RMIT Industrial Design - GOTYA Winners

RMIT industrial design graduates Dean Benstead and Tate Anson have taken out top honors tonight at the Graduate of the Year Awards in the industrial design category of the Victorian and Tasmanian section of the Design Institute of Australia's GOTYA awards. Tate was awarded the colorways GOTYA award and Dean won both the industrial design GOTYA award and was the overall winner of the GOTYA for Victoria and Tasmania. Congratulations to Dean and Tate.

Dean was employed in February by leading industrial design consultancy Charlwood Design and Tate is a member of Melbourne Movement and will travel to Milan in April to exhibit his 'Stretch' range at Salone Satellite.

GOTYA winners industrial design graduates Dean Benstead and Tate Anson with RMIT University lecturers Ian Wong and Bernie Walsh.

Graduate of the Year for Victoria and Tasmania RMIT industrial design student Dean Benstead is congratulated by James Harper, Victorian President of the Design Institute of Australia.

DIA Victorian President James Harper welcomes all educators, graduates and industry guests to the 2011 GOTYA awards.

Panels by GOTYA nominees in industrial design.

RMIT industrial design graduate Tate Anson is presented with his GOTYA Colourways award by Kim Chadwick from Colourways. 

RMIT industrial design graduate Dean Benstead is presented with his GOTYA award as Victorian and Tasmanian Graduate of the Year - Industrial Design, by RMIT industrial design alumni Simon Marriot CEO 3D Systems and Michael Chijoff director of Jones Chijoff and Chair of the GOTYA industrial design judging panel.

Finalists for the industrial design category were Dean Benstead RMIT University, Jack Martinich Monash University and Max Harper RMIT University. Runner up Jack Martinich is also a member of Melbourne Movement and will exhibit his Mobi electric wheelchair in Milan. Max is currently in China. RMIT was also represented by Dimitri Strongilis, Jessalyn Salim, and Diana Sari Dewi.

DIA Victorian Branch councillor Ian Wong with GOTYA winner Dean Benstead and runner up Jack Martinich. 

GOTYA fellow nominees from RMIT industrial design Dimitri Stronghilis, Jessalyn Salim, and Diana Sari Dewi.

Professor Kjell Grant from RMIT University with GOTYA winner Tate Anson. Tate has been selected by Kjell to exhibit at Milan and was a student in Kjells's final year furniture studio in 2011.

Tate Anson - SOYA

Melbourne Movement member and RMIT alumnus industrial designer Tate Anson has entered the Spirit of Youth Awards for 2012.

I would encourage all to support emerging talent and vote in the people's choice for these awards.

Driven by the potential for new technology to reinvent and reinvigorate traditional furniture making Tate is emerging as a design talent and winning this award would greatly support his career.

An amazing twelve month mentorship from Marc Newson is on offer.

Good luck Tate.

To vote for Tate click link below and like his entry.

http://www.soya.com.au/entrants/10161281

Designer Tate Anson in Milan at the Salone Satellite 2012 pictured explaining the innovation of the Tryst stool to one of the hundreds of intrigued visitors.

Tate Anson with Melbourne Movement director Ian Wong at Salone Satellite 2012. 

www.tateanson.com

Tate Anson - Paris Design Week

The Tryst stool by Melbourne Movement and RMIT alumnus industrial designer Tate Anson is currently on display at the Musee d'art Moderne de la ville de Paris as part of Paris Design Week 2012.

Tryst stool by Tate Anson

Australian industrial designer Tate Anson in Paris.

Paris Design Week 2012 - Tryst stool by Tate Anson.

Tryst stool designed by Tate Anson representing Australia in exhibition at the Musee d'art Moderne de la ville de Paris.

www.parisdesignweek.fr

Tate Anson - Salone Satellite

Fresh from success at the Graduate of the Year Awards Melbourne Movement's Tate Anson will present his innovative Tryst and Solaris products at Salone Satellite 2012.

The Tryst stool capitalises on the elegance and strength of timber to achieve a delicate yet durable product that marries the conveniences of modern machining and traditional wood craft.

The bespoke Tryst stool offers an allure that is reminiscent of traditional hand-crafted timber furniture. Utilising the pattern that allows the form to be created as the primary aesthetic detail, the Tryst stool is an honest reflection of allowing the stretched timber process to dictate the form, offering beauty and intrigue to any setting, Tryst is an elegant addition to any environment.

Melbourne Movement emerging talent designer Tate Anson.

This clock is produced from a single piece of timber. The timber is machined and steam-bent into a 360 degree array and once joined, the closed loop retains its form and offers a stunning visual, capitalising on the natural beauty of the material.

The Solaris clock is available in various sizes and finishes, making a bold statement in any domestic or commercial environment.

Tryst stool by emerging design talent industrial designer Tate Anson.

Common Wealth - London Design Festival

Melbourne Movement designer Tate Anson is in London this week exhibiting at Common Wealth as part of the London Design Festival.

Tate Anson  - London Design Festival

Suzanne Trocmé curates Common Wealth at Platform, an initiative showcasing the best in design from down under in the year of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Winning designs from Melbourne's VIVID award and Sydney's The Edge are presented with product and furniture from the length and breadth of Australia and New Zealand.

Designers André Hnatojko, from Wonga Park, Ash Allen, from Rosanna, Victoria, David Hardwick, from Annandale, New South Wales and Tate Anson, from Mount Waverley, Victoria are on site for daily discussions and workshops throughout the London Design Festival. For the programme of events see listings on the Platform at Habitat website.

Platform is a Habitat design initiative housed in the Kings Road store providing a space for discussions, talks and other design-related events.

Exhibition and Events

17 September to 22 September

Exhibition

15 September to 14 October

Opening event

Friday 14 September, 6pm - 9pm

www.londondesignfestival.com

Tate Anson - Tryst Stool in Paris

Tryst stool by Tate Anson featured on Musee D'Art Moderne website.

Tate Anson Tryst stool.

Website link here

Salone Satellite 2012 - Creativeans

On your first trip to Salone Satellite in Milan it is good to make friends and benefit from the experience of others. I was fortunate to meet Kimming Yap, a graduate from the Domus Academy, and his support and assistance was very much appreciated this past week. His design studio Creativeans with designers Khairul Hussin, Yulia Saksen, and Sharina Bi is based in both Milan and Singapore.

The invite for Melbourne Movement to the Domus Academy 30th birthday party and exhibition was hand delivered to our stand and Tate Anson, Jiyoon Kim, Jasna Manolios and myself were able to attend. I was particularly keen to be there having previously attended a Domus Academy Winter School in Melbourne with Michele de Lucchi.

Digga pendant lamp by creativeans.

Designers Kimming Yap and Khairul Hussin from creativeans at Salone Satellite 2012.

Domus Academy graduate Kimming Yap encourages Melbourne Movement designers Tate Anson, Jiyoon Kim and Jasna Manolios at the Milan Design Week 2012 party celebrating 30 years of the Domus Academy.

www.creativeans.com

Melbourne Movement - Salone Satellite 2012

Melbourne Movement directors Kjell Grant, Gyunju Chyon and Ian Wong along with members Tate Anson, Dusko Lapcevic and Jasna Manolios recently reported to sponsors and outlined the success of Salone Satellite 2012.

Sponsors the City of Melbourne, RMIT University, Monash University and Sumo Visual provided generous financial and in kind support to ensure our talented designers are afforded the opportunity to present as Melbourne Movement at the world's premier furniture exhibition in Milan.

Shane McIlroy - International Advisor and Ben James - Business Coordinator from the City of Melbourne congratulated Melbourne Movement on the many outcomes from this years event and were delighted to see Federation Square feature in the exhibition stand design. Dean of Architecture and Design at RMIT University Professor Richard Blythe commended the initiative, commitment and vision of Kjell Grant and acknowledged the deep contribution Melbourne Movement makes to design internationally.

LtoR: Jasna Manolios, Tate Anson, Gyunju Chyon, Shane McIlroy, Ben James, Kjell Grant,  Professor Richard Blythe, Dusko Lapcevic and Ian Wong.

Professor Richard Blythe Dean of Architecture and Design at RMIT University emphasises the significant contribution made by Melbourne Movement to international design in discussions with sponsors and Melbourne Movement members.

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Melbourne Movement - Grand Designs Live

Grand Designs Live has arrived in Melbourne and Melbourne Movement are proud to have been invited to exhibit local creative design talent.

The exhibition has been curated by director Ian Wong and features works from designers including Tate Anson, Dusko Lapcevic, Jasna Manolios, Adam Cornish, Edward Linacre and founder and President Kjell Grant.

 Melbourne Movement director Ian Wong and President Kjell Grant pictured with the Montreal chair at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

RMIT Professor Kjell Grant celebrates the acclaimed Tryst stool from his 4th year studio designed by Tate Anson.

Grand Designs Live Melbourne stand Melbourne Movement.

RMIT University lecturer and Melbourne Movement member Dusko Lapcevic discusses features of his Tribal bench at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

Dusko Lapcevic discusses features of his IRIS lamps at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

Melbourne Movement's designers Dusko Lapcevic and Ed Linacre, President Kjell Grant and Director Ian Wong at Grand Designs Live - Melbourne.

Sunday crowd at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

 Melbourne Movement stand G34 at Grand Designs Live - Melbourne

RMIT alumnus industrial designer Jasna Manolios pictured with her Presto bracelet.

Trinity bowl by RMIT alumnus Adam Cornish.

Melbourne Movement director Ian Wong and President Kjell Grant prepare for Grand Designs Live Melbourne exhibition.

Newest Melbourne Movement designer Edward Linacre installing a weave pendant lamp at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

Weave lamps weave magic and light up the Melbourne Movement stand at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

Dr Simon Jackson and Mark Stachan from Swinburne University and Ed Linacre at Grand Designs Live Melbourne.

Grand Designs Live Melbourne with Kevin McCloud and large crowds.

Melbourne Movement stand at Grand Designs Live Melbourne 2012

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Tate Anson - Stretch

RMIT Industrial Design Graduate Exhibition 2011

PROJECT: Stretch

DESIGNER: Tate Anson

More RMIT Industrial Design Major projects 2011 here.