The Queensland University of Technology (QUT)’s 2011 Interior Design graduate exhibition explored the idea of ’futurism’, taking inspiration from past movements as well as providing inspiration to movements in the future. The exhibition opening night on 17 November at Lightspace in Fortitude Valley drew a crowd eager to see what these talented grads had to offer.
December 20th, 2011
Photography: Ian Knight & Lyndal Carmichael
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