Call for Entries
Clarence Prize for Excellence in Furniture Design
$20,000 acquisitive first prize
Two $1500 non-acquisitive commendation prizes
The Australian Innovation System Report is an annual series of reference reports that:
The Minister for Industry and Science, the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, announced three of the five Chairs of the Industry Growth Centres on the 17 February 2015.
The Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF) has called for a “direct and punchy” construction strategy for the country, asking if our governments just don’t get construction.
Entry is now open for VIVID 2015, Australia’s longest running design competition for new and emerging furniture and lighting designers. Decor + Design invites professional designers in business less than five years and current students of design to submit their new furniture or lighting products.
Thingamabob, a versatile table or seat, made from local QLD FSC certified Hoop Pine plywood by Carl Holder (Foreply) was a finalist at the 2014 VIVID competition.
Each year, the Good Design Awards invites leading design experts from across Australia and the globe. This year’s Jury spans experts from industrial design, automotive design, architectural design, software-electronics, engineering design, digital and communications design, social innovation and business model design.
The World Design Capital title may have moved on from Cape Town, as it travels to Taipei in 2016 but its influence remains in various legacy programmes that will enhance the creativity of Cape Town for years to come.
The inaugural Health Care / Health Life conference will be held in Melbourne on Wednesday 18 March 2015, and will explore the future of health design. Speakers include: Lone Wiggers (partner, C.F. Moller in Denmark), Stephen Duckett (health program director, Grattan Institute), Johannes Molander Pedersen (founding partner, Nord Architects), Ron Billard (director, Billard Leece Partnership), Corbett Lyon (director, Lyons) and Christine Kilpatrick (CEO, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne). Purchase tickets on the Design Speaks website.
A report on the Design Policy Conference in Cape Town last October has just been released and has some fascinating insights into design and innovation policy.
A call for expression of interests from artists is being sought for creation of a dedicated memorial in Anzac Square Brisbane, Queensland. The memorial will be a legacy memorial to commemorate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service men and women. On October 15, 2014 the Qld Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs the Hon. Elmes and Lord Mayor of Brisbane G. Quirk announced their support of a significant new memorial to be erected at Anzac Square Brisbane IN 2018. The committee for the memorial invites written proposals from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander professional practicing artists from across Australia to design and build a memorial for Anzac Square Brisbane. The memorial will be installed on a plinth no more than 10 metres square and must represent the significant contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women in the armed service. The written proposal must address the following criteria:
Image: Dr Dale Kerwin
