Australian Design Unit

About adu

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:34:24 +0000

Part magazine, part bulletin, part business resource, adu is a publication and archive about design and creativity published to encourage the formation of a new community of designers — one that is confident and successful in business, adventurous and free-thinking, informed and generous with knowledge, and able to reflect with intelligence on the impact of its work. adu is an independent yet strongly collaborative voice within the design sector with a broad network that can connect designers from across the country to the resources they need. While anchored online, adu is also a vehicle for offline workshops, forums and exhibitions produced to encourage discourse and develop skills around design, entrepreneurship, creativity and ideas. adu collaborates with design institutions and existing initiatives to enable designers to develop new markets at home and abroad. adu is a joint venture between Parcel and Studio Propeller.

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admin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:31:52 +0000

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Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award 2011

madeleineh — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:02:03 +0000

The Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award is now accepting entries for 2011.

Since 2003 the annual award has played an important role promoting the work of Australian designers. Winners over the past eight years including Jon Goulder, Adam Goodrum, Lucas Chirnside, Charles Wilson, bernabeifreeman, Rohan Nicol, Trent Jansen, Ilias Fotopoulos and Daniel Emma (pictured).

Of the ten finalists, the winner receives AU$30,000.00 to build their business, along with a trip to an international design fair. While four runners up each receive AU$2500.00 and the five finalists AU$1000.00 each.

Enter by 2 September 2011.

To enter visit the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Awards facebook page here.

Australia Council – International residencies

madeleineh — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:54:28 +0000

The Australia Council’s Skills and Arts Development Residency grants support excellence in the arts by providing professional development opportunities for craftspeople, designers, media artists and visual artists.

Applications for 2012 are now open for Barcelona, Helsinki, Liverpool, London, New York, Paris, Rome and Tokyo. Studios are booked far in advance and there are limited options regarding the timing of residencies. If you are unable to take up your residency at the time allocated, it may be offered to another applicant.

The selection process for the Berlin residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien is in two stages. Applicants are short-listed by the Visual Arts Board, with the Künstlerhaus Bethanien making the final decision.

All residencies are allocated in set time-blocks. This is determined by the relative ranking of the successful applicants. You can apply for the following:

–AU$10,000 3 month residency in Barcelona, Helsinki, Liverpool, London, New York, Paris, Rome or Tokyo

–AU$25,000 6 month residency in New York, known as the Australia Council for the Arts and Anne & Gordon Samstag ISCP Residency

–AU$35,000 12 month residency in Berlin

Applications due 12 August 2011.

For further information and to download a copy of the overseas studio factsheet go here.

JUMP

madeleineh — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:38:52 +0000

The JUMP National Mentoring Program for Young and Emerging Artists aims to promote excellence in artistic practice across artforms, and facilitate pathways for geographically and culturally diverse artists, in order to identify and champion Australia’s next generation of arts industry leaders.

JUMP supports the career development of artists aged 18-30 who are in the first five years of their professional practice and provides mentoring opportunities with established professionals in the artist’s selected art form. Artists receive funding of up to AU$5,000 for a creative concept, to be realised through a one-on-one relationship with their chosen mentor, and access to a range of professional development, showcasing and networking activities.

Three annual mentorship rounds of up to 10 months duration will be delivered from 2010 to 2012, funded by the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, through the Opportunities for Young and Emerging Artists initiative.

JUMP is managed nationally by Youth Arts Queensland, and will be delivered in 2011 in collaboration with state delivery partners Carclew Youth Arts (SA), Propel Youth Arts (WA),Carriageworks (NSW) and Melbourne Fringe (VIC).

Applications close October 2011.

For further information and to apply visit the Australia Council for the Arts here.