Design events in July. No Images? Click here Design this month at State LibraryThere are plenty of design events to attend in July, including humanitarian architect Maggie Ma's talk at State Library. Also, find out about the new Pantone swatch books coming to our design collection. You can find photos, videos and articles from all of our events and workshops on Design Online, Design Minds, and the APDL blog. Keep in touch via our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.
Design Minds: Two Day City teacher toolkit designonline.org.au | Free Teachers can download a comprehensive toolkit designed to introduce the principles of city building and a process to identify issues that may affect cities of the future. Suitable for students in grades 3 to 10. Final days of Home: a suburban obsessionUntil Sun 14 Jul | Free Time is running out to visit this fascinating, free exhibition exploring Queensland homes during the 1960s and 70s. Catch the last few days before the exhibition closes its doors forever. Design for industrial cutting using VCarve16 Jul | Bookings required Learn the tools of the trade for designing for industrial cutting, using VCarve. Vetrix VCarve is the software used to drive the Fabrication Lab CNC router. New in the Design LoungeA set of Pantone cotton and plastic colour swatches is coming to the design collection soon. It will be available to use onsite in the Design Lounge. Ask us how you can access this useful design resource when you visit. You may also like...The patch lawnAuthor and design nerd Tim Ross has produced three podcasts inspired by the photographs in Home: a suburban obsession. Settle in and listen to his creative reinterpretations of the Corley collection. Bubble & Speak Breakfast #225 Jul | Victoria Park Golf Course Bubble & Speak is one of the principal industry events for design professionals in Queensland. Listen, learn and gain inspiration from local and interstate speakers representing various design disciplines. Library ShopSupport local designers and makers: Pottery for the Planet, Concrete Jellyfish, Busy Head and 2 Little Houses. MembershipBecome a member of State Library today to borrow from our growing design collection. Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners Graphic based on Kurilpa Country, an original artwork by Lilla Watson. Images: Antony Moulis, Associate Professor and Director of ATCH Research Centre in the School of Architecture at the University of Queensland shows participants his home “One Room Tower” after completing the Walking Home event in West End.; Hygiene Station. Photo courtesy of DOMAT; Gordon Hookey. Photo courtesy of Milani Gallery; Two Day City workshop. Photo by Orion Zuyderhoff-Gray; Home exhibition. Photo by Darren Thomas; The patch lawn. 29 Bellot St, Wishart, Frank and Eunice Corley House Photographs collection; Bubble & Speak Adam Markowitz. Photo courtesy of Design Institute of Australia. |