Design and business educators and professionals share new ideas and approaches around tackling the pressing issues of today. Produced by the Billy Blue School of Design, contributors include Dean Roger Martin, Alice Rawsthorn, Vince Frost and er, me. It will be launched at Sydney Design and is available in bookshops now. Please contact Leanne Rule […]
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RedesigningDesign_JHawkins_AusCreative_JUNEJULY_LR Designers are faced with all sorts of challenges and none more so perhaps, than how to challenge oneself. In an industry where innovation, adaptation and progressive practice are benchmarks we commonly strive for on behalf of our clients, are we always the best at being introspective? Looking at ourselves and our industry and asking, […]
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EmotionalIntell_AusCreative_April10_JH_LR There are people you meet in life, who may amuse, entertain, even keep you on your toes, but there are few that truly delight, both intellectually and creatively. We all know them. They just have that extra something that makes us sit up and take notice, manage to keep our (otherwise waning) attention and […]
Categories: Articles, Australian design, Communication, Design, Experiential design, Journalism, Writing
Sarah King, the curator of the Australian Design Museum Show currently on view at the Shapiro Gallery in Sydney, should be congratulated on her efforts to promote the industry and elevate the profile of many of the talented Australian designers we have here, working largely unsupported by national or state government. However, in my personal […]
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London Calling_AusCreative_Feb-Mar10_pgs26-28_LR Australians excel in many fields overseas, and design is no different. Hot on the heels of Marc Newson’s (dubious) ‘Supercell’ project, which sat basking in the sunshine on London’s Southbank at the London Design Festival, were Ben Rousseau and Daniel + Emma. Jackie Hawkins gets acquainted. Exhibiting as part of Designersblock and 100%Futures […]
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During December, the city of Milan will light up thanks to a number of light installations realised by internationally renowned designers. Developing an idea of staging intimate encounters in the public sphere, Paul Cocksedge Studio will create an installation that reinvents the ancient European tradition of kissing under a mistletoe and transforms it into an […]
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Day Four A Day Out East: TENT
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Day Three The morning after the night before I’ll cut straight to the chase: today is a struggle. Friday night in London is always eventful, but when it ends a week that has seen 100%Design, the London Design Festival and London Fashion Week, it’s carnage. From buyers to manufacturers to sales people and designers, everyone […]
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