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A selection of websites featuring Design from Australia and around the world plus student work and information about courses in Victoria.
Freestyle Design logo
The Freestyle tour has begun!
Freestyle: new Australian design for living exhibition features the work and stories of 40 outstanding Australian designers. Presented by Melbourne Museum and Object Gallery Sydney.
State of Design logo
State of Design 2006
As a centre of excellence in design, funded by the Victorian Government, lab.3000 is committed to building Victoria’s design capability and reputation across design professionals, creative industries, manufacturing and education. Victoria’s design capital is key to increasing its competitive advantage in Australia and internationally.
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
ACCA (Australian Centre For Contemporary Art) presents international and Australian contemporary art exhibitions, events and public programs at a distinctive new steel building in Melbourne. Also ACCAMag, a regular yet occasional online offering of views, reviews and information from contributors around the globe.
ACMI
ACMI
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) is an organisation that expresses the wonders of more than a century of the moving image and opens the door to the art of the future.
In 2002, ACMI opened the physical expression of this ever-evolving concept at Federation Square in Melbourne.
British Council
British Council (Australia)
Check out the Great Expectations exhibition on display in the UK at its web site on the British Council Australia page. The link is on the right.
Design Council
British Council Arts
The UK's arts are amongst the most vibrant in the world. Of particular interest to design buffs are the Artforms pages, linked from the top navigation.
Marc Newson
Marc Newson
Marc Newson is known for his funkily futuristic, but technically rigorous approach to design. Born in Sydney, he has worked from studios in Tokyo, Paris and, now, London, to design everything from a private jet to a Ford car.
Dinosaur Designs
Dinosaur Designs
Dinosaur Designs' founders and designers Louise Olsen, Stephen Ormandy and Liane Rossler met while studying painting and drawing in Sydeny, and founded the company in 1985.
Powerhouse Museum
Powerhouse Museum
The Powerhouse Museum, located in Darling Harbour has an object collection spanning social history, music, science, technology, design, industry, decorative arts, transport and space exploration.
Swinburne
Swinburne National School of Design
Information about Design courses and an online gallery of student work at National School of Design at Swinburne University of Technology.
RMIT
RMIT
Online exhibitions of student work, information about Design and Multimedia programs and courses at RMIT University (formally Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology).
Monash
Monash University
Gippsland Centre for Art and Design and Switchback Gallery (Monash University)
Design Institute of Australia
DIA - Design Institute of Australia
The DIA is the organisation working for the future of the design professions in Australia. Since 1947 the Design Institute of Australia has been actively improving the community recognition and status of designers. It’s a professional body for designers run by designers.
Victorian Assessment Authority
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
The VCAA manages senior secondary school studies in Design and Technology, Systems and Technology, Food Technology, Media and Visual Communications and Design.
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