The Melbourne Design Market is on again this weekend. The Market will take place on Sunday, 30 November at the Federation Square undercover car park. The event marks the beginning of the summer season, and features an abundance of fresh and returning designers – all eager to sell their latest products.
The Market is open from 10am-5pm, and entry is free.

What: Melbourne Design Market
When: Sunday 30 November, 10am-5pm
Where: Federation Square undercover car park
Entry: free
nationaldesigncentre.com

 

The University of New South Wales Faculty of the Built Environment have appointed a new Dean in Professor Alec Tzannes, founder of the Sydney architecture firm, Tzannes Associates and past president of the AIA.

Tzannes takes on the role after a particularly strong period of growth for the Faculty under the stewardship of Professor Peter A Murphy. It has seen the development of a 1000m² DesignLab, a purpose-built research facility, refurbished studio spaces and new exhibition spaces. They have also been imporving and strengthening industry and student support and driving innovation in teaching and learning.

“This is an opportunity to give back to the profession that has given me so much,” Tzannes says.

“But even more importantly, it’s an opportunity to be part of a Faculty that I believe can play a major role, through both its teaching and research, in meeting one of the major challenges facing society – how to design, construct and manage sustainable built environments."

 

fbe.unsw.edu.au

 

Corporate Culture Clearance Sale

Corporate Culture have a heap of great products on sale from Carl Hansen Wishbones chairs designed by Hans J Wegner, Series 7 chairs by Arne Jacobsen, CH25 by Hans J Wegner, Oxford chairs designed by Arne Jacobsen for St Catherines Collage at Oxford University, ICF Pac office chairs, meeting and boardroomm tables to name a few items.

Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm and Saturday 10:00am till 4:00pm

Address: 21 - 23 Levey Street, Chippendale, NSW 2008

Phone: 02 9690 0077

www.corporateculture.com.au

 

Indesign Magazine Issue #35 is on sale now! Subscribe online, or pick up your copy from all good newsagents and book stores.

 

The latest Indesign Luminary, Paul Schremmer, has been announced in Syndey.

Industrial Designer Paul Schremmer has been announced as the latest Indesign Luminary for his significant contribution to design.

Born in Syndey and raised in Wagga, NSW, Schremmer was educated in Mechanical Engineering at the Sydney Technical College. He went on to be employed by companies such as Ford and Email Limited (licensee for American company Westinghouse), and designed many objects we would all be intimately familiar with, from Victa lawnmowers and public telephones to hand dryers and toothbrushes.

For the full Luminary Article pick up your copy of Indesign Magazine – out Friday 28 November 2008.

Schremmer was celebrated at the Indesign Luminary Event at the Mico Design Showroom, East Sydney on 25 November 2008.

Photograph by Anthony Browell

 

Entries close Midnight this Friday 21 November 2008

Do you want to get your off the wall designs onto the wall?
Hankering for an easy $5000?
 
The Flash Photobition Digital Wallpaper Design Competition is asking designers, artists and architects to create Australia’s best digital wallpaper design. Entries are open now and close Friday 21st November 2008.

To enter go to flash.com.au/wallpaper, fill out the online entry form and upload your digital wallpaper file. High resolution scans of manullay drawn designs will also be accepted. Designs must join side to side and top to bottom, making a repetitive pattern.

The winner will receive $5,000, as well as a roll of their own Flash Photobition Custom Wallpaper printed, as will the runners up. There will also be an online vote for the People's Choice Award.

Also see Terms and Conditions at flash.com.au/wallpaper

 

The winner of the Seidler Textures Rug Award 2008 is announced in Sydney.

Honouring Sydney’s most iconic architect, Harry Seidler, the Designer Rugs Seidler Textures Rug Award, recognises outstanding applications of textured Designer Rugs in commercial or residential developments.

The Awards night was fittingly held at the fantastic penthouse of Seidler Apartments in Glen St Milsons Point on 19 November.

The winning entry was from John Taylor of Stockland for The Waterfront Apartments in Kingston ACT – a project using four rugs reflecting the strong architectural form of four atriums. Colours were chosen to echo the distinct change in Canberra’s seasons from autumnal reds to the greens of spring.

 

The Runners up:

 

Byron Bay private residence, Liz Dixon: Director, Pod Interiors

CBRE North Sydney, Vanessa Craig: Senior Designer, FutureSpace

Hunt and Hunt Head office, Sonia Attard: Interior Designer, Cunsolo Architects 

Collins Tower Practice, Wen Mah: Designer, Collins Tower Pty Ltd

To read more on the Awards and the other finalists click here…
 

designerrugs.com.au

 John Taylor from Stockland- The Waterfront Apartments, ACT

 

 

 

Remember the Studio Bagno competition at this year’s Brisbane Indesign? Well the winner has been announced. Richard Coulson of Cox Rayner Architects in Brisbane was the lucky winner, who is actually about to do up his bathroom.

Richard won by simply registering on the day at Studio Bagno’s display in the QA Hotel in James Street. He has won a chic new bathroom from the NIC Design range worth $4000.

The Nic bathroom range, sold in Australia by Studio Bagno, epitomises the best in cutting edge Italian bathroom design. Using new technologies and employing creative Italian designers, Nic has developed a range of elegant and cutting edge designs with the motto ‘Less is more’.

Nic Design is based in the Latium area of Italy, about 40km north of Rome and its collection includes a number of ranges, from the sculptural simplicity of ‘Pixel’ to the amorphous sensuality of ‘Pillow’ to the clean lines and low profile of ‘Canale’.

Congratulations Richard!

 

Nic
nicdesign.it

Studio Bagno
studiobagno.com.au

 

 

Calling all creative Corian® specifiers, the third annual Corian® Design Awards (4th edition) are now open for submissions.

Inspired by the possibilities of this contemporary material, CASF have been recognising the creative use of Corian® in both Commercial and Residential design for three years.

This year there have already been three editions, with a winner in each of the two categories (residential and commercial). Winners of this fourth edition will take home an iPod Nano, be featured on the Corian® website, with the added possibility of publicity in a range of major design magazines. They will also be in the running for the 2008 Grand Prize, which is $2000 cash

The judging panel for the Grand Prize is made up of design duo blueandbrown, DuPont Surfaces representative Massimo Fucci and designer, Joseph Licciardi. Winners of the three editions so far have been: Commercial – Alexander Lotersztain, MIMA Design, John Wardle Architects and Wilson Architects; Residential – John Cunningham, Mal Corboy Design, Minosa by Darren Genner & Simona Castagna.

Entry forms can be downloaded from corian.com.au.

 

The annual University of Technology Sydney Graduate Design Exhibition will take place from 2-8 December.

Showcasing the works of Graduate Bachelor of Design students in Visual Communication, Fashion and Textiles, Interior Design and Industrial Design and Animation, DSGN 08 presents the freshest new talent in the industry.

The exhibition will take place in the UTS Tower in Ultimo, and will also feature a catwalk show, and multi-media and communication works from third year students.


DSGN 08

What: Graduate Design students from UTS showcase their major works to the public.
When: 2-8 December 2008
Where: UTS Tower, City Campus. 15 Broadway, Ultimo.
Cost: Free, except for the Fashion Catwalk Show where tickets are $30. Fashion Show tickets are available at the UTS College Shop- Shop 2, 702 - 730 Harris St. Ultimo NSW 2007
Web: dab.uts.edu.au/design/graduate-show