Designed in Melbourne - Duperite egg cups

Duperite is a product brand name from Melbourne plastics pioneering company Moulded Products Pty Ltd. Moulded Products also had the brand name Nylex and eventually Moulded Products changed it's name to Nylex. The design of these egg cups allows for ease of moulding which has always been an Australian design characteristic given our low population.

Duperite egg cups designed in Melbourne in the 1940s.

Duperite egg cups added to my collection of Australian designed products.

Designed in Melbourne - Kambrook Axis Eco Kettle

The Kambrook Axis 360 Eco Kettle was designed in Melbourne Australia in 1993-94.

The Kambrook Axis 360 Eco Kettle was designed in Melbourne Australia.

Kambrook - Powerboard advertising

Tina Arena and the Young Talent team promote Kambrook products during Young Talent Time in the early 1980s. Tina Arena is shown holding the PB1 power board designed by Robert Pataki Design for Kambrook.

Tina Arena advertising the Australian designed Kambrook power board in the early 1980s.

Designed in Melbourne.

The PB2 Powerboard designed by Robert Pataki Design featured in the 2010 exhibition '175 Years of Design in Victoria' curated by Ian Wong.

Robert Pataki Design - Melbourne Australia

Stuart Devlin - Australian decimal coins

Fifty years ago in 1964 Stuart Devlin was selected to design Australia's new decimal coins. This work was a significant achievement for Stuart at the time and the nation celebrated his design talent during the extensive public advertising campaign as we went decimal in 1966.

Designed in Melbourne - Australian 20 cent coin with iconic platypus design by Stuart Devlin.

I have interviewed Stuart for my research and viewed his original sketches at the Australian Mint Museum in Canberra. See previous post here. 

BlackBOX - Design & Innovation in Melbourne

BlackBOX - Design & Innovation in Melbourne

Kambrook Powerboard - World's first electrical power board.

The common electrical power board was first manufactured by Melbourne company Kambrook in the 1970s. I remember selling this product from my our family business Wong's World in Shepparton in 1979. In 1987 while living in London I recall looking for a powerboard but realised only double adaptors existed in Europe at the time.

Frank Bannigan founded Kambrook and the electrical engineer who invented the power board in 1972 was Peter Talbot. 

In 1991 while at RMIT I ran a second year industrial design studio with Peter Talbot and Kambrook.  

Designed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Kambrook power board  - the world's first power board.

Kambrook power board  - the world's first power board.

Decor - Cheese tray and cover

This cheese tray and cover is a very early Decor product by Brian Davis Plastics from Melbourne Australia.

Decor cheese tray and cover

sensiLab - Monash University

sensiLab - Monash University

sensiLab is a response to the challenge of how to do innovative research in the internet age. Rather than targeting a single discipline or application area, the lab is based on the atelier model of an agile, collaborative workshop that inspires new ideas by making things. Built broadly around the intersection of visualisation, interaction and digital fabrication, sensiLab will serve as a networking hub, bringing together “anti-disciplinary teams” who work collectively to tackle challenging research problems that cannot be solved by a single discipline alone. Combining low-cost technologies with initiatives such as fablabs, maker spaces and hack labs, sensiLab aims to “build the future” by initiating change rather than just responding to it.

MADANOW 2014 - Monash Art Design & Architecture Graduate Exhibition

MADANOW - Monash Art Design & Architecture Graduate Exhibition 2014 will commence on Saturday November 22nd and close on Friday December 5th.

Opening Event Friday Novemeber 21st at 6pm.

MADANOW - Monash Art Design & Architecture Graduate Exhibition 2014

Download PDF poster here.

WHERE
Monash University
Art Design & Architecture
900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield East, Victoria

DATE / HOURS
22 November – 5 December 2014
Monday to Saturday
10am – 5pm

Tactica One - Kickstarter

Design Institute of Australia councillor and director of Chijoff + Co Mike Chijoff has launched a kickstarter campaign for the Tactica One a precision tool for your beer. The kickstarter campaign will run until December 14th so share the links and support Melbourne design and innovation.

Tactica One - a precision tool for your beer launched on kickstarter.

Support Tactica Kickstarter campaign here.

DIA councilor Mike Chijoff from Chijoff + Co launches Tactica One on Kickstarter.

Tactica One - a precision tool for your beer launched on Kickstarter.

Tactica One - Kickstarter

Tactica One - a precision tool for your beer.

Tactica One - a precision tool for your beer ideal for a Xmas gift.

STILL - Multiclip logo

On a recent visit to a Melbourne factory I was pleased to see the identity for Multiclip is 'STILL' using the original artwork I did many years ago.

STILL - Multiclip logo designed by Ian Wong

STILL - Multiclip logo designed by Ian Wong

Rob Adams - MPavilion

Rob Adams forum at MPavilion

Rob Adams forum at MPavilion in Melbourne

MPavilion

Rob Adams forum at MPavilion in Melbourne

http://www.mpavilion.org

Ian Dryden - Swanston Street Light

Swanston Street Light designed by Ian Dryden for the City of Melbourne.

China Creative Design Week 2014

The Design Institute of Australia China representative Ian Wong and practice member CobaltNiche's Conceptual Design Manager Bernie Walsh were keynote speakers during China Creative Design Week 2014.

Ian Wong - Design Institute of Australia presents at China Creative Design Week 2014.

China Creative Design Week 2014

Bernie Walsh Conceptual Design Manager - CobaltNiche presents at China Creative Design Week 2014

China Creative Design Week 2014

Keep Cup designed in Melbourne by CobaltNiche featured in the keynote presentation 'Australian Rules - Design & Innovation in Australia' by Ian Wong - Design Institute of Australia

Award winners for designnova presentation at China Creative Design Week. 

China Creative Design Week 2014 - Press coverage.

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Art On Chairs

Luciano Benetton - Art On Chairs - Beijing Design Week 2014

Art On Chairs - Beijing Design Week 2014

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar

Dashilar is located southwest of Tiananmen Sq near Qianmen Gate and Dashilar Alley is just one of many sites for events at Beijing Design Week 2014.

The Australian Design Industry Delegation visited Dashilar on Thursday Sept 25th as Beijing Design Week was just winding up.

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashialr Alley

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar Alley - Far Media Lab Project

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Air $ Value

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Air $ Value

Beijing Design Week - Dashilar District

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar Precinct

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar - Coutryard House Plug-In

People's Architecture with Ian Wong, Rohan Nicol and Ian McArthur from the Australian Design Industry Delegation.

Micro-Yuan'er project in Dashilar precinct at Beijing Design Week 2014.

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar - Bibliorium

Australian Design Industry Delegates Andrea Myles, Dr Brandon Gien, Jess Scully, Debbie Ryan and Oliver Kratzer.

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar

Australian Design Industry Delegation member Ian McArthur UNSW exits exhibition by Tsinghua University Architecture in Hutong along Dashilar Alley Beijing China.

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Tsinghua University Architecture - Dashilar Alley

Beijing Design Week 2014 - Dashilar Precinct

Beijing Design Week - Opening Ceremony

The Australian Design Industry Delegation to Beijing Design Week were honoured to join The Road of Design walk as part of the official program for the Opening Ceremony of Beijing Design Week 2014.

Australian delegates walk the Road of Design to launch the Opening Ceremony of Beijing Design Week 2014

Australian Design Industry delegates pictured during the Opening Ceremony of Beijing Design Week 2014

Members of the Australian Design Industry delegates pictured at the Opening Ceremony of Beijing Design Week 2014

The official Australian delegation to Beijing Design Week includes Mr Oliver Kratzer FDIA, Chairman, Australian Design Alliance; Dr Kenneth Cato AO, Chairman and Global Creative Director, Cato Brand Partners Pty Ltd; Dr Brandon Gien, CEO, Good Design Australia and President, International Council of Societies of Industrial Design; Ms Kristin McCourtie, Manager and Director Design Foundation; Mr Ian Wong FDIA, Director, Design Institute of Australia; Ms Jess Scully, Vivid Ideas Festival Director; Mr Ian McArthur, Designer and Senior Design Lecturer, UNSW Art & Design; Dr Rohan Nicol, Head of Gold and Silversmithing, Australian National University School of Art; and Ms Debbie Ryan, Founding Principle of McBride Charles Ryan.

http://www.bjdw.org/open_ceremony/?lang=en