Decor - Colander

Travelling in regional Victoria during the Summer break has always been very productive for my collection of Australian industrial design products and this year is no exception. The only issue is keeping the vintage plastic items safe from the 40+ degrees in the car.

Decor colander designed by Richard Carlson.

Decor colander designed by award winning Australian industrial designer Richard Carlson.

Orange colander by Decor.

Decor 1970s colander designed by Richard Carlson

Decor - Kitchen canisters

Pure geometry dominates the design of these Decor canisters from the 1970s designed by Richard Carlson. Textiles, wallpapers and patterns from the 70s feature similar geometric designs. 

Four Decor canisters make a geometric pattern.

Decor kitchen canisters designed in Australia by Richard Carlson.

Australian Vinlon wallpaper design from the 1970s features geometric circles.
Image: Historic Houses Trust collection.

Link to Historic Houses Trust collection here

Decor - Picnic set

Designed by Richard Carlson for Brian Davis at Decor the PicNic set is another classic 70s orange addition to my collection.

Decor 'PICNIC' bucket designed by industrial designer Richard Carlson.

Decor 'PICNIC' set in classic 1970s orange and brown.

Australian Design Icon - Regis Glassware

A world first with production and export totalling more than 170 million units the Regis glassware range truly is an Australian industrial design icon.

Regis glassware range logo - Australian design icon.

Australian design icon the Regis glassware range designed by industrial designer Edward Kayser for Crown ACI.

Stuart Devlin - Archive drawings

It has taken me almost three years to get to Canberra to view the archive sketches of our iconic decimal coins designed by RMIT University alumnus Stuart Devlin. I interviewed Stuart in London and have wanted to views his sketches and study his process ever since.

Researcher Ian Wong examines Stuart Devlin original drawings for Australia's iconic decimal coins.

Stuart Devlin plasters for Australian decimal coins.

Ian Hutchison and Kerri Daniel at the Australian Mint Museum.

ISM Objects - Cinnamon Lee

ISM Objects Black Box currently features the work of Cinnamon Lee and tonight a late opening at the showroom allowed for a closer inspection, some sushi, and a glass of wine.

The Chameleon Series is a range of interactive pendant lamps with solid-state electronics and multichip LEDs which change colour when proximity sensors in the wires are activated.

Chameleon series lamps designed by Cinnamon Lee

Chameleon series lamps change color for ISM Objects director Celina Clarke and Ian Wong

ISM Objects showroom in St Kilda.

ISM Objects - St Kilda

ismobjects.com.au

www.cinnamonlee.com

Bernie Walsh - Workshops and tutorials

Bernie Walsh workshops are highly recommended and suitable for beginners, design students, or practicing designers. Folio preparation for interviews in Communication Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design or Architecture can be significantly enhanced given Bernie's experience in lecturing at RMIT University and Swinburne University's industrial design programs.

Check out Bernie's blog if you have not already and consider enrolling in one of his upcoming workshops.

Sketching tutorials and workshops by Bernie Walsh. 

http://berniewalsh.blogspot.com

Australian Design Icon - Audio-tactile pedestrian detector

Designed by Neilsen Design Associates the Audio-tactile pedestrian detector ATPD is an Australian Design Icon.

Australian design icon the Audio-tactile pedestrian detector. 

Kjell Grant - Ecco chair

Ecco chair designed by Kjell Grant.

Outerspace Design Group - Quest Fuel Pad

The Quest Fuel Pad was designed by leading Australian industrial design consultants the Outerspace Design Group.

Quest Fuel Pad designed by Outerspace Design Group.

Lionel Suttie - Quartic canisters

My collection of products designed in Victoria continues to grow and this week it is the Quartic canisters designed by Lionel Suttie. The addition of a polypropelene lid extend the Quartic range and this is the first example I have seen of the canister range. It is also the first example of the use of the classic letraset font eurostyle Q as a tampo printed graphic.

Australian Capri Quartic canisters designed by industrial designer Lionel Suttie.

Classic 1970s Quartic cup and saucer designed by industrial designer Lionel Suttie.

Classic 1970s cups designed by industrial designer Lionel Suttie.

see previous posts on the Quartic range here

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

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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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

RMIT - Industrial Design Alumni

RMIT industrial design are seeking contact with alumni.

Alumni networks are vital and my research and interest in Industrial Design in Victoria is greatly supported by alumni from all universities.

RMIT industrial design alumni Ian Wong and Tate Anson

Contact Gyunji Chyon email: gyungju.chyon@rmit.edu.au or join the alumni Facebook or 
register directly with the alumni office at RMIT.

www.alumni.rmit.edu.au

If you would like to connect on LinkedIn I would also like to keep in touch with industrial design alumni or like my facebook page - ianwongresearch.

CobaltNiche - Agilent Cary 630

CobaltNiche designed Cary 630 wins Gold design award.

CobaltNiche designed Agilent Cary 630

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced its Cary 630 FT-IR spectrometer has won the 2012 Instrument Business Outlook (IBO) Industrial Design Gold Award. Now in their 19th year, the awards highlight excellence in the industrial design of analytical instruments. This year's winners demonstrate how industrial design can improve a product's functionality and the user's experience.

The Cary 630 took a year and a half to develop. Key to the system's design was its modularity, which allows for different uses and applications via each of the five interchangeable sample modules. The color contrast and rounded corners create a modern appearance and integrated look. Benchtop lab spectrometers have been shrinking in size for years, and this has one of the smallest lab footprints to date. The 3.8 kg (8 lb), 16 x 13 x 13 cm (6 x 12 x 5 in) system is designed for routine applications, with a spectral resolution of less than 2 cm-1.

Industrial design concept sketches and proposals by CobaltNiche for the award winning Agilent Cary 630.

"We are honored to have our Cary 630 receive this recognition," said Philip Binns, Agilent vice president for spectroscopy products. "Building on our technology leadership, this award-winning system reflects our commitment to delivering products that improve the overall customer experience by paying close attention to all aspects of how our customers use products."

Award winning Cary 630 designed by leading Australian industrial design consultancy CobaltNiche.

To be eligible for one of this year's awards, a product must have begun shipping between August 2011 and July 2012. Candidates were chosen from the new products that IBO monitors through trade shows, trade publications, press releases and the Internet. Winners were selected solely based on their industrial design, not on technical capabilities or performance. Judges considered innovation, aesthetics, functionality and features.

www.cobaltniche.com