Recent News

The Australian Design Centre will host a pop-up studio on Saturday 18 August from 10am-4pm as part of the Australian Ceramics Association Open Studios 2018.

Six designers were presented with awards for the best designs in the emerging, established and selected sponsor supported categories during the opening night of WORKSHOPPED18. 

We are delighted to have UNSW Art and Design as a platinum sponsor for the exhibition WORKSHOPPED18: New Australian Furniture, Lighting and Object Design. We asked Dr Mark Ian Jones, Deputy Head of Design from UNSW Art and Design a few questions about Australian design and what they were looking for in presenting the UNSW Art and Design Award for Emerging Design. 

Australian Design Centre has honoured eleven outstanding individuals for their achievements and contributions to the design sector. 

DENFAIR opens in Melbourne this week bringing together designers, architects, interior stylist and designer-lovers for a four-day celebration of Australian design with events and exhibitions. 
Presented by DENFAIR and supported by Schiavello, Front /Centre is presented in partnership with Craft ACT, Craft Vic, Design Object Tasmania, JamFactory and Workshopped together with Australian Design Centre.

Seed Stitch Contemporary Textile Awards is a new and exciting exhibition highlighting the abundance of textile artists in NSW and showcasing the progressive art form of textiles. We speak to the Seed Stitch Collective about the exhibition, which will be presented by the Australian Design Centre (ADC) during Sydney Craft Week.

We spoke to Annie Ivanova, author of “Taiwan by Design: 88 products for better living” to find out how she became interested in Taiwan and what to look out for in the showcase Let's Tea Party: Taiwan Design Now opening 31 May. 

Australian Design Centre (ADC) has been awarded an Australia Council grant to research and develop a new contemporary jewellery survey exhibition for a future national tour.

In 2017, ADC was successful in securing an Aboriginal Employment Program grant from Create NSW to employ a First Nations Creative Producer. Lucy Simpson and Dennis Golding, both exceptional creative people, talk with Lisa Cahill, CEO about their background and what they bring to this role. 

The Australian Design Centre is hosting a pop-up studio as part of the Australian Ceramics Open Studios 2018.