Talking Design

After a successful career as an artist, designer and curator in the UK, Stewart came to Melbourne and established Spacecraft as an innovative textile studio and retail store. Blurring the line between fine art and design, Spacecraft’s designs can be found on everything from homeware, to High Street fashion and architecture. Here, Stewart talks about the synergies that exist between fine art and de...

Professor Margaret Gardner (Vice Chancellor of RMIT University) talks to Stephen about the new RMIT Design Hub, under construction on the iconic CUB site. Designed by the architect Sean Godsell, this exciting initiative will be a model of sustainable building design, hosting RMIT’s new Design Research Institute, as well as providing a vibrant, innovative space for collaboration between academics,...

Stephen Crafti talks to architect Tim O’Sullivan and interior designer Sioux Clark whose studio, Multiplicity, has won a number of awards for sustainable architecture and design. Here they talk about the challenge of reinterpreting an existing building, the benefits of re-using old materials to give the space texture and history, and the importance of forming a sympathetic relationship with client...

Stephen and Robyn discuss the business of curating the NGV, and the culture of fashion design. Associate Professor Robyn Healy is a Program director of Fashion Design in the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University. For many years she was also a curator at the National Gallery of Victoria. Here she gives an insight into the business of curating, the designs she acquired for the NGV arc...

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