BOOK
Freestyle: new Australian design for living
Co-published by Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design and Melbourne
Museum
RRP $49.95
320 pages, 225 x 170mm
Providing readers with a timely and informed critical overview of contemporary design in Australia, this book profiles 40 leading Australian designers and provides insight into what motivates and inspires them. With a particular focus on objects designed for the home and body, the work featured includes furniture, lighting, textiles, homewares, jewellery, fashion and personal accessories.
The book, designed by internationally acclaimed Frost Design, includes major essays by four prominent authors;
Brian Parkes (Associate Director and Senior Curator, Object: Australian Centre for Craft an Design) General introduction to contemporary Australian design
Paul McGillick (Editor, InDesign magazine) Furniture, lighting and product design
Robyn Healy (Lecturer in Fashion Design at RMIT University and formerly Senior Curator of Fashion and Textiles at the National Gallery of Victoria) Fashion and textiles
Grace Cochrane (Freelance author and curator, formerly Senior Curator of Decorative Art and Design at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney) Relationship of decorative arts and craft to design in Australia
DVD
Freestyle: new Australian design for living
Presented by Object Gallery and Melbourne Museum Produced by Video Education
Australasia
RRP $29.95
Duration: 30 minutes
The Freestyle DVD gives you an insight into the personality and passion of six Australian designers in their unique studio environment. The DVD inspires, informs and educates audiences about contemporary design.
Featuring six designers:
Susan Cohn, Jewellery
Akira Isogawa, Fashion
Schamburg + Alvisse, Furniture
Vixen, Textiles
F!NK & Co., Homewares
Prue Venables, Ceramics
