Recent News

Vita Cochran embraces bold colour and geometry in her Object Space exhibition, En Vitrine (In the Front Window). Lisa Cahill, CEO and Artistic Director, chats with Vita to discover more about what influences her work and her love of textile design. 

We are pleased to be working with two emerging designers who will take part in Arts NSW 2016 Indigenous Design Mentorship.

Nicole Monks is a trans-disciplinary creative working across furniture design, photo media and light sculpture. In 2014, Monks won the UNSW Art & Design Professional Development Award and was also winner of a Sydney Design Award for her showcase at Australian Indigenous Fashion Week.

Australian Design Centre’s Creative Program for 2018 is an ambitious and exciting program that includes projects with a diverse mix of Australian and international artists and partners. 
The program includes 19 exhibitions in Sydney, over 100 events and public programs, outdoor markets, 15 exhibition openings across Australia in our national exhibition program ADC on Tour and Sydney Craft Week – a 10 day program of over 100 different events taking place across Greater Sydney.

Play Up: Exploring objects through humour therapy in dementia care facilitated by Tasman Munro and Jean-Paul Bell is on display in Object Space. Lisa Cahill spoke to social designer Tasman Munro to find out more.

Lisa Cahill, CEO and Artistic Director shares her top picks for the Sydney Design Festival 2018. 

To celebrate International Women's Day in March, ADC's Creative Strategy Associate Penny Craswell looks at gender balance in design and the ways the design sector is supporting female designers. 

Object Shop, set within our William Street gallery is a retail shop selling the work of over 75 makers and designers, including beautiful work by notable Indigenous artists.

Australian Design Centre (ADC) and Workshopped are thrilled to announce that WORKSHOPPED18 will be exhibited by presenting partner ADC this year.

As part of the exhibition Obsessed: Compelled to make we are presenting a series of talks and events including panels discussions, interactive poetry workshops and markets. Find out more here. 

We are delighted to announce that two major project grants have been awarded to Australia Design Centre for projects commencing in 2018.