Brought to you by the Queensland Design Council, the Friday Five Q&A project invites design and industry leaders to give insight into what inspires them, and to hear their ideas and goals for good design in Queensland and around the world. This week’s Friday Fiver is Nicki Lloyd, Director of Lloyd Grey Design and 2011 Queensland Smart Design Fellow (QLD – ex-officio). 1. What does being a Queensland designer or design thinker mean to you? Being an architect of change! Being empowered to proactively challenge the status quo of today to achieve better outcomes for tomorrow. With a human centred approach, our creative diversity, energy and optimism is our strength. Leveraging our differences will be our advantage. 2. What significant moment, quote, publication, event, city or object inspires you? I love the Einstein quote ‘Imagination is more important than knowledge’ – the ability to see the unseen. This quote is highly visible in our studio. It reminds us daily to keep ideating, experimenting and exploring. 3. What is your prediction for design in the next ten years? Active design integration will be an integral element of business success. No longer will design be viewed as an aesthetic, add-on relegated to ...
Brought to you by the Queensland Design Council, the Friday Five Q&A project invites design and industry leaders to give insight into what inspires them, and to hear their ideas and goals for good design in Queensland and around the world. This week’s Friday Fiver is Yassmin Abdel-Magied, President of Youth Without Borders, a forum empowering young people to work together to implement positive change within their communities, locally and internationally. In 2011, Yassmin became the Queensland Finalist for the Young Australian of the Year Award. FRIDAY FIVE WITH YASSMIN ABDEL-MAGIED 1. What does being a Queensland design thinker mean to you? Well, firstly, I like the idea of a ‘queensland design thinker’! I think the concept of being a ‘design thinker’ is important, as it is about incorporating the process of design throughout everything that we do, including our thinking! The process of design is so important, and is imperative to achieving well tailored solutions. Add to that the unique Queenslander perspective, and you have a ‘QDT’! 2. What significant moment, quote, publication, event, city or object inspires you? I like to find inspiration in everything around me, and I think it is important to always have an open ...
Thousands of design hunters will flock to the Fortitude Valley, Brisbane this Saturday 26 May as BRISBANE INDESIGN - hailed as the leading design event in Queensland - returns after a three-year hiatus. BRISBANE INDESIGN gives the public, industry and design communities an opportunity to network with leading local design, fashion and architecture practitioners, and engage in various industry and networking events, showcases and pop-up exhibitions - all championing good design. New design products and systems, as well as interactive installations and live performances will also be on display. While the organisers have arranged for shuttle buses on the day, most of the showrooms are within walking proximity, so visitors are encouraged to start at one venue and trickle down to the next, and so on, keeping in mind that a BRISBANE INDESIGN event is identifiable by its fluoro-green flags and markings. To compliment the BRISBANE INDESIGN event is a series of satellite events, starting off with UpLate in Design, a new street festival held at the James Street precinct tomorrow from 5-9 pm. UpLate is aimed at design-savvy makers and consumers, and will boast a mix of fashion, interior design, architecture, culture, art, lighting, music, food, drink and entertainment, as well as exciting retail and industry offers for design punters. On Friday 25 MAy, the eve of BRISBANE INDESIGN, ...
Friday Five is a new project brought to you by the Queensland Design Council, and is a Q&A series where we invite design and industry leaders to give insight into what inspires and motivates them, and to hear their thoughts and goals for design in Queensland and internationally. A new Q&A will be unveiled on QUEENSLANDERSIGN™ every three weeks, on a Friday. First up in the Friday Five hotseat is one of Australia’s best-known designers and Director of Derlot Alexander Lotersztain. FRIDAY FIVE WITH ALEXANDER LOTERSZTAIN 1. What does being a Queensland designer or design thinker mean to you? I think it’s being part of a great wave. Queensland, and in fact Australia, is changing. There is a new appreciation for design. We are starting to understand the role of design in our society, economy and environment and how important its role is. 2. What significant moment, quote, publication, event, city or object inspires you? Too many to list, as designer I am constantly observing. I guess a quote that resonated with me strongly is one by late designer Achille Castiglioni, in where his states that ” design demands observation.” I am very passionate about this; we as designer are trained to observe, we ...
The much-awaited National Architecture Conference is to take place in Brisbane for the first time in more than three decades. The Conference anticipates attracting more than 1,400 Australian and International industry participants, and will be held on 10 –12 May 2012. The Creative Directors for the 2012 Conference – architecture champions Shane Thompson, Michael Rayner AM and Peter Skinner - have selected the annual theme ‘experience’ to explore the real experiences and processes of architecture within its natural and constructed surroundings. The program, which can be viewed here, features an exciting timetable of exhibitions, talks, masterclasses and awards, as well as networking events and urban and regional tours. Speakers at the Conference include Paul Finch, Deputy Chair of the UK Design Council, and Wang Shu, architect and founder of the Amateur Architecture Studio in Hangzou. Tickets to the National Architecture Conference are on sale here. The Conference leads into the QUEENSLANDERSIGN™ endorsed ‘Lecture Series on Art, Architecture and Design’ program, held in partnership with the Australian Institute of Architects, Griffith University and Gold Coast City Gallery. The Lecture series, which takes place at the Gold Coast City Gallery, started off with talks by design writer Peter Hall and photographer Anne Noble, and continues with presentations by architect/designer Kevin Carmody on ...
Queensland-based aerospace firm Ferra Engineering has recently won the ‘International Supplier of the Year’ award from leading US aerospace company Boeing. Based in Tingalpa, Ferra Engineering is a privately owned company with 50 staff, and came out on top from more than 17,500 aerospace suppliers from 50 countries from around the world to receive the coveted industry award. Ferra Engineering specialises in the design, manufacturing, assemblage and testing of aerospace structures and sub-systems, and provides services to local and overseas companies. Ferra Engineering manufactures components for a series of Boeing commercial aeroplanes and Super Hornet fighter planes, and developed the partnership with Boeing through the Federal Government’s Global Supply Chain program, which links major contracts to smaller businesses in Australia. With a staff of more than 1.2 million Boeing is recognised as being one of the world’s foremost aerospace company, and is known to invest significantly in design and manufacturing. The company boasts over 28,000 suppliers within its international network, and annually purchases more than US$50 billion in goods and services. The Hon. Jason Clare, Federal Government Minister for Defence Materiel, described Ferra’s win as an “outstanding achievement”, and added that “it bodes well for the future, not just for Ferra Engineering, but for the Australian market.” The ...
This blog was updated on 21 June to reflect the Award’s new name for 2012. A Design Breakfast was held last month at the State Library of Queensland to mark the launch of call-for-entries to the 2012 Queensland Smart Design Awards (formerly the Queensland Premier’s Design Awards) . Around 100 of the state’s leading and emerging designers and design champions came together to network with like-minded individuals, and to listen to talks held by the 2011 Premier’s Design Fellow Nicola Lloyd and Emerging Design Leader Yen Trinh. The event was MC’d by Queensland Design Council member and 2010 Young Queenslander of the Year Yassmin Abdel-Magied, and also featured talks by Christian Duell, the Manager of the Asia Pacific Design Library, and Joanna Roxburgh, the Principal Arts Adviser (Design), Arts Queensland. A transcript of the Design Breakfast Forum can be accessed here. Keep an eye out soon for an audio podcast of the Design Breakfast presentations. In the meantime what better time to remind designers and design thinkers that entries for the 2012 Queensland Smart Design Awards close in eleven days, 23 April, 2012! The prize acknowledges a professional and emerging designer or design thinker who has contributed towards good design in business, lifestyle and innovation in Queensland. Download the entry form and guidelines here. ...
The Australian Design Alliance (AdA) is calling for the Australian design community to help make the National Design Policy for Australia a reality. AdA has recently launched a campaign on Australian crowd-funding platform Pozible, to raise a minimum of $15,000 towards the proposed policy. The alliance are hoping to use the funds to undertake industry research, influence political drivers, and buff up their communications strategy in order to showcase profile Australian designers. From here, they aim to actively advocate for the Federal Government to embed a national design agenda into all of its government policies, and be linked into Australia’s Innovation Agenda and cultural and urban design policies. The AdA is a peak professional organisation that represents designers from all aspects of the country’s design industry. AdA’s main goal is to promote design productivity, sustainability and innovation across Australia. Through the proposed design policy AdA aims to develop initiatives that would: Invest in the design industry to raise the profile and the market for Australian design both nationally and internationally; Help Australian businesses to realise their full potential for sustainable growth and international competitiveness by placing design at the core of their business; Immerse design into the culture of the public ...
*This post was updated on 21 June to reflect the new Award name. Are you a champion of design thinking? Are you into clever creative design? Then it’s time to enter the Queensland Premier’s Design Awards 2012, Australia’s richest design prize. The Queensland Smart Design Awards (Formerly the Queensland Premier’s Design Awards) celebrate the contribution of good design towards business, lifestyle and innovation in Queensland. Now in its third year, the 2012 Queensland Premier’s Design Awards is calling for entries from any industry or sector for the following: The $40 000 Smart State Design Fellow acknowledges an individual who has significantly contributed to developing a design culture within Queensland. Entrants may be from any industry or sector. The $10 000 Emerging Design Leader Award recognises an emerging Queensland designer who embodies excellence in their expertise, talent, skill and commitment to design. The prize involves a travel bursary to attend an international design event. The 2011 Fellowship Award went to Nicola Lloyd for her long-standing commitment to fostering innovative design through her business, as a lecturer at the Queensland College of Art and through a number of professional organisations. Nicola co-designed three pavilions for World Expo ’88, and was project manager on branding ...
The Queensland Design Strategy 2020 is positioning Queensland as a leading centre for design in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Through 2011, the impact of the strategy was evidenced by the increasing role and influence of the Queensland Design Council and increased activation of QUEENSLANDERSIGN™, an initiative which recognises objects, buildings, systems or services, events, projects and activities which embody outstanding and innovative design in our State. 2012 launches on the wave of two great successes of the Council and QUEENSLANDERSIGN™ supported events. On 23 November 2011, the Council supported the Honourable Rachel Nolan MP, Minister for Finance, Natural Resources and The Arts as she introduced Canadian designer Bruce Mau at the State Library of Queensland‘s annual Nielson Design Lecture series. The Nielson Design Lecture is a signature program that features internationally renowned designers and architects who present innovative ideas, works and methods on ‘designing our future’. As part of the series Bruce Mau, a designer, author and self-proclaimed ‘futurist’ with 25 years of design industry experience was invited to share his findings on Southeast Queensland’s built and natural environment. During the talk Mau called upon Brisbane designers to take up ‘one of the most extraordinary opportunities in history’ and invest in a design-led, sustainable future for the state. ...
