News archive for 2016

A great article on many Aboriginal designers we have worked (and are currently working) with. Nicole Monks and Luck Simpson will show their work later in the year as part of our year long Indigenous Design Mentorship Program.

Lola Greeno: Cultural Jewels, national touring exhibition, has recently been acquired by the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston.

7 June 2016

As part of Australian Design Centre’s exhibition, Shapeshifters: 3D Printing the Future, Fenella Kernebone chats with featured artists Louis Pratt and Lousje Skala about how 3D printing can transform creative practice.

Penny Craswell from The Design Writer shares a blog she has written about Egg Picnic, a Sydney-based design duo devoted to wildlife conservation.

Our exhibition Shapeshifters: 3D Printing the Future includes the colourful Percy Stools by Melbourne-based furniture maker Ryan Pennings. We interviewed Ryan about his experiences with 3D printing and plans to make his own spaceship in the future.

Designer Stephen Goddard was lucky enough to spend a brief few days immersed in its wonders and dilemmas of The 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, Reporting from the Front, curated by Alejandro Aravena.

We are excited to announce the acquisition of a major research grant to develop a new touring exhibition about making in Australia.

Australian Design Centre’s Arts NSW Indigenous Design Mentorship recipient Nicole Monks’ first solo show for 2016 opens Tuesday 31 May at UNSW Art & Design.

ADC’s Design Emergency education program for children encourages the development of critical design thinking skills using creativity, collaboration and play.

After launching at Western Plains Cultural Centre, we're looking forward to bringing Shapeshifters: 3D Printing the Future to Sydney in May.