DIA opens Design Gallery

The Design Institute of Australia – Australia’s only professional, multi-disciplinary design organisation – recently celebrated the opening of its new Design Gallery, a modern, public exhibition space at 175 Collins Street, Melbourne.

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May 20th, 2010

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