Saturday, 11 April 2015

Melbourne Movement - Salone del Mobile 2015










Melbourne Movement is a talented mix of young Australian designers, determined to build an international reputation for cutting edge Australian design. Melbourne Movement was founded in 1999 by Kjell Grant, an accomplished designer and professor of design at RMIT University.

Fostering and promoting products by excellent young designers and informing the public, retailers and manufacturers of the value and standard of design in Australia, are the core objectives of Melbourne Movement.

Grant currently invites young designers whose work is considered challenging and innovative in a world context to exhibit with the group. Melbourne Movement actively assists designers to commercialise their products. Melbourne Movement aims to make manufacturers, retailers and consumers become aware of the value of good design, and to promote the design excellence of young Australian designers.



We are a group of 7 designers from Melbourne. Our backgrounds in design vary from studies in Furniture design, Architecture to Industrial Design. And this year we are excited to be displaying our designs in Milan. Majority of the designs are lights including pendant, floor and table orientations and a chair design.


 

 Melbourne Movement 2015




Inkster Maken

Designs: Eclipse Wall Light, Flashlight Pendant, Matchstick Lamp



Eclipse Wall Light
Flashlight Pendant
Matchstick Lamp





Dowel Jones

Designs: Mr. Merger, Mr. Dowel Jones



Mr. Merger
Mr. Dowel Jones
Mr. Dowel Jones (disassembled)





Matthew Harding + Rowan Turnham

Designs: Exo Series


Tear drop & cage design

Table orientation

Wall bracket





Max Harper

Designs: Corker series


Corker cluster
Corker in context




Mitchell Rose

Designs: Spin Chair


Spin chair

Rear view of Spin chair

























Front view of Spin chair






We would like to thank our sponsors for their support









And we would also like to thank Kjell Grant for his continuing support for Australian design and Ian Wong for coordinating this years Melbourne Movement, 2015.





For more information about the show go to Salone Del Mobile 2015




















Monday, 16 March 2015

Refreshed and ready for 2015






So after finishing university for the year (2014). It was time to take a much needed break. It was a massive year for projects, renovations, furniture and lighting. I after a couple weeks in Melbourne went to Perth, Western Australia. With my family for Christmas for 2weeks. This was a great time to see family and just relax. 

After that I had a huge trip planned to go to South America for 2months. This was my escape, my time to just not worry about the little things in life and explore once again a continent that I have fell in love with over the past 4years. The vast contrast between culture, people, language and landscapes drew me back again. This time I was to travel with my girlfriend through Peru, Equador and Colombia. Also had a stop in Los Angeles on the way home for 3days which was great as well.


Cotopaxi, Equador

Inca Ruin, Day 3 of trek to Machu Picchu




This year 2015 is a big one.



I will be studying for the last year. Honours year for my Bachelor of Industrial Design at Monash University. The whole year will based on one project. The first semester is research and design based. And the second semester is based on bringing everything together whilst making a functional or aesthetic model. 



My design partner Matthew Harding and I will also be going to Salone Del Mobile Milan 2015 to exhibit with Melbourne Movement. We will be showing Exo series along with other Australian designers. 


'Melbourne Movement is a talented mix of young Australian designers, determined to build an international reputation for cutting edge Australian design. Melbourne Movement was founded in 1999 by Kjell Grant, an accomplished designer an professor of design at RMIT University.'  -  http://www.melbournemovement.com/


The crew going over is :


Adam Lynch
Dale Hardiman
Hugh Altschwager 
Max Harper
Matthew Harding
Mitch Rose 

Rowan Turnham


So its time to get back into it. My last year at university. This will be my 7th year of study after finishing high school all the way back in 2008. 


Imagine.
Create.
Make.



 Peace out.



















Saturday, 8 November 2014

ID3 Show 2014 - Monash University









The semester long project for all of us finished on Thursday and we got to show off all the hard work we had done. There was 5 main design briefs to choose from at the start of the semester. The briefs were all very different and offered exciting and challenging problems to solve!

The 5 briefs were as follows:


Client: MiniFAB

Challenge: Design the future of health and
wellness delivery.


Client: Monash Sustainability Institute &
Institute of Transport Studies


Challenge: Design the future of sustainable
urban mobility.


Client: Monash Entrepreneurs Club

Challenge: Work with roboticists and business
entrepreneurs to develop the future
of education interaction.


Client: MADA’s urban futures consortium.

Challenge: Design the future of transport
for Melbourne’s Rowville railway line.


Client: Orora

Challenge: Design the future of food and
beverage enjoyment.



As you can see, such a wide scope of design fields we had to choose from! Personally I was with Minifab to design the future of healthcare either in the home or surgery. We got some photos of students with their products. Unfortunately not everyone in front of their masterpiece! But you can definitely see the standard of work from these guys below!


Taylor Zhou - Alertle

Lewis Piccoli - Don't bin it, refill it

Sarah Roberts -The Chocolate Box

Ben Peng - Mobilitea

Tom Callaghan - Portable Pathology Lab



Also there was awards! Yes we love awards don't we? Always good to hand out some 'gold stickers' to those who stepped up their game! Good on everyone who received recognition for their hard work. Monash represent!


From the left - Vince Moug (ID3 Teacher), Eric Yuen, Nathan Ide , Sarah Roberts, Katie Hou, Luke Valenza & Robbie Napper (ID3 Teacher)


These guys won awards for best work in their respective teams. Well done guys! And the next award was the top dog award, or should I say top penguin award? (Inside joke....) Ben Peng! Top of the class!

Ben Peng - Top Student ID3!


Any whom, it has been a long semester. Time to reboot before a big honors year next year. I'll be hiking and backpacking through South America, no biggie. 

Peace out for now.


Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Business Cards








I just received my business cards from Print Together. I chose this printing company because I wanted to avoid using synthetic inks and virgin paper stock. 

They were local too, just in North Fitzroy, Melbourne. Didn't like the idea of getting cards printed overseas or even interstate.



 - Vegetable based inks
 - 100% post-consumer recycled raw paper stock
 - Very quick lead time
 - High quality



Overall very happy with the cards! Can't wait to lay them out for 3rd year Industrial Design studio exhibition. 



Check them out at - http://www.printtogether.com.au/


Saturday, 6 September 2014

Fringe Furniture 2014



The Melbourne Fringe Festival is coming up and its full of the arts, comedy, music and much more.

But the more important event is the opening of the whole festival, Fringe furniture will be host to this opening. There is over 90 works of furniture & lighting this year. 









When: 6PM, WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014

What: FRINGE FURNITURE: LIVING TRACES


Where: ABBOTSFORD CONVENT
1 ST HELIERS ST
ABBOTSFORD



Theme: LIVING TRACES

"The story of human life is told by the traces of our journey through it.

Every object we create is a time capsule to be rediscovered, a monument with fascinating stories to tell.

From ancient times to the present, the artefacts we design are used by coming generations to understand us. They act as coded messages, showing how we lived, worked and came together, how we created and what we valued.

They also inform the future, design evolving as we do. The movement of ideas from generation to generation inspires new forms and icons. A chair was once a stone or a branch, and through a process of evolution it became something else. What could it be next?



P.S I'll be releasing a new lighting range with Matt Harding. Called Exo Series. And also exhibiting a table in collaboration with Chris Shaw! Can't wait to see you all there!

Thursday, 31 July 2014

Team Monash wins Telstra M2M Challenge 2014









Tuesday the 29th of July. We went to the awards ceremony this day knowing we (Team Monash) were in the top 3 from 16 other teams that participated in the University challenge this year. The day entailed quite a lot of sight seeing of Telstra's facilities. 

We started the day with breakfast catered for. Then we headed to the GOC (Global Operations Centre) which was a 20min bus ride from Telstra's main office on Exhibition street in Melbourne CBD to Clayton.

The centre was very impressive. And showed really how big the network is that services Australia. We watched a video and then the surrounding windows went from a tinted state to a clear state one by one. Next the view was of the main operations room with a huge wall of monitors showing statistics and details of the network. Very cool to see that in motion.

The rest of the day included lunch and then some more talks about Telstra's projects and investments in the industry. It was great to meet the other University team members and reflect on the 10 week project, which most of us did outside our existing work load at University. 



Unusual sight of students in suits? Lunch time!




TOP 3



Team: Queensland University of Technology

 ATOM – A multifaceted M2M delivery platform which combines independent M2M components (e.g. a smart screen, temperature alert and electricity alert) to be implemented in the same environment as a ‘bundle’ to provide SMEs with functionality that enables them to better conduct and understand their business.

Team: RMIT #2

 Ember – A Haystack Temperature Monitoring and Alert System that provides a mechanism to measure and track the temperature inside haystacks and sends warnings when temperatures exceed a certain threshold.

Team: Monash University

 On Track – A mobile application that allows customers to view up-to-date information about their train service, including its location and how full each carriage is.


 

Drum Roll


The award ceremony finally started around 4:30 in the afternoon. The top three team members were present along with Telstra employees, graduates, university coordinators and M2M organisers. Other teams in the top 8 that were outside the top 3 were allowed 2 members to be present at the event. 


To our delight, we were awarded first place for our project. Whilst RMIT came second with their project Ember. And Queensland University of Tech came third with their Atom Project. 




Shark Fin for Dinner!




Teams Monash, RMIT & La Trobe hanging out in Chinatown


 

Thursday, 17 July 2014

Melbourne Fringe Furniture 2014 - Registrations Open










The Melbourne Fringe is in its 29th year running! This just shows how strong the performing arts, music, art and design are in Melbourne. 


This year the Fringe Furniture Exhibitions theme is :


The story of human life is told by the traces of our journey through it.
Every object we create is a time capsule to be rediscovered, a monument with fascinating stories to tell.
From ancient times to the present, the artefacts we design are used by coming generations to understand us. They act as coded messages, showing how we lived, worked and came together, how we created and what we valued.

Design also informs the future, evolving as we do. The movement of ideas from generation to generation inspires new forms and icons. A chair was once a stone or a branch, and through a process of evolution it became something else. What could it be next?


In 2014, Fringe Furniture invites artists and designers to respond to these ideas and create ‘living traces’ of our world, constructing artefacts from the now that acknowledge both our history and the future to come.




Where : Sacred Heart Chapel and surrounds at the Abbotsford Convent

When : 17 September and run until 5 October 2014


Calls for entry close 26 June – 21 July 2014.