Month of August, 2009

Janine Benyus: Biomimicry in Action

The self-proclaimed nature nerd, Janine Benyus gives an inspiring talk on Biomimicry, looking at ways in which nature can inspire and inform design.

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Surry Hills: Design Lovers Tour

11-15th August ’09, 10:00am - 12:00pm

For this year’s Sydney Design Festival, Urban Walkabout Tours is offering a series of two-hour tours of Sydney’s burgeoning design culture.

Workshopped 09

5th - 15th August '09

Chifley Plaza
29/2 Chifley Square, Syndey

As part of this year’s Sydney Design Festival Workshopped 09 presents a stellar range of Australian furniture, lighting and product design conceived by emerging young designers.

Rem Koolhaas

In this short interview by TheCrane TV, internationally renowned architect Rem Koolhaas talks frankly about democracy and education in light of 21st Century modernity.

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Young Blood: Designer's Market - Sydney Design Festival 2009

This year’s Young Blood: Designers Market is bigger and brighter than ever before. With its new location in the Museum’s Turbine Hall the curated market will present the very best of Australia’s talented young designers.

Craft Punk Design Miami - Pleated Pleat by Yael Mer & Shey Alkalay (Raw-Edges Design Studio)

Craft Punk Design Miami @ Salone del Mobile 2009

Design Miami partnered with fashion house FENDI to curate an event of live design performances. Emerging designers were invited to work within traditional, or hand-made, craft methods using discarded materials from the FENDI production process.

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7X7

12th August ’09, 6-9pm

Coles Theater, Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris Street, Ultimo

For this year’s Sydney Design Festival 09, the Design Institute of Australia, NSW will once again present 7X7, an evening of inspiring presentations on the future of design.

'The Fig Leaf' Wardrobe by Tord Boontje for Meta,2008

Design Symposium: Furniture Futures

18th September ’09, 10:30am - 5:30pm

Sackler Centre, V&A Museum
Cromwell Road, London

As the first in a new series at the V&A, Furniture Futures will explore a range of topics including, furniture as a new art form, the role of new materials and sustainability in design, and whether individual creativity or collaboration is the key to innovative practice.

Simon Hasan

Vauxhall Collective Commission

As part of this year’s Vauxhall Collective commissions, Simon Hasan combines ancient craft techniques with industrial design language to create a unique range of design pieces.

Kete lights by David Trubridge 2009 - Sustain Me - Sydney Design Festival 2009

Sustain Me: Contemporary Design

30th July - 22nd August ’09

Ivan Dougherty Gallery
Corner of Selwyn Street and Albion Avenue Paddington, Sydney

For this year’s Sydney Design Festival the Ivan Dougherty Gallery presents ‘Sustain Me’ an exhibition exploring the conventional role design and designers play in creating and developing a deeper understanding of sustainability.

Stephen Burks @ Salone del Mobile 2009

Stephen Burks is one of the most recognized American industrial designers of his generation. He and his New York studio, Readymade Projects, have been responsible for creative direction and industrial design on projects ranging from retail interiors and events to packaging, consumer products, lighting, furniture and home accessories.

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Creative Dialogue: Michael Marriott

6th August '09, 6-8pm

Metropolitan Works
41 Commercial Road, London

For the first in their latest series of networking events Metropolitan Works has invited acclaimed designer Michael Marriott to give a guest lecture followed by informal networking.

The spatial effect of colours and forms by Eugen Batz - Bauhaus-Archive Berlin © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2009

Bauhaus: A Conceptual Model

22nd July - 4th October ’09

Martin-Gropius-Bau
Schöneberger Straße 15, Berlin

On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the Bauhaus, the Bauhaus Archive Berlin, the Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau and the Klassik Stiftung Weimar jointly present an exhibition recounting the story of this most important school of modernity.

Design Competition: Green Life

Deadline: 25th August '09

As an attempt to raise awareness of the importance of going Green, Incheon International Design Awards (iida) and Designboom have launched a Green Design & Daily Life competition which challenges designers to come up with an original concept which promotes the harmonious co-existence of humans and nature.

Eames Lounge Chair Debut in 1956 on NBC

Charles & Ray Eames discuss a number of their design masterpieces including their then new Eames Lounge Chair, on the Arlene Francis “Home” show broadcast on the NBC television network in 1956.

Although at times quite patronising to Ray herself, the video offers an exceptional view of the Eames’ philosophies and approaches to design. It’s well worth a look.

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