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“Ignore the Wardle Envelope” Posted by on September 11th, 2009 at 5:03 am
The winning John Wardle and Office dA submission has been described by Tom Kvan as showing “a detailed understanding of the teaching and research activities of the Faculty and the potential for contribution to research across the campus”. It is the internal planning of the building and its integration with the broader urban environment of the university that is the designs strongest selling point. JW & DA have created an internal avenue connecting the Concrete Lawn with Swanston St and t...

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Iron Designer Posted by on July 30th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Iron Design, the State of Designs closing extravaganza took place on Friday night at the BMW edge. Inspired by the Japanese cooking competition, competitors from different Melbourne design agencies were pitted against each other in what was described as “a pressure cooker style design-off” where teams are given three words which they then must translate into a visual response to the State of Design Festival’s theme ‘Sample of the Future’. This proved to be a very difficult task, especi...

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Light Cycle Posted by on July 30th, 2009 at 6:41 am
LightCycle is a design competition that formed part of the 2009 State of Design Festival. Entrants were issued with a 1m strip of LED lighting and asked to use their creativity to make a light fixture that embodies the principles of environmental sustainability. Shortlisted entries were displayed at Guilford Lane Gallery from Friday the 17th to Saturday the 25th of July. I decided to use a process I had already spent sometime developing that enables me to create organic curvaceous almost oozi...

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