Projects
Pecha Kucha Night
Pecha Kucha Night (PKN) began in Tokyo in 2003 and is now hosted in cities around the world from Mumbai to Berlin to Sydney. As producers of Pecha Kucha Night Sydney we meet incredibly inspiring and talented people and get the chance to spread the word about their good work.
Pecha Kucha Night
Pecha Kucha Night (PKN) began in Tokyo in 2003 and is now hosted in cities around the world from Mumbai to Berlin to Sydney. As producers of Pecha Kucha Night Sydney we meet incredibly inspiring and talented people and get the chance to spread the word about their good work.
The Shed
Located in the Sydney suburb of Randwick in a back lane hemmed between suburban blocks, The Shed is a 74 square metre industrial building built in 1890 as a farrier’s workshop, turned into a compact home that demonstrates the beauty of living small.
Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific
Uncovering the optimism and inspiration found in our own Asia Pacific backyard, Unlimited: designing for the Asia Pacific was a festival initiated and hosted by the Queensland Government in Brisbane.
Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific
Uncovering the optimism and inspiration found in our own Asia Pacific backyard, Unlimited: designing for the Asia Pacific was a festival initiated and hosted by the Queensland Government in Brisbane.
Garden Post
A newspaper produced from The Newsroom workshops, Garden Post is a new local paper made in collaboration with cub reporters from the City of Randwick. This is the first stage in an ongoing program focusing on the theme ‘know local’.
Garden Post
A newspaper produced from The Newsroom workshops, Garden Post is a new local paper made in collaboration with cub reporters from the City of Randwick. This is the first stage in an ongoing program focusing on the theme ‘know local’.
The Newsroom
Our ‘know local’ kids’ workshop was the pilot for a continuing program designed to open new ways for children to engage with their local community through storytelling and photography. Our first group of ten budding reporters headed to the Randwick Community Organic Garden.
The Newsroom
Our ‘know local’ kids’ workshop was the pilot for a continuing program designed to open new ways for children to engage with their local community through storytelling and photography. Our first group of ten budding reporters headed to the Randwick Community Organic Garden.
Australian Design Unit
Launched in 2008 with funding from the Australia Council and AusIndustry, the Australian Design Unit‘s (ADU) first program was the Springboard Project, designed to develop the careers of young Australian product designers and to teach business skills specific to sustainable design practice — all connected by an open source website.
Australian Design Unit
Launched in 2008 with funding from the Australia Council and AusIndustry, the Australian Design Unit‘s (ADU) first program was the Springboard Project, designed to develop the careers of young Australian product designers and to teach business skills specific to sustainable design practice — all connected by an open source website.
Tokyo Bike
Identifying a back lane in Sydney’s Surry Hills that evoked the hidden laneways of Tokyo, the Tokyo Bike project involved the design of a retail shop, a new brand identity and website, including photography and film making on the streets of Tokyo with Kento Mori.
Tokyo Bike
Identifying a back lane in Sydney’s Surry Hills that evoked the hidden laneways of Tokyo, the Tokyo Bike project involved the design of a retail shop, a new brand identity and website, including photography and film making on the streets of Tokyo with Kento Mori.
Kids’ Design Workshop
The Kids’ Design Workshop program brings children between the ages of 8 and 12 together with architects and designers to openly explore ideas and creativity across a range of projects – from dreaming up new cites to using traditional weaving methods to rethink our homes.
Kids’ Design Workshop
The Kids’ Design Workshop program brings children between the ages of 8 and 12 together with architects and designers to openly explore ideas and creativity across a range of projects – from dreaming up new cites to using traditional weaving methods to rethink our homes.
Happy Talk House
We worked with our friends at Happy Talk on the Happy Talk House for Art & About Sydney, a project that brings together people and ideas to rediscover traditions and resourceful ways to make everyday things.
Happy Talk House
We worked with our friends at Happy Talk on the Happy Talk House for Art & About Sydney, a project that brings together people and ideas to rediscover traditions and resourceful ways to make everyday things.
Hill Street Precinct & food forest
The idea for HIll Street Precinct was to retain the diversity that already exists and to create places for more of it to happen – with new botanical spaces, walkable laneways and venues for local participation. Our proposition was to capture the precinct’s unique identity with an online publishing platform and seasonal arts program, which included a collaboration with Melbourne landscape designers The Artist as Family.
Hill Street Precinct & food forest
The idea for HIll Street Precinct was to retain the diversity that already exists and to create places for more of it to happen – with new botanical spaces, walkable laneways and venues for local participation. Our proposition was to capture the precinct’s unique identity with an online publishing platform and seasonal arts program, which included a collaboration with Melbourne landscape designers The Artist as Family.
Giovanna Castiglioni
We worked with Giovanna Castiglioni and the expansive archives of her father, Achille Castiglioni, to develop an interactive film and presentation that took Sydney and Melbourne audiences inside his Milan studio and up close with archival drawings, sketches, photographs, prototypes and works from a career that spanned 60 years.
Giovanna Castiglioni
We worked with Giovanna Castiglioni and the expansive archives of her father, Achille Castiglioni, to develop an interactive film and presentation that took Sydney and Melbourne audiences inside his Milan studio and up close with archival drawings, sketches, photographs, prototypes and works from a career that spanned 60 years.
Conversations of Things New
Asked by the Italian Trade Commission to research the history of cultural exchange between Italy and Australia and produce a show to celebrate it, we turned to design and the collective output by some of the world’s most recognised designers and makers.
Conversations of Things New
Asked by the Italian Trade Commission to research the history of cultural exchange between Italy and Australia and produce a show to celebrate it, we turned to design and the collective output by some of the world’s most recognised designers and makers.
Unwrapped
Taking an empty retail space in Sydney’s Surry Hills—dark, off the high street, limited budget—and transforming it into a vibrant gallery to show some of the most important Italian design pieces of the 20th century was a challenge we couldn’t refuse.