Recent News

The Australia Council has announced its new vision for a creatively connected Australia where creative enterprise is entrenched across society, industry and government as the  fuel that ignites our social, cultural and economic  success.

Australian Design Centre partnered with Indigenous Jewellery Project’s Emily McCulloch Childs and contemporary jeweller, Melinda Young and Yuwaalaraay sisters Lucy and Nardi Simpson on a week of workshops in the regional NSW town of Walgett. 

As the Design Canberra Festival kicks in to gear this month, we put a spotlight on Object Shop’s Canberra based makers and designers: AMPM Ceramics, Clare Mazitelli, Girl Nomad Ceramics, Harriet Schwarzrock, Jennifer Robertson and Julie Pennington.

Friday 11 October – Sunday 20 October

Pressing PLAY on the third annual Sydney Craft Week Festival with 150+ events including: 37 exhibitions, 6 talks, 57 workshops, 13 markets and retail events, 30 open studios and 13 live demonstrations.

ADC's Object Shop now stocks the beautiful tableware range by JamFactory, featuring a collection of ceramics, glassware and metalwork. We chat with Lucy Potter, Head of Retail and Wholesale Sales at JamFactory to learn more about their range and retail spaces.

Submissions Now Closed - Profile '19 Awards, the 6th JMGA-NSW Biennial Curated Award Exhibition for Jewellery, Objects and Metalsmithing

ADC presents Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival in Sydney on 5 and 6 September 2018 at the Chauvel Cinema Paddington. 

We’re excited to announce that Australian Design Centre has been shortlisted for the NSW Government’s My Community grant program with a proposal for a landscape designed Indigenous Edible Garden outside the entrance to the Centre.
Do you live in the Sydney electorate?  We need your help by voting for the project before 15 August.

The Australian Design Centre is hosting a pop-up studio on Saturday 17 August from 10am - 4pm as part of the Australian Ceramics Open Studios. 

ADC presents Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival in Sydney on Thursday 5 September 2019 at the Chauvel Cinema Paddington.