News archive for 2017

The inaugural Sydney Craft Week will be held from Friday 6 to Sunday 15 October 2017. Find out what's on at ADC during this ten-day festival celebrating the beauty of the handmade and the pleasure of making.

ADC touring exhibition Lola Greeno: Cultural Jewels was recently on display at Redland Art Gallery in Queensland. ADC's Lisa Cahill spent some time with Emma Bain, Director of Redland Art Gallery to find out how the exhibition experience was and discover more about the venue.

WORKSHOPPED17 is a platform for both new and established product, furniture and lighting designers. We spoke to WORKSHOPPED Producer Raymond Scott to find out more about the event. 

Sydney is in the running to claim the title World Design Capital 2020. Lisa Cahill spoke to ADC's Australian Design Honouree Tim Horton (NSW Architects Registration Board) about why he thinks the proposal is important and what it means for Sydney in a time of massive urban and population growth.

Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s ADC Mentoring Award at the UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building. 

The ADC On Tour exhibition Resolved: Journeys in Australian Design recently finished it's three year tour at JamFactory in Adelaide. ADC's Lisa Cahill spoke to Brian Parkes, CEO of JamFactory to talk about Resolved, what makes a successful touring exhibition and also some collaborations coming up. 

Object Therapy is the ADC’s newest major exhibition to travel across Australia on an eight-venue nation tour.  We’ve been busy preparing this touring exhibition with all the crating, foaming, packing and wrapping that goes on before we hit the road.

Meet ADC Programs Coordinator Di Reed, who you'll find overseeing the pack-up and installation of touring exhibitions as they go on the road. She recently travelled to Queensland to assist with the installation of Shapeshifters: 3D Printing the Future at Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum.

This is the third year of Women in Design, a conference with an all-female line-up of speakers held in Launceston by Design Tasmania

Karina Glasby is a student from the University of Sydney who is completing a Masters in Museum and Heritage Studies. She has undertaken a 3-month curatorial internship at the Australian Design Centre as a part of her course.