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Why manufacture in Australia? – DesignByThem

contributor:
Ben G Morgan

date posted:
18-Feb-2012

tags:
Industrial Design,Product Design,Lighting Design,Furniture Design,Student,Furniture,Timber,Plastics,Metal,Product Development

For many young designers it’s the big, international brands that sing their siren songs. There’s no denying that your name alongside the Cappellinis (http://www.cappellini.it/), the Vitras (http://www.vitra.com/en-lp/), the Knolls (http://www.knoll.com/knoll_home.jsp)is an exciting prosp..

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Hack Design: Henry Wilson on the ‘A-joint’

contributor:
Ben Morgan

date posted:
29-Nov-2011

tags:
Industrial Design,Product Design,Furniture Design,Furniture,Casting,Timber,Metal

Who would have thought that designing a DIY table and bench system would create such a stir? Well, Henry Wilson (http://henrywilson.com.au/) was betting on it. The ‘A-joint’, by the young Sydney-based designer, is a cleverly simple metal bracket that can be combined with standard cut..

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Design Miami: A Fair to Remember

contributor:
Simone Le Amon

date posted:
09-Dec-2011

tags:
Industrial Design,Product Design,Lighting Design,Furniture Design,Textile Design,Interior Design

Appearing on the design calendar seven years ago, Design Miami is dedicated to collectible design. Coinciding with its sister fair the prestigious Art Basel Miami Beach, Design Miami is held in the first week of December in the historic Art Deco district of South Beach. Staged in a custom built..

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Maison & Objet - COUPLICITE’

contributor:
Laura Wakelam

date posted:
28-Oct-2011

tags:
Product Design,Furniture Design,Interior Design,Interaction Design,Plastics,Composites,Textiles and Fabrics

Each year the organisers of SAFI commission some of the most influential designers and thinkers of our time to project onto the Maison & Objet stage their concepts of what trends and factors will influence the future of design by way of collective product installations. Among roughly half a..

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MAISON & OBJET - IN CONVERSATION WITH MUD AUSTRALIA

contributor:
Laura Wakelam

date posted:
07-Nov-2011

tags:
Product Design,Composites

Mud Australia was one of two Australian companies exhibiting at Maison & Objet; a Sydney based homeware design Company founded in 1994 by Shirley Simpson. Appealing to the French’s high regard of artisanship, each product in Mud Australia’s porcelain range is made entirely by han..

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ACDC Design Catalyst Forum 2010

contributor:
Simone LeAmon

date posted:
30-Mar-2011

tags:
Industrial Design,Product Design,Graphic Design,Environmental Design,Textile Design,Interior Design,Communication Design,Education,Environmental,Architect

News of the ACDC Design Catalyst Forum: Positioning Design in Visual Culture. In October 2010 I was asked to deliver a talk at the ACDC Design Catalyst Forum. No, not an opportunity to discuss the contributions of Aussie rock legends AC/DC to design but, a national industry forum exploring..

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