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QLD GOTYA Celebrations 2024
Sep
19
QLD

QLD GOTYA Celebrations 2024

Join us at Stylecraft as we celebrate and announce our 2024 Graduate of the Year Award (GOTYA) winners!

The GOTYA program, the Design Institute of Australia's flagship initiative for emerging designers, plays a crucial role in providing vital, real-life feedback from experienced designers and industry figures to tertiary institutions and design graduates.

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QLD Unleashed Curators Tour: DIA Community
Sep
26
QLD

QLD Unleashed Curators Tour: DIA Community

Join us for networking drinks and a curators tour of artisan Unleashed

artisan is thrilled to present the 2024 edition of our long-standing Unleashed exhibition, shining a spotlight on the next generation of Queensland's most promising craft and design talent. For over two decades, this exhibition has launched the careers of many of the state's talented emerging artists and designers. Program Direct, Simone Linssen will take us on a private tour through the exhibition.

2 CPD Points

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DIA Long Lunch: QLD
Jun
28
QLD

DIA Long Lunch: QLD

The DIA is delighted to be hosting a networking lunch for QLD designers. GOMA Restaurant is a multi award-winning dining experience, with an elegant, contemporary menu often inspired by the art showcased in the museum. As an exclusive treat after lunch, Samantha Littley and Adam Ford will give a Curators tour of the new QAGOMA exhibition: Prism: Light, Colour, Form. This exhibition considers the universal appeal of glass and its myriad applications, with the title referring both to the medium’s refractive qualities and to the various ‘lenses’ through which this display considers its materiality.

2 CPD Points

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Green Pathways, Gold Places
Apr
30
QLD

Green Pathways, Gold Places

  • 300 George Street Brisbane City, QLD, 4000 Australia (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Green Pathways, Gold Places is a collaborative project between the Queensland Chapters of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA), the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA), the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) and the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) to promote good design and planning for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympic Games and legacy.

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Brisbane Designscape
Nov
4
QLD

Brisbane Designscape

  • 108 Wickham Street Fortitude Valley, QLD, 4006 Australia (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Brisbane Designscape • reconnect is a one-day event to be inspired, further your professional development, and network within the wider design community.

Come along and hear from an eclectic group of speakers, including architects, designers, artists, storytellers, and neuroscientists, talk about connection. Be inspired by their stories, learn from their work, and connect with friends and colleagues, old and new.

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Queensland Town Hall Meeting: Join the Fight for Licensing of the Interior Design Profession
Oct
11
QLD

Queensland Town Hall Meeting: Join the Fight for Licensing of the Interior Design Profession

Join our first ever face-to-face Town Hall Meeting in our fight for the licensing of the interior design profession. Following a successful ‘Join the Fight’ NSW online forum and evidence-gathering exercise on 12th September, DIA has submitted a proposal to argue the case for licensing of interior designers under the NSW Building Authority. This meeting will help us build consensus on the issues facing our profession and the next steps for action in the Queensland advocacy campaign.

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DIA — Community: Designer Networking and Knowledge QLD
Sep
30
QLD

DIA — Community: Designer Networking and Knowledge QLD

‘Beautiful Wickedness’ is the most significant exhibition of work by celebrated Australian artist eX de Medici yet staged. The survey examines the artist’s central concerns, including the fragility of life, global affairs, greed and commerce, and the universal themes of power, conflict, and death.

The DIA is delighted to invite the design community to attend an exclusive Q+A forum with the artist, eX De Medici and QAGOMA’s Curator of Australian Art, Samantha Littley, followed by networking cocktails and a tour of the exhibition, Beautiful Wickedness.

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DIA — Community: Death and Rebirth of Australian Manufacturing
Sep
20
QLD

DIA — Community: Death and Rebirth of Australian Manufacturing

The DIA QLD Branch Council invites the design community to join an online in-depth conversation about the future of Australian manufacturing.

Australian manufacturing is a shadow of its former self but the resilience of Australia as a nation relies on the rebirth of local manufacturing. Join us for a conversation about the sector as it stands, the unique Australian manufacturing ecosystem and what it's going to take to support the scaling needs of Australian design initiatives.

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GOTYA Celebrations
Sep
7
NSW, QLD, VIC, WA, SA, TAS

GOTYA Celebrations

  • Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us at Stylecraft as we celebrate and announce our 2023 State and National Graduate of the Year Award (GOTYA) winners!

This year, we've made a slight change to the format by combining the State and National Winner announcements into one exciting event. Witness the recognition of exceptional designers from across Australia in the early stages of their careers.

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Designers Australia Awards 2023: Award of Merit Celebrations
Aug
31
NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA

Designers Australia Awards 2023: Award of Merit Celebrations

Please join us in celebrating the shortlisted entries and Awards of Merit recipients, which acknowledge Australian designers' and their contribution to ethical, innovative and impactful design. The cocktail event welcomes the attendance of the broader design community as well as entrants and previous winners.

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MILANTRACE 2023 Live Talk Series
Jun
20
to 29 Jun
NSW, QLD, VIC, WA

MILANTRACE 2023 Live Talk Series

Join us for a night with Yellowtrace to unpack the magic of Milan with MILANTRACE 2023 in an immersive experience. Presented by Yellowtrace, in partnership with Living Edge, MILANTRACE live talks are coming to Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne this June. The live 90-min keynote presentation by Dana Tomić Hughes with narrated video content and original photography is an engaging and immersive experience and the most comprehensive overview of Milan Design Week and Salone Del Mobile available globally. ⁠

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The Architecture Symposium, Brisbane
Jun
9
QLD

The Architecture Symposium, Brisbane

Presented by Design Speaks on 9 June as part of the 2023 Asia Pacific Architecture Festival, this symposium brings together an international line-up of accomplished industry voices to explore architecture's role in the culture, sustainability and economy of the Asia Pacific.

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DIA — Hall of Fame: In conversation with Lydia Pearson
Jun
8
QLD

DIA — Hall of Fame: In conversation with Lydia Pearson

Join us for 'An in conversation with Lydia Pearson' at the Museum of Brisbane on Thursday, 8 June. In collaboration with the Museum of Brisbane (MoB).

It promises to be a night to remember, filled with glamour, sophistication, and the magic of Easton Pearson's remarkable contributions to the design world. Guests are invited to dress up and enter a world of style and grace as they arrive at the MoB, where champagne and canapés await.

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DIA – Design Days Brisbane: Student Crash Course: University to Employment
May
18
QLD

DIA – Design Days Brisbane: Student Crash Course: University to Employment

As designers work across a growing range of disciplines, this event will explore how the next generation can advocate for the crucial role of design in addressing contemporary challenges and how cross-disciplinary collaboration can encourage knowledge-sharing, debate, and connection within the broader design community.

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DIA – Design Days Brisbane: Roundtable How does design help to improve society.
May
11
QLD

DIA – Design Days Brisbane: Roundtable How does design help to improve society.

As designers work across a growing range of disciplines, this event will explore how the next generation can advocate for the crucial role of design in addressing contemporary challenges and how cross-disciplinary collaboration can encourage knowledge-sharing, debate, and connection within the broader design community. The event will examine how design culture is impacting businesses, institutions, and governments, and how innovation is making life easier for people and improving society.

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Designers Australia Awards 2022 Celebrations
Aug
3
NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA

Designers Australia Awards 2022 Celebrations

Bringing together Australia's broad design community to celebrate ethical, innovative, and impactful design, the awards are an opportunity to support our emerging and established design community. Join us and celebrate our designers, their contributions and the profession.

5 Cities, 5 Celebrations: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

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