shape products. (more…)
A LIGHT TOUCH: THE BRUNO BENINI PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE (1950-2001)
Anne-Marie Van de Ven, Curator, Visual Communication, Powerhouse Museum with special guest Benini models
Bruno and Hazel Benini led elegant and fashionable lives amid the excitement, exuberance and remarkable world of Australian and international fashion publicity. (more…)
MATT HUYNH, COMIC CREATOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
Matt Huynh shares some of the lessons learnt and inspiration taken from being exposed to some of his greatest artistic influences in the comic world. He will talk about how this experience is shaping his future aspirations for a local comics identity, readership and authorship. (more…)
SANAA: Public Forum at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
SANAA PUBLIC FORUM
Speakers will include Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo and Kazuyo Sejima. The forum will be chaired by broadcaster Margaret Throsby.
15 AUGUST 2009 3pm – 5pm
Tusculum Auditorium, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point
RSVP Monday, 10 August to eleni.ragogo@raia.com.au
Please do not RSVP to Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
As space is limited, we advise you to book early to avoid disappointment.
Craig Walsh, visual artist
Craig Walsh profiles the development and evolution of his extraordinary artificial life form ARTEFACT H10515 on display at the Powerhouse Museum. He will present ideas related to new possibilities in technology-based art forms in public spaces and how current technologies allow for new forms of permanent public art and sustained engagement with audiences. (more…)
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? 9 OUT OF 10 ROBOTS WILL KILL YOU: HUMANOID DESIGN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
UTS’s Professor Tom Barker looks at the future of robots in design via the medium of the movies. Featuring seminal robot movie footage (more…)
LIVING ARCHITECTURE: HOW TO DESIGN A DIGITAL MEDIA FAÇADE
Ever wondered how to create a building for a digital city? Now more than ever design professionals have to take on new media skills and understanding. With video footage of the world’s most exciting animated facades, this is a hands-on talk about the dos and the don’ts of designing a media façade. (more…)
DAVID TRUBRIDGE: CULTURAL DESIGN
In association with the exhibition Sustain me: contemporary design, 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. (more…)
PATTERNS OF THE PAST
Everything old is new again in design – or so it seems. See the original sources for some of the historical references in contemporary design and explore the rich collection of wallpapers, textiles, floor coverings, pattern books and manufacturer’s trade catalogues in a curator-led viewing of the Caroline Simpson Library and Research Collection.
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AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS TALK: RICHARD FRANCIS-JONES
A special opportunity to view the recently-completed Surry Hills Library through the eyes of its architect Richard Francis-Jones. Francis-Jones of FJMT gives a presentation about the building, followed by a site tour and drinks.
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AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS TALK: SPECIFIC OBJECTS
Architects Penny Collins and Huw Turner present projects embodying the
diversity and uniqueness of their context from outback Australia to the
beach of the Bahamas. Introduced by Michael Dysart.
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AWKWARD OBJECTS: A SYMPOSIUM
Awkward Objects addresses the processes and consequences of making objects. It challenges perceived boundaries of aesthetics, functionality and subject matter in disciplines that are often considered or expected to be “palatable”. The presentations consider a range of means of treading those boundaries and promise to mention the unmentionable.
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TALKS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE EXHIBITION – ARCHITECTURE FOR PLACE
HENRIC NICHOLAS, CLIENT: The Nicholas House (1977-1980) in Mount Irvine, NSW, was designed within the constraints of its relatively isolated site, using standard building components and techniques so that it could be built by a single individual. Henric Nicholas discusses the work of award-winning architect Glenn Murcutt in association with the exhibition Architecture for Place. (more…)
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: WHAT, WHY AND HOW
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. (more…)
RUGUP FORUM
Held in conjunction with the RugUp exhibition, the annual Government House design forum this year will focus on contemporary Australian rug design and manufacture. The editor-in-chief of Belle Magazine, Neale Whitaker, is in conversation with industry experts who include Yosi Tal, Harold Luke and leading designers Akira Isogawa, Julie Paterson of cloth fabric and Liane Rossler of Dinosaur Designs.
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TALKS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE EXHIBITION – ARCHITECTURE FOR PLACE
strong>RICHARD LEPLASTRIER, ARCHITECT
Richard Leplastrier, a seminal figure in Australian architecture and education, discusses the work of award-winning architect Glenn Murcutt in association with the exhibition Architecture for Place.
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FASHIONING NOW: CHANGING THE WAY WE MAKE AND USE CLOTHES
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.
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(RE)SKIN: CONTEMPORARY KNITTING BY ALANA CLIFTON CUNNINGHAM
Via hand and machine knitting (re) skin: contemporary knitting explores and questions the concept of contemporary knitting as fashion or art, and interrogates the notion of “deconstruction” by looking past the traditional knitted coverings for the body.
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FINK: FOSTERING DESIGN
In association with the Fink: Fostering Design exhibition six designers/ design entrepreneurs have 10 minutes each to give a rapid-fire illustrated talk about their experiences of manufacturing and marketing in Australia. The talks will be followed by an open discussion and drinks in the gallery. (more…)
LISA WALKER – UNWEARABLE
Why would a jeweller choose such a confrontational title for an exhibition of work from the last 15 years as Unwearable? It’s a provocation. Those familiar with New Zealand’s Lisa Walker’s work won’t be surprised. The very best jewellery in her exhibition aggressively challenges us on a material, conceptual and practical level. Curated by Damian Skinner.
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SAME AIR, DIFFERENT TIME AW09
In association with Cafe Sydney, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design presents a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes with one of Australia’s leading conceptual fashion design teams, MATERIALBYPRODUCT. (more…)
Pecha Kucha Volume 12
Pecha Kucha is the Sydney leg of the Tokyo based phenomenon. Pecha Kucha is an open forum of ideas, a slide night for architects, designers, students, anyone with something creative to share. (more…)
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
Paul Cocksedge, one of the most innovative and creative minds working in design today, is this year’s international guest speaker. His illustrated lecture on 3 August will outline some his extraordinary design ideas and his inspiration behind them.
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