MEDIA RELEASE 16 November 2016 Designing Bright Futures: Australian Design Centre is proud to present, in partnership with UNSW Art & Design, the inaugural exhibition Designing Bright Futures opening Thursday 1 December. Designing Bright Futures surveys eleven of the most outstanding 2016 UNSW Art & Design graduating students across Bachelor and Masters of Design fields including jewellery, textiles, graphics, object, interactive and spatial design. Graduates have been chosen for the ways in which their work explores and promotes ideas of innovation and sustainable practice, capacity for social impact, commercial viability and the role of design in advancing well-being. The Graduate Designers are: Alexander Tanazefti, Blake Griffiths, Cynden Adams, Jessica Ticchio, Jinlong Song and Chat-Kuen Yeung, Lily Hambling, Michael Askew, Nila Rezaei, Rachel Drake and Rebecca Liston. Showcased work includes; ethically and culturally considered textiles, mental health focused wearables, a therapeutic dementia aid, a repair kit for our material possessions and a climate reactive sculpture. To assist these emerging talents, the Australian Design Centre will present ADC UNSW Art & Design Award. "This exhibition is important in celebrating the optimism, ideas and ambitions of the next generation of designers and makers as they move into the professional world. 'Designing Bright Futures' continues ADC’s commitment to education, our ongoing partnership with UNSW and to supporting the work of makers and designers at every stage in their career,” says Lisa Cahill, Director Australian Design Centre. ADC has a long and notable history of exhibiting and supporting UNSW Art & Design graduates, facilitating intern programs and has worked with the University in recent years to present a number of workshops, forums and events. The exhibition will be opened on Thursday 1 December by Professor Marie Sierra, Deputy Dean and Head of School, UNSW Art & Design and Lisa Cahill, Director, Australian Design Centre. The winner of the ADC UNSW Art & Design Award will be announced during the opening event. Designing Bright Futures: Selected UNSW A&D Design Graduates Media are invited to attend opening night on Thursday 1 December 6 - 8pm. About Australian Design Centre |