Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris St, Ultimo
The Powerhouse Museum's Young Blood: Designers Market and the international designboom mart will team up during Sydney Design '08 to present the very best local and international design.
Felissimo Design House
New York, NY, USA
From Murakami to Hello Kitty, sushi to sake bars, and anime to video games, Japan’s influence has become more and more visible in arts, design, food, style, and popular culture. But there is so much more to discover—as Japan C, a groundbreaking showcase of all things Japanese, will prove.
Building Design Partnership
16 Brewhouse Yard, Clerkenwell
Throughout August the Architecture Foundation will be running its annual “Summer Nights” lecture series.
Every Wednesday evening, one of London’s most exciting young architectural practices will present their work and discuss their ideas with editors and journalists.
Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved. In 22 minutes, she revisits her childhood, shares her family history and delves into the worlds of physics and chance. It’s a wild ride with a surprise ending. Amy Tan is the author of such beloved books as The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses.
The car is responsible for a lot of things, with today's focus principally highlighting the negatives - namely congestion and pollution. But let's not forget that the car has truly mobilized our lives in ways that would be unimaginable to live without.
Design Museum
Shad Thames, London
Ground floor, Chifley Plaza
2 Chifley Square, Sydney
Powerhouse Museum
500 Harnes Street, Sydney
While Modernism appears old, if not antique, why does it still command a powerful influence on 21st century culture, despite many efforts to herald its demise? Designers, architects and art historians will address this conundrum through first-hand narratives, films and research on inter-disciplinary projects.
'There’s A Hole In My Bucket' invites 20 local designers and 80 members of the public to put their bucket where their mouth is and photograph a part of Sydney, or a part of their everyday lives, that they consider to be badly designed; and every image must contain the ubiquitous yellow bucket.
Kemistry Gallery
43 Charlotte Road
London, UK
Independent graphic design gallery Kemistry Gallery has asked eleven previous exhibitors to create new pieces for an exhibition celebrating their fourth year exposing graphic talent.
Being that DeTank has been running on the internet for a total of 111 days and is entirely reliant upon the world wide web in order to exist, Kevin Kelly’s account of the internet's 5,000 day evolution highlights the enormous potential of design.
In this video, Kelly offers a fascinating look into what the next 5,000 days may have in-store for this, seemingly endless, virtual world.
Sydney, Australia - various locations
Over the next few weeks we will be showcasing the best bits of the Sydney Design Festival 2008.
Building Design Partnership
16 Brewhouse Yard, London
As the first in a series of four talks, featuring London’s best young architectural practices, Matthew Springett will discuss his thoughts, experiences.
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