Changing Lanes Laneway Party 25 May

Brisbaneites, head down to Hynes Street in Fortitude Valley this Friday night for the Changing Lanes Laneway Party.

In association with Brisbane Indesign, Laneway Party is bringing exhibitions, competitions, pop-up bars, boutique food stalls, DJs and AV displays to the Valley for a night of street fun.

Midnight Tango, Baby Making DJs and Op-Thomas Prime will be on the decks throughout the night.

Entry is free between 5pm and 7pm, and things will be kicking on until midnight!

Visit the Changing Lanes website for more info.

Changing Lanes
changinglanes.net.au

News for Interstudio

Interstudio, the furniture retailer placed in voluntary administration on 20 March, has recently been acquired by Michele Kearney, General Manager, Interstudio Melbourne.

The Sydney showroom will be closed down, with a new salesperson soon to be appointed to service the Sydney market.

Kearney has maintained contact with Interstudio's suppliers and is in negotiation with new suppliers for new products as well as existing ranges.

Interstudio
interstudio.com.au

Work, Rest and Play with Warwick Fabrics

On Tuesday 8 May, Warwick Fabrics are teaming up with industry leaders to showcase the latest in interior concepts for the commercial arena.

Carpet Republic, Design Choice, Dexion - Alexandria, Four Two, Feltex, GGI, Gkraft, Harbour Outdoor, Hughes Commercial, KFive, Nufurn, One World, Polyflor, Prototype, Schiavello, Sofas International and Turner Bros have all come together to feature the best in commercial flooring, furniture, lighting and fabrics.

Themed Work, Rest & Play, the focus will centre around products for the office, hotel and hospitality markets.

Warwick's Thomas Maxwell® Leather, Wools and screen fabrics will be launched at the event, along with an extensive range of pattern and high performance, commercial fabrics.

This event is not to be missed!

Date: Tuesday 8 May, 5.30 – 9.00pm
Venue: Warwick Showroom, 55 Bridge Rd, Glebe

For more information call 02 9518 8688 or email NSWevents@warwick.com.au

Warwick Fabrics
warwick.com.au

NAWIC Site Tour - The Kinghorn Cancer Centre

NAWIC and Richard Crookes Constructions (RCC) invite you to visit their current project, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre (TKCC).

TKCC is a new cancer research centre that combines integrated multidisciplinary cancer care and translational cancer research.

TKCC is located adjacent to and linking into the adjoining Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Lowy Packer
Building.

The project comprises:
• 8 levels of specialist research laboratories (including PC2 laboratories)
• clinical data management and analysis suites
• clinical consulting suites
• high level conferencing facilities and multi-disciplinary meeting rooms
• patient coordination and clinical services areas and general support
spaces

Project Challenges include:
• excavating into class 1 and 2 rock adjacent to sensitive researchequipment and animal housing facilities
• detail communication and stakeholder strategy

TOUR DETAILS

Date: Wednesday 23 May 2012
Where: 362-382 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst
Time: 4.00pm – 5.30pm, nibbles and drinks will be provided after the tour
RSVP: Register online by Wednesday 9 May 2012. Numbers are limited
Cost: $20 students, $30 NAWIC members $50 for non members
Contact: jacqueline.truong@bakermckenzie.com

The project is still under construction. Please bring hard hats, steel cap boots and hi-viz vest.

Please ensure you sign the CPD attendance sheet on the day to claim CPD points.

NAWIC
nawic.com.au

Haworth 'AllWays Looking Forward' Competition

Haworth invites designers from around the region to help shape the future of their AllWays system
in the 'What Makes AllWays Special' design competition.

Showcase your vision for the future of workspace!

Haworth are looking for the best creative solution / future design applications for their AllWays product.

The top three designers will win a trip to Shanghai to participate in a design workshop.

Submission close 30 April 2012, with winners announced on 16 May 2012.

The winner receives:

VIP trip to Shanghai to participate in an AllWays workshop on future design applications for AllWays, as well as an exciting itinerary of events!

The 3 day itinerary will include:
• Design Workshop
• The Haworth Tour
• VIP Dinner
• Haworth Eco City Showroom Tour
• More details tbc...

Entry criteria as follows:
• Entries must be based on the Haworth AllWays system, but designs are not limited to existing AllWays components – new additions or product innovations are welcome.
• Entries must communicate a clear vision for how AllWays will perform as a solution for future workspaces.
• Entries should include clear annotations or accompanying text to describe the thought-process behind the proposed designs.
• Colour: entries can utilise current AllWays colourways and/or propose a new palette.

Submission format:
Haworth encourages maximum creativity: entries will be accepted in a wide variety of formats, including scanned 'back of an envelope' sketches. Compile them in a zip file and submit your entries on the AllWays microsite.

Materials Provided:
• Product Images
• Product Briefing - if you would like an in-person product introduction, please contact Haworth to arrange this.
• AllWays finishes brochure (e-format)

What Makes AllWays Special
whatmakesallwaysspecial.com

'Trace' by Christina Waterson at Pin Up Project Space

From 15 March until 12 May 2012 artist Christina Waterson will open her latest solo exhibition, 'Trace', as part of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program and presented by How We Create.

Brisbane-based artist Christina Waterson brings to her work a unique perspective as a Queenslander and as an architect. Her art explores strong shapes and intricate structures in small to large-scale pieces.

Christina will next week open her new solo show at the exciting pin-up architecture and design project space in Collingwood. The exhibition, titled Trace, "maps and connects the underlying conceptual ideas" of Christina's practice, informed by her recent Winston Churchill Fellowship research project.

An evolution of her previous works in timber, metal and acrylic, Trace presents works in 'softer' materials such as rubber, leather and felt, produced using artisan techniques, from leatherwork and sewing, to beading and macramé.

To date, Christina's works have focussed on sharp lines and geometries, however this latest portfolio of work takes on softer forms of tactile curves and arabesques. "The new collection embodies a 3-dimensional 'trace', sketch or echo of past trajectories," Waterson explains.

The exhibition opens on Thursday 15 March 2012 from 6–9pm at the pin-up project space in Collingwood.

Dates

Opening night: Thu 15 Mar, 6–9pm
Exhibition: 15 Mar–12 May, 2012

Hours

Wed–Fri 11am–6pm, Sat 12pm–5pm

Christina Waterson
christinawaterson.com

How We Create
howwecreate.com

pin-up
pinupprojectspace.com

DIAQ 7 x 7 Talk Series Gold Coast

The inaugural Seven by Seven Talk Series promotes collaborative design practice on the Gold Coast and celebrates the creative culture, leisure and lifestyle of the local community.

This unique Gold Coast initiative provides connections and networking opportunities for emerging and established design professionals, design students and design related organisations with an aim to initiate collaborative projects that stimulate the design community on the Gold Coast.

Each talk will feature seven local guest speakers that will speak for seven minutes each covering topics which relate to various design disciplines.

Talk 1 takes place March 23 on the Gold Coast, with Claudio Kirac of Billabong, Kiel Tillman of Potato Press, Rob Bare of R&B Creative, Paul Everest of Unit, Jolie Hertzberg of Rabbit+Cocoon, Luke Brown of MIXR and Dominique Falla of the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University taking to the podium.

The theme is Young Bloods - a young and exciting generation of design students, emerging designers and creative professionals studying and working within the creative industries on the Gold Coast.

For more information visit the DIA website.

NAWIC 2012 Scholarship Announcement

Join NAWIC for the annual International Women's Day Scholarship Cocktail Party, where the winner of the 2012 NAWIC scholarship will be announced.

This year's scholarship presents an opportunity for a woman in the construction industry to develop a research paper to be used as a positive instrument for change.

The scholarship valued at $5,500 is funded by the proceeds of an auction item donated by Corporate Culture.

Last year's winner Natalie Myatt will present the findings of her scholarship research 'The Challenge: Linking Social Sustainability and Financial Value' which involved developing a method to assess the financial return on social sustainability investments to enable managers to better plan, implement and communicate the value of their social spending.

Date: Wednesday 28 March 2012
Time: 6-9pm
Where: AECOM - Level 21, 420 George Street, Sydney
Dress: Cocktail
Cost: $20 members / $30 non-members
RSVP: Wednesday 14 March 2012
Register: nawic.com.au/events

Registrations Now Open for Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards 2011/2012

The Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA) are now a year-round initiative with the introduction of a brand-new format, which sees submission dates across separate categories spread out across the year.

Australians aged 30 and under are invited to submit their work across 11 creative fields for the chance to win $5000 cash, a 12-month mentorship opportunity and a trip to a leading industry event in a relevant field.

Vince Frost, Marc Newson and Brian Zulaikha are among the mentors confirmed to take part in the program this year, and London Fashion Week, the London Design Festival and World Architecture Festival are on the lineup of design destinations.

For 8 years, SOYA has been unearthing and nurturing talent and providing new opportunities for Australian creatives. Don't miss your chance to take part in this exciting initiative - submit your work today!

Closing dates for applications by category are as follows:

Visual Design & Communications
Friday 2 March

Film & Video
Friday 30 March

Photography
Friday 4 May

Animation
Friday 1 June

Craft and Object Design
Friday 6 July

Music
Friday 3 August

Architecture & Interior Design
Friday 7 September

Visual Arts
Friday 5 October

SOYA
soya.com.au

red dot award: communication design back in 2012

As of March 2012, designers, manufacturers and young professionals from all over the world are called upon to submit their latest and most creative designs to the red dot award: communication design.

In 2011, over 6,468 works were submitted. This year, thousands of entries are once again expected.

Only the best will be awarded the quality seal for outstanding design: the red dot.

Call for entries
Early Bird: 7 March - 30 March 2012
Regular: 31 March - 30 April 2012
Latecomer: 1 May - 25 May 2012

red dot
red-dot.de