Ignite your passion for design with The Project
Be inspired by unique collaborations between designers, architects and participating showrooms as part of the evolving creative program, The Project.
Similar to the Milan fair, design locations during Saturday in Design are transformed for the occasion with the designers taking inspiration from product to create installations of every kind, shape and colour, as part of The Project in 2009. Members of Australia’s best architecture, design and creative firms partner up with participating SiD showrooms, and create installations and innovations, using and inspired by showroom product.
These locations are always hot spots on the SiD map, and the list of companies and design firms who took part in The Project this year are:
· Alternative Surfaces/Mico/Stylecraft with Whitehouse Institute of Design students will use recycled folders to explore ‘The Sense of Movement’ through the spaces in the showrooms, an experiential version of The Project
· Cafe Culture / Brintons Carpets with Luchetti Krelle will create ‘Decadent nonSense’. Enter to experience decadent cheese and champagne, forbidden fruits and mystic tarot readings, and be captured in a provocative photo in the side show alley
· Classique have teamed up with Cunsolo Architects
· Corporate Culture with Geyer
· Electrolux with Bangdesign will explore sustainability with Echo Panel
· Iken / Macquarie Textiles with Perumal Pedavoli
· InterfaceFLOR will be showcasing 'Representations' with a 5 leading design firms - Davenport Campbell, Geyer, HASSELL, Sheargold/Sally Hieatt Interiors and Woods Bagot
· Intermain will work with Melbourne artist, sculptor and furniture maker, Tim Fleming, will create ‘Two Hands’, a scaled-up experiment exploring the creative process between designer and maker
· James Richardson with Morris Selvatico will create a sculptural chair installation to explore the ‘Sense of Colour’ at their PYD Warehouse location
· Kezu and a collaboration of designers including Matthew Sheargold + David Caon + Group GSA + Good Manors Landscape Design will show how KE-ZU’s products ‘Make Sense’
· Kinnarps / CSM Storage and Filing Solutions have joined forces with industrial designer, Andrew Aloisio to combine the organic and industrial in a ‘Progressive Organic’ installation that has evolved over time
· Klang Audiovisual with WC Wedderspoon
· Maxton Fox are working with Spparc Architecture
· Ontera Modular Carpets will be collaborating with There Design at Warehouse 625 on South Dowling Street
· Schiavello are working with Woodhead to explore an Australian favourite pastime and will go ‘Back to Basics’ with a backyard-inspired theme
· Spence & Lyda are inspiring artist, Lisa Hoelz, to create an in situ garden in the showroom windows, with their cactus theme in the showroom
· Stylecraft / Alternative Surfaces and Mico are teaming up with the Whitehouse Institute to create a design hub in Darlinghurst
· Zenith/BOLON with HASSELL
Make sure you check back to see who else is taking part!
This year's key word for interpretation is 'Sense'...
This year, the range of collaborative possibilities has been increased, and a keyword or ‘inspiration driver’ will provide a starting point for those that need one. The keyword for this year is ‘Sense’, which can be interpreted to any literal or conceptual translation. Who knows what crazy creations will be seen this year? We’ll all be watching closely - read more about it on indesignlive by clicking here...
Congratulations to the winners of the people's choice!
Congratulations to the Whitehouse Insitute of Design, with Stylecraft, Alternative Surfaces and Mico Design - they have won the people's choice award for The Project this year. Click here to read more....
The Project 2008 was a hit...
The Project was a big hit in Melbourne last year for Saturday in Design, click here to see who took part in 2008...
