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Built Environment Meets ParliamentThe ADA was pleased to support the Built Environment Meets Parliament event held in Canberra on 15 July. The keynote address was delivered by the Hon Tim Fischer AC, who said that, we need holistic planning and design at every level and that, while we may not need a minister for design just yet, we need ministers in government who can bring the concept of design into what they do. Points that the ADA wholeheartedly endorse. READ MORE |
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Australia bids for 2020 International Union of Architects congress
The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has made a bid to host the 2020 International Union of Architects (UIA) Congress in Melbourne. READ MORE |
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Melbourne launches architecture and design pavilion inspired by London’s Serpentine project Australia will soon have its own annual architecture and design hub via a temporary pavilion in the style made famous by London’s Serpentine Pavilion. Minister for Tourism and Major Events Louise Asher said the project will cement Melbourne’s standing as a major hub for design and architecture in the Asia-Pacific, creating an event that will benefit both Victorians and visitors to our State. READ MORE |
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Great design boosts our economy and democracy – but may not be around for much longer Food for thought in this article in 'Design Week' by UK innovation policy specialist Naomi Turner. The absence of strategic support for design education is of particular concern. The Government no longer buys wholesale into the notion that industrial design is key to our competitiveness as a nation, despite the enormous potential for well-designed, embedded technologies in our homes and cities to be a massive growth area for the UK . Large-scale outsourcing of production and a huge loss in our manufacturing base has had a knock on effect in how ‘making things’ is perceived by communities – dirty work, poorly paid, subject to redundancies – when in fact the opposite is true. READ MORE |
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Bob Greenberg: Design + Collaboration – the sum is greater than the parts
Last week Object: Australian Design Centre (associate member of the Australian Design Alliance) hosted a special early morning talk with digital visionary Bob Greenberg on his first visit to Australia. READ MORE |
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Enabled by Design-athon 24-25 July 2014, Sydney The benefits of Universal Design are well known – providing better design solutions for everyone, but guest speaker Cain Beckett, Director at Pricewaterhouse Cooper, encouraged participants at the inaugural Australia Enabled by Design-athon to also consider the business opportunities of the rapidly expanding $50b a year market for products, technologies and services for people with a disability. READ MORE |
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Idea Bombing Sydney The Gallery Edition For the past couple of months Idea Bombing has taken over Object Gallery coming up with design ideas to improve our cities. They have a final event as part of Sydney Design on 22 August looking at how design can transform our everyday lives. READ MORE |
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Australian Design Alliance: promoting the use of design to boost Australia's productivity through innovation. |
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