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No knowledge
No knowledge
exists in isolation.
Every idea, thought, or position has an origin, and often this origin exists in the ideas, thoughts and positions of others.
Design Online creates a shared environment for the design community to come together in the creation of new knowledge centred around design in the Asia Pacific.
Based on a simplified model of creative propulsion, Design Online uses the idea of an ‘article’ as the basis for taking a position on an idea, expanding this position and inviting others to challenge this position through their own article. This model allows knowledge to grow exponentially and in unique and interesting ways.
By facilitating a unique community of industry, academia and the general public, the knowledge developed through Design Online is similarly unique. Design Online embodies a community-lead approach to content where all voices and perspectives are encouraged. To contribute register and start reflecting on the work of others and then create your very own article.
Design Online is delivered and curated by the State Library of Queensland’s Asia Pacific Design Library. The Asia Pacific Design Library is a shared space (physically and digitally) for industry, academia and the public to come together in the generation of new knowledge around design in the Asia Pacific. (more information on the Asia Pacific Design Library at State Library of Queensland)
The Asia Pacific Design Library comprises the following components (right):
Located on Level 2 of the State Library of Queensland building the design lounge hosts the design collection and provides a shared physical space for exhibitions, workshops, design reviews, meetings and research as well as casual browsing and chance encounters.
A shared online space for industry, academia and the public to access, share and create new knowledge related to design in the Asia Pacific.
A central online location for ‘design thinking’ education resources accessible by educators and students across Queensland and supported through Design Online and Education Queensland’s The Learning Place.
An inspiring program of world-class, design-related events including lecture series, workshops, exhibitions, design residencies and tours. Programs support community engagement through technology and innovation and focus on expanding opportunities for equal access to library services through online platforms.
A rich collection of physical and digital design resources including books, journals, magazines, models, posters and film. Items purchased for the collection are aligned with the programming themes of Design Pulse and are often based on speaker and user recommendations.
Items considered for inclusion in the design collection are assessed according to four content significance criteria: contemporary, social benefit, innovation, and significance to the Asia Pacific.
Items selected for the design collection are displayed in five key categories:
- Public Places: design disciplines associated with designing the public realm
- Better Living: design of products and services that sustain and improve quality of life
- Communication: graphic design, visual communication, book and editorial design, typography, digital and web-based design
- Design Thinking: history and theory of design, design criticism, education and practice, the strategic value of design in business and innovation
- Fashion: styles, trends, textiles, materials and sustainable fashion
No knowledge
exists in isolation.
Every idea, thought, or position has an origin, and often this origin exists in the ideas, thoughts and positions of others.
Design Online creates a shared environment for the design community to come together in the creation of new knowledge centred around design in the Asia Pacific.
Based on a simplified model of creative propulsion, Design Online uses the idea of an ‘article’ as the basis for taking a position on an idea, expanding this position and inviting others to challenge this position through their own article. This model allows knowledge to grow exponentially and in unique and interesting ways.
By facilitating a unique community of industry, academia and the general public, the knowledge developed through Design Online is similarly unique. Design Online embodies a community-lead approach to content where all voices and perspectives are encouraged. To contribute register and start reflecting on the work of others and then create your very own article.
Design Online is delivered and curated by the State Library of Queensland’s Asia Pacific Design Library. The Asia Pacific Design Library is a shared space (physically and digitally) for industry, academia and the public to come together in the generation of new knowledge around design in the Asia Pacific. (more information on the Asia Pacific Design Library at State Library of Queensland)
The Asia Pacific Design Library comprises the following components (right):
Located on Level 2 of the State Library of Queensland building the design lounge hosts the design collection and provides a shared physical space for exhibitions, workshops, design reviews, meetings and research as well as casual browsing and chance encounters.
A shared online space for industry, academia and the public to access, share and create new knowledge related to design in the Asia Pacific.
A central online location for ‘design thinking’ education resources accessible by educators and students across Queensland and supported through Design Online and Education Queensland’s The Learning Place.
An inspiring program of world-class, design-related events including lecture series, workshops, exhibitions, design residencies and tours. Programs support community engagement through technology and innovation and focus on expanding opportunities for equal access to library services through online platforms.
A rich collection of physical and digital design resources including books, journals, magazines, models, posters and film. Items purchased for the collection are aligned with the programming themes of Design Pulse and are often based on speaker and user recommendations.
Items considered for inclusion in the design collection are assessed according to four content significance criteria: contemporary, social benefit, innovation, and significance to the Asia Pacific.
Items selected for the design collection are displayed in five key categories:
- Public Places: design disciplines associated with designing the public realm
- Better Living: design of products and services that sustain and improve quality of life
- Communication: graphic design, visual communication, book and editorial design, typography, digital and web-based design
- Design Thinking: history and theory of design, design criticism, education and practice, the strategic value of design in business and innovation
- Fashion: styles, trends, textiles, materials and sustainable fashion
The Tyranny of Distance: Design and Geography
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Australia’s geographical isolation can be perceived negatively – as an impediment and challenge to our resourcefulness – or as a positive – by evolving, enhancing, and infusing a distinctive character and defining essence into our creations. In practice, this issue of distance and the need to collaborate and project Australian design on an international scale is an essential part of my own design and production process. As a Queensland-based designer,…
Artist as Curator
Artisan is turning the tide on the traditional gallery model by opening up its curatorial process to artists.
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Little Placemakers
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APDL recently held a number of ‘little placemaker’ workshops, introducing little people to architecture and the design process. I attended these workshops firstly as an APDL staffer and secondly as a parent with my four-year-old daughter. Working in the APDL offers many insights into the ways different designers approach the design process. There is plenty of talk about innovation, ideation, creativity and prototyping, success through failure and moonshots. Watching a…
Design Delivery–Things We Love
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Fibro Coast
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Recently I returned from a trip to Europe and decided to take a break from architectural design to try my hand at some creative experimentation.
This quickly evolved into drawing most days, sometimes taking influence from memories of my childhood in Townsville. Then I realised I was basically designing ‘Australiana’ at the same time as reading Robin Boyd’s The Australian Ugliness. I can’t deny I started to feel a little dirty. First published in 1960, Boyd’s comical critique of the Australian design aesthetic–what he goes on to call featurism–had me laughing at first and then…
TRI–Transforming Medical Research Through Design
Touring Brisbane’s magnificent TRI building with architect Damian Eckersley, it’s easy to see why it has been the centre of so much acclaim, a 2013…
The Translational Research Institute (TRI) opened its doors in 2012, providing a home for researchers working across cancer, diabetes, obesity and other significant health issues. The facility is the joint-vision of Professor Ian Frazer and Professor Derek Hart, and is the first of its kind to combine multiple research groups in the one building. Situated next to the Princess Alexandra Hospital and with a neighbouring biopharmaceutical facility built as part…
Pimpama ‘My School Space’
‘My School Space’: An agent of social change and community capacity building for residents searching for a sense of authorship and ownership of their ‘place’.
The 2013-14 Designer in Residence Program, formally known as the Artist in Residence Project (AIR), having received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, has finished residency for the year with great success. After thirteen weeks of working through inquiry, ideation and implementation design thinking phases with a selection of year eight students at Pimpama State Secondary College, the Pimpama ‘My School Space’ Project Proposal for a Relationship…
Small Object: Big Discussion
Hopefully, because we live and breathe design, many of us have stumbled across (or even better, sought out) the YouTube phenomenon, Phonebloks.
Phonebloks is a short film created by a Dutch designer, David Hakken, who was proposing an idea: technology, in particular mobile phones, designed to last. Hakken’s 2:47 minute video, originally with an aim to reach 5000 people, offers a prototype and examples of potential consumers for a new mobile phone, concluding with a call for a mass social media shout-out on 23 October. He was hopeful that if enough people…
Winning Design Makes Gold Coast Culture ‘Seriously Fun’
One of Australia’s leading architectural firms has delivered a ‘seriously fun’ proposal to win the Gold Coast Cultural Precinct international design competition.
The winning team, led by ARM Architecture, was unanimously selected by an eight-member independent Design Competition jury. Praised by jurors as ‘playful and inclusive’, the precinct plan aims to entice residents and visitors to experience and participate in the production of arts and culture. Mayor Tom Tate, praised the ARM team, including Topotek 1, for a concept which ‘understands and celebrates’ the Gold Coast’s vibrant and egalitarian culture. He said,…
Mark Gowing Design
Mark Gowing has established himself as one of Australia’s most respected graphic designers over 25 years of creative output.
His practice, Mark Gowing Design, boasts a portfolio of remarkable publishing projects, and identity work for major creative and corporate clients including Hopscotch Films, Inertia Group and Title Music. Gowing says much of his work is characterised by investigations into typography and language through his experimentation with abstraction and form. Mark talked to Martyna Kulczyk from Collective Magazine about the highlights of his career, lending his advice to young designers hoping to make a name…
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