News archive for 2016

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

Lucy Simpson is a textile, graphic and object designer, recently featured at Museum of Contemporary Art's Primavera and is founder of design and textiles label Gaawaa Miyay.

As part of the Australian Design Centre’s exhibition, Shapeshifters: 3D Printing the Future, Modfab will be running a series of 3D Printing and CAD Workshops for anyone keen to discover and explore the relatively new technology of 3D design.

Today I was out walking in the sun with a new team member and I realised that it is a year to the day that we opened our new gallery spaces here on William Street in Darlinghurst. Recent events with the Australia Council funding decision and general busyness nearly made this anniversary slip our minds!

Meet ceramicist Tania Rollond whose art practice intersects poetically and rhythmically with her sculptural ceramic forms. Sometimes Tania’s forms are recognisable but more often they are vaguely familiar. Tania is part of the Clay Intersections exhibition until 21 September.

It is with great sadness that we farewell Klaus Moje, celebrated artist and founder of Australian National University Glass Workshop.

Meet MakerSpace&Co founder and CEO Anna Lise De Lorenzo talking about the dynamic Marrickville creative studio that welcomes makers at all skill stages from beginners through to pro's honing their craft.

Read an interview with Natalie Rosin, who is at the intersection of clay and architecture. As an emerging artist and architecture graduate, her work freely explores form and space through clay. Natalie is part of the Clay Intersections exhibition until 21 September.

Kil.n.it Studios are an experimental ceramics studio based in Glebe. This interview meets Rachael McCallum the Technical Director to find out about this terrific venue and accessible studio which is part of the vibrant ceramic community in Sydney for our exhibition Clay Intersections.

Australian Design Centre is holding two Design Emergency workshops on Saturday 6 and 13 August at SupaCenta, Moore Park in partnership with WORKSHOPPED 16.

The Australian craft and design community is mourning the unexpected loss of internationally acclaimed artist and designer Robert Foster, who died on Wednesday 13 July 2016.