Activities
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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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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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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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Counter Point
The Department of Counter Culture presents exchange alternatives within a place of consumption at Melbourne Central.
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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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Edible Tapestry Tales
A collaborative colourful creative culinary event.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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QRioCity
Hunt for clues in coded objects, decode the trail, discover Melbourne!
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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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Speed Dating with Sanctuary Magazine
Get intimate with a green building designer or architect.
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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 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 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 Reinvention of Punt Road
An opportunity to contribute your ideas towards developing sustainable urban communities through the art of drawing.
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Transforming the Yarra
An audio walking tour and iphone application exploring and explaining the redevelopment of the Yarra Corridor.
