Open Agenda is a new annual competition aimed at supporting a new generation of experimental Australian architecture. Open to recent architecture graduates, Open Agenda will award seed funding to three exceptional design research proposals that explore new positions in architecture for critical consideration.

An initiative of the School of Architecture at UTS, this national competition is intentionally broad in its scope and is focused on developing the possibilities of design research in architecture and the built environment and fostering new discussions on architecture in the public realm.

Organisers are looking for text and graphic based proposals that seek to develop research through architectural design. Proposals will be evaluated on the strength of their research topic, their innovative approach to design as research, design quality and their potential for development as a public exhibition, lecture and publication. Proposals that explore new forms of media and communication in this context are welcome.

Graduates from a professional degree in architecture in the last ten years (including and after 2000) are invited to submit a proposal.

Three proposals will be awarded seed funding of $2000 for development towards a publication and a public exhibition at Customs House in Sydney in 2010. The three teams or individuals will also have the opportunity to present a public lecture on their work at UTS in Sydney and at RMIT in Melbourne in Spring 2010 as part of their public lecture series. The winners will be featured in an edition of Architectural Review Australia in early 2011.

Entries due 10 May 2010.

For more information and to register visit here.

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QUT Creative Enterprise Australia is currently looking for talented creative businesses to join their incubator and accelerator creative workspace residency programs. The new co-share creative workspace available is ideally suited for start-up ventures interested in forging new linkages with likeminded creatives.

A host of specialist services and facilities are on-hand and available at the Creative Industries Enterprise Centre from specialist mentoring and business development services, flexible workspaces, hot desks and virtual office business facilities.

The incubator provides a one-stop ‘office’ and is available for qualifying companies for a two-year residency program.

It provides:
– Dedicated, furnished creative studios and offices at competitive rates
– Flexible lease solutions
– On-site mentoring services
– Development and training
– IT infrastructure and business grade broadband access
– Professional reception area
– Board and meeting rooms
– Networking and social events.

Monthly packages are available from $700 per month depending on your space and mentoring needs and spaces.

If you have an exciting creative business that has the potential to grow and would benefit from co-location with like-minded companies and industry relevant business advisory services, then please contact Creative Enterprise Australia on (07) 3337 7801 or email here.
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For more information on QUT Creative Enterprise Australia visit here.

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Design Victoria is holding a seminar that will look at the benefits of participating in trade fairs, exhibitions and international events. The seminar will be appropriate for owners and managers of SME design businesses who are interested in understanding how design services can be exported and in gaining an awareness of the skills required to successfully export design.
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Trade fairs, exhibitions and international events can be used as a powerful promotional tool for gaining exposure and new business opportunities in a new market, whilst growing a business and reinforcing market position in an existing market.

The value of face-to-face contact provided at these events has never diminished and has probably become even more prevalent in a time poor and virtual business world.

Using examples from a range of tradeshows, this one-hour seminar session will endeavour to equip you with the tools to use international events to:

– Reach a focused group of the right contacts
– Raise the profile of and gain exposure for your products and services
– Access your competitors and research industry trends
– Demonstrate your commitment to doing business in the market place
– Show you are serious about working in the region
– Utilise the media present at events to gain further positive exposure.

The seminar will include the speaker Philip Litton, Director of Export Solutions.

It will be held Wednesday 10 March 2010 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm at Bureaux, Level 1, 530 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.

Registration is at 12:15pm and the seminar will include refreshments and networking opportunities.

Bookings are free but RSVP by Friday 5 March 2010. Bookings are essential for catering. Please book early as places are limited.

For further information or to register attendance visit here.

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As part of The Endless Garment exhibition at RMIT Gallery, Dai Fujiwara, Creative Director of ISSEY MIYAKE will be holding a public lecture.
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The exhibition includes two key precedents in the development of computer generated integral textile design systems that propose to create fashion in a simpilised form – A-POC and WHOLEGARMENT®.

Hear Dai Fujiwara speak about the brand, ISSEY MIYAKE's design driven development of A-POC, and Fujiwara's recent work.

The lecture will be held Wednesday 17 March from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the RMIT Storey Hall.

Bookings are essential. To book call (03) 9925 1717. For more information visit here.

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Space Furniture has joined forces with Italian manufacturer Edra, to launch the Space + Edra 2010 Design Residency. The two month programme will place an Australian designer inside the Edra headquarters in Perignano, near Pisa and in Milan, Italy, under the guidance of one of the world’s leading design thinkers, Edra’s Art Director Massimo Morozzi.

During the eight week programme the designer will work closely with Morozzi, gaining insights and first hand experience across all aspects of the Edra business. It is anticipated that the successful applicant will gain new skills and knowledge and establish a platform for future collaborations.
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For more information and to apply visit here.

Applications due Friday 4 June 2010.

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