Designers show their colours

iscd Relationship Manager and Colour Designer, Elodie Bilanycz offers professional advise in the Western Australian Habitat Magazine.

WE LOVE :: It's a bulb, but not as you know it

Look! It's a bulb, but not as you know it...This clever, little lamp is shaped like a giant light bulb and houses a, erm, lightbulb.

Designed by Barend Hemmes, it's made out of laser cut wood which leaves a crisp burned edge and creates a satisfying, waffle like glow.

Can be hung from your ceiling or laid on its side, whatever tickles your fancy, the Wooden Bulb provides not only light but a little bit of tongue-in-cheek humour to any room.

Available through Suck UK

Watermarks Open Studios

Watermarks Open Studios is a new event held in the picturesque water-access communities of West Pittwater. iscd distance education student Tracey Rowe is part of Watermarks Open Studios and will be exhibiting her work।
Saturday 19^th and Sunday 20^th September 2009, 10.00am – 4.00pm

Listen to artists’ talks.
Enjoy live performances, demonstrations and workshops.
Indulge in tempting refreshments.
Buy an original piece of art.

Take a walk-about tour of artists’ studios and homes on Scotland Island and Lovett Bay. Visit 40 artists in 16 idyllic locations. See celebrated printmakers, painters, iconographers, writers, performing artists and filmmakers at work.

Social snaps from recent iscd graduation

iscd educator offers Australian H&G Professional Advice

Professional advice from iscd colour design educator Cherie Karlsson.

WE LOVE :: young blood designer markets

Meet and buy direct from the best new design talent in Australia. This year Young Blood is bigger and brighter than ever and moves to the Powerhouse Museum’s Turbine Hall। Featuring fashion, furniture, jewellery, graphics, landscape and lighting design and more, the curated market is a glimpse into the future, a critical launch pad for Australia’s talented young designers, as well as a vibrant must-visit market for the design-savvy shopper.

Share a drink at Friday night’s market or visit Inspired!, the Powerhouse Museum’s design gallery, on Saturday.

Sounds mixed by Designer Muzik for Young Blood; and there’ll be a live photo shoot on Saturday by fashion photographer Hamish Ta-mé।

14 AUGUST, 6.00pm – 9.00pm

15 AUGUST, 10.00am – 5.00pm

POWERHOUSE MUSEUM

500 Harris Street, Ultmio

COST: $5 (INCLUDES MUSEUM ADMISSION)

INSPIRATION :: Music Paintings by Jul & Mat

Music Painting by JUL & MAT from JUL & MAT on Vimeo.

INSPIRATION :: Parroquet

Born out of a lifelong fascination with science photography and nature documentaries, Parroquet showcases a body of work by fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø, comprising eight film shorts and a selection of photographs.

A Day in the Life :: Eat Green Design

Elodie and Luke from iscd were the guests of Inside Out Magazine for a breakfast at Eat Green Design – part of Sydney Design 09.

Eat Green Design is a dining experience, sustainable temporary exhibition and theatrette that features bio-dynamic and organic food and is a space for ideas on sustainable practices in design.

The concept was designed by Cilla Madden from Collaborate while the space was designed by award-winning architect Hannah Tribe and Tribe Studio architects. It also showcases a selection of innovative, sustainable products from independent and emerging eco-designers around Australia including Design By Them, Toby Horrocks, Lightly, Spaceleft and ISM Objects.

The project itself serves to investigate, uncover and make transparent the ‘whole-systems’ behind design while demonstrating that sustainability not only does not compromise design aesthetic or value, but adds a level of sophistication to the design agenda.

WE LOVE :: Little Porter's

Porter’s Paints is delighted to present its new design. This sweet collection will be the first in a new series of wallpapers and paints produced under Porter’s Paints new range “ Little Porters”, dedicated to all the little ones.

About the above design: Soft stars feature in a warm sky; transforming any nursery or bedroom into an imaginative playground of bedtime stories. This design will be available in four colour-ways: Dark Blue, Light Blue, Pink and Pastel Purple.