All Events
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‘Here-Say’ at Counter Point
‘Heresay’ at Counter Point discusses exchange alternatives within a place of consumption at Melbourne Central.
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175 Years of Design
Part exhibition, part open forum. The installation reflects on Victoria’s design history and encourages visitors to share their stories.
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3D Stencil Project
Trent Jansen goes to the street with his 3D stencil.
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Agents of Change
Design brings about a resolution, an object, a new perspective, change. As designers, how do we make (the) change?
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Algae - A Slimey Solution to Climate Change?
Join us to examine how nature has inspired a design solution for carbon capture and storage.
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Anno Student Design Competition
A digital exhibition of winning student design work from around the world.
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Audio Design Museum
No space could ever be big enough to capture the creativity of a city: the Audio Design Museum turns Melbourne into a living showcase of activity.
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Better than TV
An evening of conversations and provocations from Simon Knott (RRR’s The Architects & BKK) and Soren Luckins (Büro North).
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Character 6 - Typeface
Typeface – A new film celebrating the revival of letterpress printing.
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Chris Bangle (Italy) on the Future of Personal Mobility in Bendigo
Chris Bangle (Italy), ex BMW Design Director, will provide his insights into current and future trends in mobility.
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Cindy-Lee Davies: Tis Knot
Cindy-Lee Davies recycles post-consumer waste into occasional seating and domestic objects using traditional craft techniques.
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Clean Lines
An exhibition of adaptive design strung throughout the new Mercator Studios at the Abbotsford Convent.
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Climate ReDesign 2010
Working together to create ideas to transform the climate change movement.
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Comme Design Dinner
Design Dinner featuring Mikael Colville-Andersen (Copenhagen), Dan Hill (Sydney) and Lucy Feagins (Melbourne).
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Connections: Classroom and School Design to Enhance Learning
Panel discussion on how innovative Victorian government school design is supporting learning outcomes.
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Counter Point
The Department of Counter Culture presents exchange alternatives within a place of consumption at Melbourne Central.
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Counter Point Exhibition
The Department of Counter Culture presents exchange alternatives within a place of consumption at Melbourne Central.
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Creating Liveable Cities
A fascinating and experiential exploration of how city dwellers can develop a more intimate and responsible relationship to the precious resource.
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Creating Sustainable Neighbourhoods
Exploring the fundamental role design plays in meeting the needs of sustainability within precincts.
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Curating Desire: Designing Melbourne's Retail Landscape
Hear about the changing shape of Melbourne’s retail landscape.
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Design:Made:Trade
An inspiring trade exhibition space including some of Australia’s leading furniture, fashion and industrial design brands.
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Designed for a Sustainable Future - Open House Day in Castlemaine
Learn about sustainable house design by visiting Castlemaine homes.
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Dirty Puppet at The Signet Bureau
A series of animated stories that bring to life the design inspiration of The Signet Bureau Designers.
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Edible Tapestry Tales
A collaborative colourful creative culinary event.
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Empowering Communities through Design
Demonstrating the role and power of communication design in planning for bushfires.
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Festival Hub at City Square
The Festival Hub at City Square is the information resource centre of the Festival.
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Festival Opening Night
Be the first to view Design:Made:Trade, Lightsource, Materia (The Netherlands), Melbourne Design Embassy, The Long Table and much more!
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Four Goals for Promoting Urban Cycling with Mikael Colville-Andersen
A talk by Denmark's Bicycle Ambassador, Mikael Colville-Andersen, followed by a panel discussion with local experts.
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Glenn Murcutt: Architecture for Place
Showcasing the architecture and drawings of Glenn Murcutt with photos and models.
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IndiENVELOPE: Make and Print your own Designer Garment
A workshop inviting young adults (13-20 years of age) to engage with a uniquely designed garment called Envelope.
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Iron Designer
Sharpen your pencils and get ready to rumble.
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King Furniture Charles Wilson Range
Australian Designer Charles Wilson presents a new sofa with King Furniture.
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Light + Shade Exhibition
Light + Shade is an exhibition of experimental works by 25 designers exploring light as a theme.
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Lightsource
Lighting companies, brands and manufacturers showcase their latest product and technology innovations.
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Look.Stop.Shop.
Look.Stop.Shop is a design-led walk through Melbourne’s city centre.
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Makedo Making Party
Join the the makedo making party. Design and play using makedo’s award winning connectors and reclaimed materials.
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Matchpoint.Melbourne
Could our everyday social sports help to meet local and global challenges of urban design?
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Matchpoint.Melbourne Talk
A public symposium questioning the themes centered around the 'Matchpoint.Melbourne' project and exhibition.
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Melbourne Charm School
Rediscover lost charms and create ‘power’ jewellery for a Facebook world.
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Melbourne Open House
A rare opportunity to discover the often hidden wealth of design, architectural, engineering and historic ‘gems’ nestled around the city.
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More Tours about Buildings and Food (and Environment and Energy)
A walking tour of retrofitted community buildings, solar houses, creek revegetation, community forest, and permaculture development.
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My Patch, My Biomorphic City
An opportunity for kids, families and friends to construct their own, ideal 'patch' of a city.
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My Patch, My Biomorphic City Bendigo
An opportunity for kids, families and friends to construct their own, ideal 'patch' of a city.
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New Dialogues for Retail Environments
Discusses the need for social and environmental responsibility in the Retail sector, and what currently is being achieved.
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Nine Star Energy Efficient Design in an Urban Environment
The Tower Hill Eco Demonstration Centre is a place of innovation, sustainability, and learning.
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Off Grid/On Grid: ARKit's Guide to Sustainable Living
ARKit constructs a full-scale prefabricated house – the EcoStudio.
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one TWO one
A series of flat-packable urban structures constructed from recycled laminate sheets are installed throughout the city.
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Open Day Bendigo EcoLiving
Showcasing Central Victoria’s sustainable lifestyle and garden options.
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Paper Plane Academy
A chance for all budding pilots, both young and young at heart, to don their goggles and prepare for take off!
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Paper Plane Academy Bendigo
A chance for all budding pilots, both young and young at heart, to don their goggles and prepare for take off!
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Performance: Lace by Design
A Portable Fashion House by MATERIALBYPRODUCT
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Play with your City!
A panel of designers will discuss ways in which to engage with your own city as though for the first time.
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Preston Zly and the Red Shoes
A screening of the 1948 British film The Red Shoes.
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QRioCity
Hunt for clues in coded objects, decode the trail, discover Melbourne!
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Raising the Bar
A licensed bar fitted out by 10 architects working with 10 products/recycled materials.
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Reconstruction - Peripheral Living Lecture
A discussion on good design and the relationships between architecture, infrastructure and landscape.
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Rick Joy
Renowned for this climate sensitive architecture, American architect Rick Joy, presents his recent work.
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Ride On Design: Realising Sustainable Transport
Floor talks from Industry representatives of cycling and other developments around sustainable, eco friendly transport.
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Ride-On-Design: Realising Sustainable Transport Exhibition
Exhibition of cycling and other developments around sustainable, eco friendly transport that is changing communities.
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Scale vs. Status
green magazine presents an exhibition of three dimensional models by 20 architects.
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Sharehouse: where design commentary lives
A place to share your thoughts on the State of Design Festival and design itself!
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SOL.a
A kinetic sculpture actuated by the sun's solar energy specific to its location at Federation Square's Plaza.
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Speed Dating with Sanctuary Magazine
Get intimate with a green building designer or architect.
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Surviving Sustainability
A collaborative design project, three dinners, an exhibition and a publication.
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Sustainable Housing by Design Workshop
Be an architect! Apply our 7 Sustainable Architecture Pillars to collaboratively eco-design your property!
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Swinburne Design Workshops
Engage in a broad range of mark making mediums exploring type.
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The 2010 Design Challenge: Crime Forum
How can design help communities deal with crime? Join us for this free public forum.
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The Aesthetics of Saving (part 2): Exhibition
An exhibition celecbrating the craft of Jeannette Mayne, Jonathan Keely and Adam Stewart.
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The Aesthetics of Saving (part 2): Workshop
Come and learn from some of the key people behind Spacecraft in this hands on workshop.
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The ARBV Melbourne Open House Speaker Series - House This! Density in Melbourne
Key urban planners discuss strategies for growing our city in a sustainable fashion.
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The Australian Pavilion in Shanghai World Expo 2010
'Visit' the Australian Pavilion in Shanghai during the 2010 Expo via this special exhibition.
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The Design Fete
A contemporary take on the traditional fete.
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The Gertrude Street Projection Festival
Animations, stills, and digital art is projected onto the pavements, buildings and walls of Gertrude Street.
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The Long Table
Running the length of the Royal Exhibition Building, the Table is programmed with workshops, discussions, a design mini library and a café.
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The Office: Workplace Design
Join Alan Saunders and a panel of experts as they contemplate how much better office design could be.
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The Reinvention of Punt Road
An opportunity to contribute your ideas towards developing sustainable urban communities through the art of drawing.
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The Secret Life of Things Screening
A series of short animated videos that explore the hidden environmental impacts of everyday things.
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Thinking about Architecture, Thinking about Architects: 2000-2008 Ideograms by Leon van Schaik AO
A travelling exhibition of 79 ideograms.
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Top 6x6: Design Icons
6 iconic designers present their top 6 design icons.
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Transforming the Yarra
An audio walking tour and iphone application exploring and explaining the redevelopment of the Yarra Corridor.
