My Country: Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions Unveils New Works by Emerging First Nations Artists
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by juliene
1d ago
As part of the landmark Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions, eight emerging First Nations artists are presenting ambitious new works in the exhibition My Country, which opened 22 March 2024 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia. The first and only initiative of its kind, the Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions is a national, biennial mentorship program and exhibition series that invites an artist from every state and territory to produce a significant new work under the guidance of an esteemed mentor. A testament to national scope of this initiative and ..read more
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2024 Galang Residency Program — Two Recipients Announced
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by juliene
1d ago
Powerhouse Parramatta and the Cité internationale des arts have announced the two recipients of the 2024 galang residency program, which supports Australian First Nations creative practitioners through two intensive three-month residencies in Paris. Sydney-based Worimi and Biripi guri architect Jack Gillmer and multidisciplinary Yuggera and Biri artist from Brisbane, Jody Rallah, have been selected for the second iteration of the prestigious program, which attracted expressions of interest from practitioners across the country and across a range of disciplines including jewellery design, archi ..read more
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Melbourne Design Week 2024 – Program Launch
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by Ellie Keft
2w ago
Australia’s largest and leading annual design festival — Melbourne Design Week — presents its eighth edition in 2024 with 11 days of 300+  innovative exhibitions, displays, symposiums and talks throughout metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.  Highlights in the 2024 program include a keynote from Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo, a symposium exploring  speculative riverside designs for the Birrarung, the tenth year of Melbourne Art Book Fair, plus presentations of work  by Visnja Brdar, Jessie French, Sruli Recht and Ross Gardam. Exploring the theme of ‘Design the ..read more
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Design Tasmania | Waverley Mills 150 Year Exhibition
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by Ellie Keft
2w ago
Tasmania’s first commercial woollen factory will celebrate 150 years of weaving quality textiles in an exhibition at Launceston’s Design Tasmania. Waverley Mills was founded in 1874 on the banks of Distillery Creek, and is the last remaining manufacturing facility of its kind in Australia.  Its rich history includes weaving products for the Australian Army, Qantas, Melbourne Airport and other iconic Australian businesses, once producing 80 percent of the blanket market in the country.  Design Tasmania’s Waverley 150+ exhibition will honour this legacy in an evolving exhibition that i ..read more
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Visnja Brdar: Design Exalted – Exhibition by Australian Design Visionary
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by Ellie Keft
2w ago
Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA has announced the debut exhibition of Australian-born, New York–based designer Visnja Brdar. Visnja Brdar: Design Exalted will be Australia’s first significant exhibition of a female graphic designer and will profile the remarkable thirty-seven-year career of a design visionary in an exhibition exclusive to MUMA which opens from 11 April to 15 June 2024. Drawing on Brdar’s design archive and celebrating the designer’s important role in  contemporary design communication, the exhibition coincides with the first monograph on Brdar’s work co published b ..read more
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GBCA and Hassell Launch Social Value in the Built Environment Paper
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by Ellie Keft
2w ago
Hassell and the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) announce the release of their discussion paper, ‘Social Value in the Built Environment’. This comprehensive document addresses the growing need to report and measure the positive impact on people’s quality of life when buildings, places, and infrastructure support their social, environmental, and  economic wellbeing.  The paper offers a working definition of social value, helps people navigate existing  measurement systems, and lays the groundwork for greater industry collaboration. In  launching the paper, Hassell ..read more
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The 24th Biennale of Sydney, Ten Thousand Suns, Is Now Open to the Public
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by juliene
2w ago
The 24th Biennale of Sydney, titled Ten Thousand Suns, has opened to the public. Over 400 artworks by 96 artists and collectives, alongside a dynamic public program, are presented across the city from now until 10 June 2024. A major international art festival and the largest contemporary art event of its kind in Australia, the 24th Biennale of Sydney is presented at Art Gallery of New South Wales, Artspace, Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney Opera House, UNSW Galleries and at the iconic and recently restored ..read more
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Issue 96
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by juliene
3w ago
Issue 96 comes out 4 March Order on its own or as part of a subscription. The makeup of housing is changing in our cities, we are seeing a gradual progression towards medium density. We are also seeing alternative approaches to the traditional home. In this issue we look at five different types of architecture that aren’t your usual single house on an urban block. But up first, we profile Ellen Douglas of Melbourne-based online floristry practice, Botany Melbourne. Then, our first house feature; returning to the tricky terrain of rail-side sites, an all-star crew brings its unique approach to ..read more
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Dutch Designer Christien Meindertsma Awarded the 2024 Mecca X NGV Women in Design Commission
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by juliene
3w ago
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has announced Netherlands-based designer and innovator Christien Meindertsma as the recipient of the 2024 MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission, a major series inviting globally renowned female designers to create groundbreaking new work for the NGV Collection. Meindertsma is the third recipient of the annual, five-year commission series, which has been made possible by a significant contribution from MECCA’s social change movement, M-POWER. The first and only commission series of its kind in Australia, the annual commission creates a ..read more
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Invasive Weed Could Be Turned into a Viable Economic Crop
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by juliene
3w ago
One of the most invasive Australian weeds is being touted as a potential economic crop, with benefits for the construction, mining and forestry industries, and potentially many First Nations communities. The prickly paddy melon weed, which costs the agricultural industry around $100 million a year in lost grain yields, cattle deaths, and control measures, could turn into an unlikely money spinner as a source of urease enzymes to create bio cement and prevent soil erosion. In a world-first study, researchers at the University of South Australia (UniSA) screened 50 native plants and weeds to fin ..read more
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