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Melbourne Design Market 05.12.2010

Nov 26, ’10 4:08 PM

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Images R-L: Karim Rashid designs at the RG Madden stand, Modula fir treet at the Büro North stand, Glow in the dark Zip Zips at the Zip Zips stand.

Melbourne’s original pop up design market continues to be the place for style hunters to gather, be inspired and shop.

Since 2005 the Melbourne Design Market has been popping up twice a year for ONE DAY ONLY and transforming Fed Square’s underground car park into designland.

On Sunday December 5, 2010 there’ll again be a diverse collection of over 50 exhibitors from small design brands just launching to well-known and much-loved brands all showcasing their latest and greatest. Plus the cool sounds of DJ Madee River, fine fair-trade barista coffee from Bean Ground and Drunk and fantastic paella from the Beer de Luxe on-site kitchen all add to the party atmosphere.

So come along, experience Melbourne’s best design market and you can even knock over your Christmas gift buying in just one day.

MELBOURNE DESIGN MARKET 10am-5pm, Sunday December 5 at Federation Square undercover car park.

Enter via Russell Street extension or Riverside Walk.
Disabled parking and facilities nearby.
Entry is free.

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Melbourne Design Market, Stallholder Applications Now Open

Sep 27, ’10 1:15 PM

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The Melbourne Design Market is a one of its kind event that continues to be the place to be and be seen. For stallholders it provides the opportunity to get your new products and ideas out to over 10,000 stylehunters in just one day. Since 2005 the Melbourne Design Market has been popping up twice a year and transforming the Federation Square Car Park into a design show presenting some of this country’s greatest creative enterprises.

For shoppers the Melbourne Design Market is the place to see a fantastic array of merchandise, acquire the latest must-have pieces and enjoy the party-like atmosphere. For successful stallholders it’s a day of sales, orders, and most of all, meeting new clients and receiving valuable feedback on your business.

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Do you have a new product or idea that you want to get to the people who’ll appreciate it? Then go to www.melbournedesignmarket.com.au now to look through the FAQs and make your application.

Distinguishing the Melbourne Design Market from all others is a rigorous selection procedure for prospective stallholders to ensure the quality and diversity of the products on offer. Given that it’s such a successful forum to launch new products, the market receives many more applications than can possibly be accepted.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE 5PM FRIDAY October 15, 2010

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Minimalist House, Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

Sep 27, ’10 12:37 PM

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Minimalist House, 2009, Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

“This building is a courtyard house for a couple in Itoman-shi, Okinawa, Japan. The house is built on a 3M grid module in all XYZ directions, while it is composed of 4 vertical plates as exterior walls and 1 horizontal plate as a roof slab.  A functional layout is created by inserting a void of 3M x 18M which is the courtyard for the house and wall-like furniture into the concrete structure space which dimensions are 3.0M (3×1) high by 9.0M (3×3) wide and by 18.0M (3×6) long.

The space composition is characterized by the division of the house into two areas by a like-wall furniture. The first area is composed of the living room, dining room, and bedroom as an interior space connecting with the exterior courtyard in a linear arrangement, while the other space is composed of the kitchen, powder room, and study room in a succession. The shower room, toilet, small courtyard, and various storages are laid out in this wall-like unit, which also incorporates the services ; all spaces combined together create a lifestyle that minimize the division of the space as much as possible.

With regards of the natural light of Okinawa’s climate, the internal space connecting with the outside is designed with eaves in order to control the amount of direct sunlight coming inside the house. The exterior wall is designed to facilitate maintenance by applying photocatalyst paint. The functional counter unit incorporating the kitchen, powder room, and study room is made of integrally a solid surface “DuPont Corian”. Consequently, this house is creating a habitation space that invites to a minimal and a flexible and various lifestyle” – Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

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All images – Minimalist House, 2009, Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

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Creamier – Contemporary Art in Culture

Sep 27, ’10 11:57 AM

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The latest in the Cream series which brings together 100 of the most exciting contemporary artists emerging today, each chosen by prominent international curators. Each artist spread includes a newly commissioned text written by the curator who selected the artist, as well as full-colour images illustrating the most recent works by the artists, from exhibitions all over the world. Additionally, each curator chooses a key creative work for the Sources section. Fields of cultural activity such as cinema, literature, theory, music, design and architecture have become both subject and referent for artists, and the Sources section will reflect the heterogeneous nature of what influences contemporary art today, providing readers with a broader historical and cultural perspective and insight into the curator’s influences

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Creamier, Contemporary Art in Culture: 10 Curators, 100 Contemporary Artists, 10 Sources, Phaidon

Creamier follows the award-winning Cream (1998), Fresh Cream(2000), Cream 3 (2003) and Ice Cream (2007)

Creamier can be purchased here at Phaidon

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The Melbourne Design Market

Jul 7, ’10 3:19 PM

Screen shot 2010-07-07 at 12.33.39 PM Occupying a special place in everyone’s diary, the Melbourne Design Market is now held twice a year in July & December. Over 10,000 visitors are drawn to its carpark location at Melbourne’s Federation Square, transformed for each occasion into a design show that features the latest in fashion, homewares, furniture, lighting and much more. There are many recognisable brands at the market; still more make use of the Melbourne Design Market as a launching pad for new enterprises. Meet the designers, enjoy fine food and coffee, and be part of the Melbourne Design Market’s own style in fostering and promoting design.

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stalls crowd mingling Distinguishing the Melbourne Design Market from all others is a rigorous selection procedure for prospective stallholders to ensure the quality and diversity of the products on offer. Given that it’s such a successful forum to launch new products, the market receives many more applications than can possibly be accepted. Successful businesses will need to prepare themselves for a big day of sales, orders, and most of all, meeting new clients and receiving valuable feedback on their business.

Sunday, 11 July 2010
10:00am – 5:00pm
Federation Square
Level 3
Federation Square Carpark
Cnr Flinders Street & Swanston Street
Melbourne

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State of Design: Design Capital

Jun 15, ’10 2:48 PM

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Design Capital
State of Design Festival to explore the future of Victoria’s built environment, mobility systems and digital strategy

The 2010 State of Design Festival’s business program, Design Capital, will focus on how three interrelated areas – the built environment, mobility systems and digital strategies, are helping businesses address the big issues they face in today’s economic climate.
This innovative program comprises seven key events featuring real-life case studies on the importance of design in a sustainable future. With Melbourne’s population growing faster than any other city in Australia, Design Capital will look at new models for urban planning and public and private modes of transportation. Design Capital will also explore the potential for using the vast amount of information on how our cities and businesses operate – currently held by public and private organisations – to improve citizen experiences.

BUILT: RETROFITTING THE GRID
Tuesday 20 July 2010
The biggest issue confronting the creation of sustainable cities is the inefficiency of existing commercial building stock. In this session the panel will discuss the sustainability case for retrofitting existing buildings to improve their environmental performance and the short to medium term gains for property developers, landlords, materials and services suppliers.
Panel members include Rob Murray-Leach, CEO of the Energy Efficiency Council, Ninotschka Titschkosky, Principle Architect of BVN Architecture, and Romilly Madew, CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia.

SUSTAINABLE AND MORE PROFITABLE
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Melbourne is home to a number of innovators who are changing how we design and engineer new buildings. Their research and development affects design and construction processes, the overall sustainability performance of a building and the experience of being in the space. This opportunity to learn about the commercial benefits of sustainable construction and design is not to be missed.
Panel members include: Nonda Katsalidis, Director of Unitised Buildings, Callum Fraser, Director of Elenberg Fraser, Ian Jones, CEO of Vipac, and Dylan Brady, Director of Studio505.
Supported by Master Builders Association of Victoria.

DIGITAL: MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE
Thursday 22 July 2010
Digital strategies are critical to building brands. This reality is prompting governments, councils and small to large companies to invest in the digital realm. Apple is a pioneer in using the internet to simultaneously educate users about their products while incorporating user feedback to improve their future releases.
Our panel explains how councils through to innovative companies are implementing digital strategies. Panel members include: Dan Hill, Senior Consultant of Arup, Sam Davy, Brand Director of Crumpler and former Global Creative Director of Apple Inc and Dave King, CEO of The Royals.
Sponsored by Diadem.

MOBILITY: THE FUTURE OF PERSONAL EMOTIONAL MOBILITY
Chris Bangle, Chris Bangle and Associates (Italy)
Tuesday 19 July 2010
We want to live in cities admired for their pedestrian-friendly streets and efficient transport corridors. Yet we are constantly challenged getting from A to B and being on the move is plagued with concerns about time, our state of mind and our carbon footprint. How we solve the current issues facing our urban environments is an issue Chris Bangle is passionate about. Bangle’s innovative, highly successful and at times controversial sixteen years at BMW proves he is more than capable of steering change through complex industrial contexts. Bangle will provide his unique insights into current and future trends in mobility, including what will enable and hinder change in new automobiles and his planned role within this emerging world of eco-friendly mobility trends.

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Chris Bangle, Chris Bangle and Associates

SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS TO INSPIRE
Els Zijlstra, Materia (The Netherlands)
Friday 16 Jul 2010
Sustainability should be integrated into every design where comfort, functionality, economics and beauty are important. Els’will explore sustainable and inspirational materials in her Design Capital session. Els Zijlstra is founder and creative director of Materia, a platform between the creative professional and the Industry. By gathering innovative materials worldwide and exposing them through a search engine, lectures, books and articles, international travelling, fairs and consultancy Materia aims to become the central worldwide platform on innovation, creativity and sustainability.

THE POWER OF MORE: WHEN COLLABORATION IS BETTER BUSINESS
Axel Enthoven, Enthoven Associates Design Consultants (Belgium)
BREAKFAST SEMINAR
Friday 16 July
Two Belgian organizations, MoOD and Optimo, supporting the textile and furniture industries, initiated a creative think tank dubbed The Flemish Masters. With the support of professional designers, the event assisted participating manufacturers respond to the challenges of globalisation, innovation and competitiveness through user-centered design. Join award-winning designer Axel Enthoven, who directed The Flemish Masters, in a behind-the-scenes look into the process, realisation and results of this unique event with some valuable lessons for Australian industries. Enthoven is Founder and Chairman of Enthoven Associates Design Consultants in Antwerp (Belgium), as well as Professor at the Design Academy in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) since 1989. At the Design Academy he is the Dean of the ‘Man and Mobility’ Department.
Sponsored by the Furnishing Industry Association of Australia (VIC/TAS) INC

DESIGN CAPITAL PANEL SESSIONS WILL BE MODERATED BY JANNE RYAN
Janne Ryan is an ideas curator, producer of the ABC Radio National program, By Design, and was a founding
Executive Producer for ABC Radio National’s Late Night Live, and Arts Today. For the Australian Financial Review
Magazine, Ryan created the Front of Mind interview, where key thinkers worldwide talked about their ideas and
thinking. Her AFR 20 Questions interview pioneered talking to Australian leaders about their key life influences. Most
recently, Ryan co-curated Tedx Sydney 2010.

The State of Design Festival is an initiative of the Victorian Government,
delivered in 2010 by Australian Exhibitions & Conferences Pty. Ltd.

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Lost & Found Hotel Room

Jun 9, ’10 5:03 PM

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Become a subscriber to Lost & Found, an online insider’s guide to Melbourne, and you have the chance to enjoy up to four nights free accommodation at the bespoke Lost & Found hotel room in Melbourne’s CBD.

Located in the top corner of the Little Collins Hotel, the hotel room will bring the Lost & Found guide to life by showcasing Melbourne’s design highlights from Aesop products to linen, furniture, music, books and artwork. Every aspect of the room will tell a story about the types of people and products that exemplify the city, providing guests with the ultimate Melbourne experience.

Part hotel, part gallery, part cultural therapist, the Lost & Found hotel room is a unique and creative gesture designed to offer something special to its subscribers. To ensure guests get the most out of their trip to Melbourne, the Lost & Found room even has its own concierge who can make bookings and provide insider tips on Melbourne’s hidden secrets.

Once inside the room, guests can sit at the Arte Veneta work desk built just a few suburbs away or relax on the Pierre and Charlotte couch and listen to the new Darren Sylvester album on the vintage turntable. After enjoying a bite to eat next door at Bar Lourinha, guests can pamper themselves with Aesop products, read a few pages of Melbourne ex-pat Amanda Maxwell’s novel Nobody Told Me There’d be Days Like These and then fall asleep on linen provided by local artisans Third Drawer Down.

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Any subscriber to Lost & Found can apply to stay at the hotel room free of charge. All they need to do is register their interest at www.wearelostandfound.com.au. The room is available for up to three nights on weekends (Friday to Sunday) and up to four nights during the week (Monday to Thursday) from 1 June to 31 August 2010. Terms and conditions apply.

Lost & Found is a free online guide produced for Tourism Victoria by creative studio Right Angle. For the past four years, Lost & Found has been the insider guide for culturally conscious people living outside of Melbourne, revealing its discreet cultural joys and the creative people who make the city hum.

Lost & Found hotel room at Little Collins Hotel
Free for Lost & Found subscribers (conditions apply)
27 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
The room is available for stays during June, July and August 2010
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2010 State of Design Festival

May 28, ’10 4:54 PM

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The fifth State of Design Festival is set to Change By Design this year, with new look website and a host of events across Victoria. Held 14 – 25 July, the 2010 Festival presents a broad program of exciting, revealing and informative events under the theme Change by Design. This year’s Festival boasts four major programs: Design Capital business program, Design for Everyone public program, a trade fair Design:Made:Trade and the biennial Premier’s Design Awards, which recognises and applauds design excellence in Victoria.

2010 Events:
Design For Everyone will feature a series of exhibitions, talks and workshops around Mobility and the Built Environment, with topics including cycling through public gatherings and forums, the future of motorized travel, urban agriculture, making homes more environmentally sustainable and bushfire resistant design.

Design:Made:Trade will be a key highlight of the Festival. Building on the success of 2009, the Royal Exhibition Building will again be the Festival’s business and trade hub. New events will include Lightsource, sponsored by Philips, a commercial lighting exhibition for lighting designers, manufacturers and distributors and NEXT, a commercial exhibition space for companies seeking to promote innovative and ecodesigned new products to the Australian market.

Design Capital Business Program will offer design vision, leading innovation information and competitive economic insight from leading international industry leaders and key Australian brand leaders. Last year more than 130,000 local and international visitors flocked to the Festival, positioning it as Victoria’s premier platform to showcase significant design achievements and celebrate innovation across industry.

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Who Did That, lighting sculpture, State of Design 2010

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Yellow Diva, ottoman, State of Design 2010

An initiative of the Victorian Government, the State of Design Festival aims to increase the possibility of businesses using design as well as demonstrate how design can quite literally change the lives of all Victorians.
Visit the site for more information, news and links.

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Art Deco: 1910-1939 – NGV, Melbourne – Gallery

Sep 18, ’08 12:46 PM

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Art Deco: 1910-1939 is a comprehensive exhibition celebrating the significant period in which its glamour and style influenced design worldwide. Direct from London’s famed Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), the exhibition is staged exclusively at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV); the fifth exhibition in the extremely popular ‘Melbourne Winter Masterpieces’ series, and the first to feature the decorative arts with over 300 works on display.

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Art Deco: 1910-1939 – NGV, Melbourne

Sep 18, ’08 12:46 PM

Oliver Bernard (designer) England 1881–1939 Strand Palace Hotel staircase 1930–31 glass (lit), chrome 370.8 x 447.5 x 444.7 cm (main); 261.0 cm (stairs) Victoria and Albert Museum, London © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Art Deco 1910-1939
Art Deco: 1910-1939 is a comprehensive exhibition celebrating the significant period in which its glamour and style influenced design worldwide. Direct from London’s famed Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), the exhibition is staged exclusively at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV); the fifth exhibition in the extremely popular ‘Melbourne Winter Masterpieces’ series. The first exhibition to feature the decorative arts, there are over 300 works on display.

Exhibition structure
The exhibition explores the chronological development of Art Deco, from its origins in Europe during the years leading up to the First World War, to the explosion of the movement at the 1925 Paris Exposition, and its enormous popularity and influence on design to countries across the globe. Art Deco 1910-1939 pays particular attention to the major influence of Deco in Australia, dedicating an entire section to Australian architecture, fine arts and product design.

AWA, Sydney (manufacturer) Australia 1913– Empire State, Fisk radiolette and cigarette box 1936 bakelite, glass, metal 28.5 x 28.5 x 18.0 cm Private collection, Sydney © Peter Sheridan

AWA, Sydney (manufacturer) Australia 1913– 'Empire State, Fisk radiolette and cigarette box' 1936 bakelite, glass, metal 28.5 x 28.5 x 18.0 cm Private collection, Sydney © Peter Sheridan


A global influence
The scope of Art Deco’s influence is accurately represented in the exhibition by the display of a wide range of artistic media including painting, jewellery, ceramics and glassware, fashion, industrial design, graphic design, film, architecture and interior design, automotive design, photography and furniture design. Also well represented is the spread of Art Deco at a global level, with featured art and design pieces from Europe, the USA, Asia as well as Australia and New Zealand.

Origins
Art Deco first appeared in Europe, in the years before the First World War. The movement developed in many of the cities where Art Nouveau was popular, and in the years following the war Art Deco’s own popularity and influence on art and design grew quickly, its influence spreading worldwide. The highpoint of this time was the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, the first world fair dedicated to modern decorative arts. In the 6-month duration of the exhibition, 16 million visitors came from around the world to view the latest offerings in Art Deco design, which also served to reassert France’s reputation as the arbiter of taste and producer of luxury goods, as well as the centre of fashion, internationally.

Pablo GARGALLO Spain/France 1881-1934 Kiki de Montpamasse 1928, cast 1978 Bronze, ed. 2/3 27.5 x 16.5 x 17.0 cm Musée dArt Moderne de la Ville de Paris Gift of Pierette Anguera-Gargallo, 1981

Pablo GARGALLO Spain/France 1881-1934 'Kiki de Montpamasse' 1928, cast 1978 Bronze, ed. 2/3 27.5 x 16.5 x 17.0 cm Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Gift of Pierette Anguera-Gargallo, 1981


Inspired by the ancient, the exotic and the Avant-Garde
Art Deco itself is influenced by many factors, most significantly by ancient and exotic inspirations as well as styles from the avant-garde movements. Motifs, symbols and imagery from exotic cultures were widely appropriated to the style of Art Deco designs. Paul Colin’s depiction of cabaret dancer Josephine Baker, featured in the Exotic section of the exhibition, illustrates Art Deco’s fascination for the exotic.
The Avant-Garde also had a strong influence on the development of the Art Deco style, in which the art of French Cubism, Orphism, Italian Futurism and Russian Constructivism gave designers a fundamentally new and modern language of forms. These ideas were applied to graphics and textile designs, decoration of ceramics and glassware, as well as architecture, interior design and photography.

Paul Colin France 1892–1985 Josephine Baker 1927 from Le Tumulte noir (The black craze) portfolio, Paris: Editions d’Art Succès, 1927 lithograph and pochoir 47.3 x 63.6 cm (sheet) Victoria and Albert Museum, London © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London © Paul Colin/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by VISCOPY, Sydney

Paul Colin France 1892–1985 'Josephine Baker' 1927 from 'Le Tumulte noir (The black craze)' portfolio, Paris: 'Editions d’Art Succès', 1927 lithograph and pochoir 47.3 x 63.6 cm (sheet) Victoria and Albert Museum, London © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London © Paul Colin/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by VISCOPY, Sydney


The 1925 Paris Exposition
The 1925 Paris Exposition can be regarded as the belated ‘launch’ of Art Deco; the moment at which the style exploded onto the main global stage, while reinstating France’s position as a trendsetter and world centre for style at the time.
The Exposition included paintings from Jean Dupas; furniture design from Jacques-Émile Rulhmann, Sir Edward Maufe, Louis Süe and André Mare; François Pompon’s sculptures including the famous Polar bear; silversmith Jean Puiforcat’s designs; glass pieces from René Lalique, Maurice Marinot and Edward Hald; glamorous jewellery by Louis Cartier and fashion by couture houses Madeleine Vionnet and Maison Myribor.
Also exhibiting at the Exposition were works from designers Jean Dunand , Henri Rapin, Pierre Legrain, Rose Adler, Thayaht, F. Gregory Brown, Gio Ponti and Josef Hoffman.

The Art Deco streamlined lifestyle
A number of these pieces are exhibited in Art Deco 1910-1939, including Louis Cartier’s Tutti Frutti strap bracelet and double-clip brooch, a complex arrangement of coloured precious stones including ruby, emerald and sapphire. These pieces were sold to Cole Porter’s wife Linda Lee Thomas, whose fame adds to the glamorous appeal of this jewellery.
Other glamorous pieces featured in the exhibition are Coco Chanel’s dresses. Extending ideas from pre-First World War designer Paul Poiret, Chanel and Jean Patou created dresses that were designed to reflect the 1920s lifestyle of attending cocktail bars and the cinema. Hair and dresses were cut shorter, the latter to allow women to dance the Charleston, and accessories were designed to match.
The Art Deco style of streamlining influenced not only products and architecture, but the streamlined silhouette was also a coveted style in dress design. A significant practice in fashion design in this time was that of the bias cut in garment construction. This involves the woven fabric being cut on the diagonal to the direction of the weave, which provides greater elasticity and more fluid draping. Designers such as Charles James used this practice to produce sleek designs in matt silk crêpe or smooth glossy satin, which were sophisticated and very Art Deco.

Tamara DE LEMPICKA Poland 1898–1980, emigrated to France 1918, worked in United States 1939–69, Mexico 1962–80 The telephone II (Le téléphone II) 1930 oil on wood panel 35.0 x 27.0 cm Wolfgang Joop Collection, London © Tamara De Lempicka/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by VISCOPY, Sydney

Tamara DE LEMPICKA Poland 1898–1980, emigrated to France 1918, worked in United States 1939–69, Mexico 1962–80 'The telephone II (Le téléphone II)' 1930 oil on wood panel 35.0 x 27.0 cm Wolfgang Joop Collection, London © Tamara De Lempicka/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by VISCOPY, Sydney


The telephone and the skyscraper
Other highlights of the exhibition include Tamara de Lempicka’s The telephone II from 1930, and the stunning installation of the original architectural elements from the foyer of the Strand Palace Hotel from London’s West End, rescued by the V&A during the demolition of the foyer space in 1969.
Perhaps one of the most significant aspects of Art Deco’s influence on architecture is that of the skyscraper. As well as a striking symbol of modernity, the spectacle of the towering skyscraper also signifies the impact of the new modern style on the art and lifestyle of America. As the style of Art Deco spread from Europe to the United States and the rest of the world, so the American interpretation of Art Deco was shown and promoted to international audiences via the Hollywood film.

Travel and transportation
Travel is also an important inclusion in the exhibition, particularly film footage of the interior design of the Normandie, is featured in the Travel and Transportation section. The depictions of other modes of transport of this era, including grand luxury liners, streamlined trains and motor cars, as well as the exotic tourist destinations communicates the extent of Art Deco’s influence on mass culture and the modern world. Motor vehicle design is featured with the 1937 Cord 812 Westchester sedan, produced by Auburn Automobile Company in Indiana, USA,  given a prominent position in the exhibition.

AUBURN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, Auburn and Connersville, Indiana (manufacturer) United States 1900–27 Cord 812 Westchester sedan 1937 160.0 x 180.0 x 500.0 cm Private collection, Melbourne Photo: Courtesy of Brian Scott

AUBURN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, Auburn and Connersville, Indiana (manufacturer) United States 1900–27 'Cord 812 Westchester sedan' 1937 160.0 x 180.0 x 500.0 cm Private collection, Melbourne Photo: Courtesy of Brian Scott

Deco Down Under
One section of Art Deco 1910-1939 has an entirely Australian focus, displaying its architecture, fine arts and product design.
Historical photographs highlight the Sydney Harbour Bridge as being one of the most striking examples of this country’s architectural design, although local architecture in cities, suburbs and towns throughout Australia were strongly influenced by Art Deco. From the mass-produced objects of glassware and ceramics to distinctive handcrafted items of similar products, Australian Art Deco reflects unique national characteristics while at the same time embracing international modernity and Australia’s enthusiasm to be considered part of the global community.

This extensive exhibition is at once a nostalgic tour of the past and also a celebration of style that has never truly gone out of fashion.


Art Deco 1910-1939
28 June – 5 October 2008
NGV International
180 St Kilda Road
10am-5pm
Exhibition fees apply

Further information:
www.ngv.vic.gov.au

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Studio Output – A closer look – Gallery

Jul 18, ’08 12:08 PM

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In a recent issue, DG magazine online covered Studio Output’s interior design for Seven, a small hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Intrigued by their approach to this brief, we decided to take a closer look at the work done by this UK studio.

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Studio Output – A closer look

Jul 18, ’08 12:07 PM

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In a recent issue, DG magazine online covered Studio Output’s interior design for Seven, a small hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Intrigued by their approach to this brief, we decided to take a closer look at the work done by this UK studio.

Ministry of Sound; Saturday Sessions Summer 2008 campaign, May

Ministry of Sound; Saturday Sessions Summer 2008 campaign, May

Studio Output (SO) was formed in the UK summer of 2002 by three partners: Dan Moore, Rob Coke and Ian Hambleton. Dan and Rob had formed the senior creative team at another small design agency in Nottingham – in the UK’s East Midlands – while Ian was a friend of theirs who had also been an occasional client. Feeling that it was time to branch out and try something that reflected their own values, Dan and Rob decided to go out on their own, with Ian looking after all of the non-design work.

A little history
Creative Director Rob and Art Director Dan are both originally from the suburbs of London. Rob studied a BTEC – the equivalent of a foundation but more vocational – in Design and Typography at the London College of Printing (now London College of Communication) and then moved up to Nottingham to study his degree. After graduating he started working for a friend at a local studio called Twelve:Ten. As the lead designer in a growing team, this was an exciting position, working quickly on a vast amount of club flyers and sleeves for small independent labels.
Around the same time, Dan had graduated from a Fine Art degree in Derby – Notttingham’s nearest neighbour – and started designing his own flyers when promoting and DJing at local clubs. He joined Twelve:Ten as a junior designer and quickly established himself as a brilliant all-rounder, and eventually the time came to leave and set up Studio Output.
Steve Payne, SO’s Senior Designer, joined the company in 2005 from another Nottingham agency, where he’d spent ten years working his way through the ranks from Junior Designer to Creative Director. At Studio Output, he has been able to work on more creatively rewarding work, offering him an outlet for his own brand of ‘creative weirdness’. Similarly, Stewart McMillan had been working on projects for ‘large yet dull’ clients at an events company before he joined Studio Output as Designer. Stewart began working in-house for SO at Ministry of Sound, and in June 2006 he joined Ian (Account Director) to set up the second studio in Clerkenwell, London.

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Studio Output - Ministry of Sound, Genres

The work environment
The most unusual thing about the work environment at Studio Output is that it is spread across three sites; as well as the studios in Nottingham and Clerkenwell, there is a designer who is based in-house with their client Ministry of Sound who works with the internal marketing team under SO’s art direction to create all the campaigns required by the club and international tour schedule.
Management across the three sites aims for consistency, with the Studio Manager controlling the workflow via an online job-tracking system and constant communication about the status of jobs – an essential piece of organisation that allows SO to continue delivering to their client’s, and their own, satisfaction.

The essential open dialogue policy
The nature of the work at SO is so multi-disciplined that the designers aren’t divided into layout, typography or illustration, but rather they are expected to be able to combine all of these elements to answer the brief in the most innovative way.
SO has never employed account handlers, which results in the clients having an open dialogue with the creatives leading the project, or even the designers doing the day-to-day work.
‘This helps both parties to gain an understanding of each others’ aims and gets rid of the misinterpretation you can get from a longer chain of communication,’ SO explains, ‘we can only do this by employing well organised people, who thrive on the challenge of creative thinking, for each position and keeping them on top of their game through regular brainstorming, training and teambuilding.’

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Creative collaborations
In the past, Studio Output have always tried to keep their creative process in-house where possible, employing designers with a range of skills to handle any project. However, on a few occasions this rule has been bent where they have commissioned illustrators such as Jon Burgerman, or worked with motion artists like Up the Resolution. They also have a reciprocal relationship with interactive agency AllofUS, who helped SO with their website in return for helping to bolster their knowledge of print design. Now that it has grown to the ‘right size’, SO are now also looking at pulling in more specialist expertise on a project by project basis.

Project highlight 1 – Bluu
A few of Studio Output’s stand-out campaigns are the work they have done for Bluu, BBC Radio 1, Seven and Ministry of Sound. The varied nature of the client’s work reflects SO’s versatility and ability to prove its design talent across media and design discipline. Studio Output’s collaborative work with Macaulay Sinclair for Bluu, an exclusive collection of bars, restaurants and basements in London, Manchester, Nottingham and Glasgow, displayed not only how well the company can work together with other creatives but also on a package for a client including a coordinated identity, print campaign and interior graphic scheme.

Project highlight 2 – BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio1, one of the company’s first clients, employs Studio Output on an ‘ad-hoc’ basis, following successful identity and marketing campaigns for One Live in Nottingham in 2002, and the more recent Miami Winter Music Conference and Radio 1 in Ibiza. Each project is assigned to one or two designers who will liaise directly with a corresponding member of the Radio 1 marketing team, in keeping with Studio Output’s policy for an open dialogue between creatives.

Studio Output - BBC 1Xtra

Studio Output - BBC 1Xtra

Project highlight 3 – Seven
In a recent issue, DG magazine online covered Studio Output’s interior design for Seven, a small hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Inspired by Thai culture as well as a theme of a room for every day of the week, SO created a stylish graphics package which included textile design for the bed linen, but which was also applied to other fixtures and furnishings throughout the hotel. The strong thematic approach SO took to the design, along with the distinct Thai influence, are key to Seven’s success in attracting young, professional tourists to the hotel.

Project highlight 4 – Ministry of Sound
Studio Output have been working with the flagship club since Spring 2005 when they were approached to pitch ideas for their London club and global tours; a relationship which has continued to flourish.
Keen to revitalise and reinvent their international identity, Ministry of Sound gave Studio Output a brief for their Summer 2005 Ibiza campaign. Studio Output responded by creating a series of images which allowed the recognised Ministry of Sound logo to appear in new locations, most memorably shaped by swimmers in a pool and in cloud patterns. After successfully helping the club to launch the new Friday nights concept ‘Switch’ and also develop a strong tour publicity campaign in 2006, Studio Output have most recently helped Ministry of Sound celebrate the return of summer in the UK with the bright and colourful Saturday Sessions Summer 2008 campaign.

Up ahead
Keep on the lookout for Studio Output’s graphics work on an exciting (and at time of publication, hush hush) new game for the PlayStation 3, as well as new projects with the BBC’s digital radio stations 1Xtra and Asian network.

Kate McCurdy

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The Victoria-wide design event, The State of Design Festival kicks off on Wednesday 16 July 2008 with a host of events to appeal to anyone with an interest in design. Under the artistic direction of Ewan McEoin from Studio Propeller (one of the key organisations that make up the State of Design Alliance or SODA), the festival features four major design arenas: the Premier’s Design Awards, Design Capital, Design for Everyone and Design:Made:Trade.

State of Design Festival
16 – 24 July 2008
Various venues

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State of Design Festival

Premier’s Design Awards: Winners announced Wednesday 16 July 2008
Design Capital: Wednesday 16 – Friday 18 July 2008
Design for Everyone: Wednesday 16 – Thursday 24 July 2008
Design:Made:Trade: Thursday 17 – Sunday 20 July

The Victoria-wide design event, The State of Design Festival kicks off on Wednesday 16 July 2008 with a host of events to appeal to anyone with an interest in design. Under the artistic direction of Ewan McEoin from Studio Propeller (one of the key organisations that make up the State of Design Alliance or SODA), the festival features four major design arenas: the Premier’s Design Awards, Design Capital, Design for Everyone and Design:Made:Trade.

While the Melbourne Museum will become a ‘design hub’ for most of the activities on offer, events will take place at venues all over Melbourne, including the Royal Exhibition Building, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, as well as regional venues across Victoria.

The festival welcomes many international guests as well as those from around Australia, but takes a distinctly Melbourne, and indeed Victorian, focus in its celebration of design talent and innovation. One of the key themes at the festival is the issue of sustainability in design, and that is reflected in the criteria of the Premier’s Design Award, and newly introduced Premier’s Design Marks, as well as the challenges it brings to design and business as shown in Design Capital, how it affects product design in Design:Made:Trade as well as the broad scope of climate change and sustainability awareness of the entire population in Design for Everyone.


The Premier’s Design Awards
A highlight of the State of Design Festival, The Premier’s Design Awards 2008 seeks to recognise excellence in design practice in Victoria. Held biennially from 2008 onwards, the award is judged by a local and international panel and the winner announced at the opening of the festival.
In addition to the Award, the event has recently been redeveloped to introduce the Premier’s Design Marks. These Marks will ‘reward designers and practices that have developed their skills and their creative processes to respond to the new more demanding market conditions, producing exemplary approaches and outcomes that are perceived by the profession, clients and the community as a contribution to a sustainable future’.
The Premier’s Design Marks will be awarded within the following design categories in the divisions of Commercial, Cultural or Self Initiated: Industrial/Product Design, Architecture, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Multimedia Design, Landscape Design, Exhibition Design, Set Design, Textile Design, Fashion Design, Hand Made Objects.

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Chris Bosse, Designer, Design Capital


Design Capital
As Australia’s first business of design conference, Design Capital, presented by Design Victoria, will bring the realms of business and design together in order to allow them to connect and discuss issues facing both areas such a sustainability, globalisation and also examining the role of design in successful innovation. Participants in Design Capital include leading innovators, designers, business figures, the media and industry who will bring their insights to the table to tackle issues relevant to designing, thinking, process, and the commercialisation of design led products and services from Victoria.

The Design Capital conference has been structured over three days according to key themes affecting business and design. These themes complement each other as well as work to stimulate debate among the participants.
Day One’s themes are ‘Designing Identity’ and ‘Place Making’. ‘Designing Identity’ examines how design is generated and shifts the identity of individuals, products, brands and places; and particularly looks at how when they work well, design solutions can provide a double dividend: a return on investment and a return on imagination, creating iconic, strategic outcomes for business. ‘Place Making’ looks at how urban renewal and development creates environments and new opportunities for business and community, acknowledging how architecture and urban planning are crucial to shape the way of the future.

‘Designing Experience’ and ‘The Opportunity of Crisis’ are on the agenda for Day Two. The former analyses the how our ‘experience economy’ harnesses design as a way to ensure consumer engagement. ‘Opportunity of Crisis’ canvasses the obligation of designers to respond to the imminent challenges of climate and society, and also motivate change as they create the products, environments and opportunities of the future.

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Nendo, Design Capital

Day Three takes a global view with the ‘Convergent World’ and the ‘Commercialisation of Ideas for Export’. ‘The Convergent World’ observes how a new generation of design service systems, products and production methodologies are emerging to challenge social, environmental and consumer expectation. This theme makes particular reference to how technology-based design processes, digital networks and sustainable manufacturing are all innovation led business arenas worth watching. The ‘Commercialisation of Ideas for Export’ expands upon these themes as three innovative Victorian exporters describe their pathway to market, illustrate the commercial potential of design and manufacturing fed from research, and products rich with design.

The State of Design Festival Artistic Director and Conference Curator, Ewan McEoin, says that this conference is a ‘strategic event, looking towards a competitive, innovative future for Victorian design and Victorian business’. Design Capital will be facilitated by Oliver Freeman, director of the Neville Freeman Agency, and has been strategically designed to build a picture, across six diverse yet connected themes, of where Melbourne and Victoria sit in a competitive global market, and predicts new opportunities for design-led business from Victoria and Australia.
Design Capital will run from Wednesday 16 – Friday 18 July 2008 at the Melbourne Museum.


Design for Everyone
Design for everyone proclaims that ‘Design is a Verb!’ The driving force behind this event is to make design appear as accessible and appealing as possible, that ‘it’s about doing, being, making, crafting, thinking, shaping – a process not an object, design is for everyone!’
The involvement of not only the venues across the city of Melbourne such as Melbourne Museum, ACMI, the State Library of Victoria, RMIT University and the National Gallery of Victoria, but also regional centres from Horsham to Castlemaine to Bendigo – making this a truly accessible event at the Festival.
In designing these events, program curator Fleur Watson has helped bring together the design community, giving the designers unique opportunities with a space for design in all its guises to interact directly with the public. With events ranging from exhibitions to public talks, design experiences and iconic design statements, Design for Everyone makes its message clear.

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'Propogating Fiction' for 'Winterlights' - Tracy Sarroff, Mars, Design for Everyone


Design:Made:Trade
Complementing the business realm of Design Capital and its opportunity for leading businesses to network and forecast, Design:Made:Trade adds an essential commercial aspect to the State of Design Festival. This trade event brings together 40 of Australia’s most talented designers from a wide range of design disciplines including lighting, textiles, fashion design, furniture, industrial design, and graphic design, and aims to give exposure to this showcase of forthcoming products and material trends to local and international markets.
Housed in the Royal Exhibition Building, Design:Made:Trade is the perfect location to attract key buyers, design professionals, design makers, manufacturers, decision makers from national and international creative industries, as well as design conscious members of the public.

Design:Made:Trade also makes an effort to engage with the current trend of sustainability in design by giving exhibitors the opportunity to transform a design box to showcase their design talent. The boxes are provided by Visy, are constructed from recycled cardboard and will be recycled at the end of the event.
Design:Made:Trade has been compared to the designers block concept in London as well as 100% Design Tokyo events, and aims to present innovative work in an environment  focused on attracting designers and trade visitors with a creative young and fresh approach.

Design Made Trade

Zema Designs, Design:Made:Trade

The State of Design Festival has been made possible by the Victorian Government, the Design Victoria program, the State of Design Alliance (SODA) as well as commercial partnerships. SODA is a joint venture made up of Australian Exhibitions & Conferences, Winslow Solutions and Studio Propeller.

State of Design Festival
16 – 24 July 2008
Various venues

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