Symposium: Smart works: design and the handmade 

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Smart works: design and the handmade is an exhibition opening at the
Powerhouse Museum with a three-day Symposium 30 March - 1 April.

The Smart works exhibition and book examine the work of 40 Australians and
New Zealanders (in furniture, lighting, ceramics, metal, glass, fashion,
textiles, resin) who are putting handmade objects into production. It
considers some of the choices these designers are making at the interface
between design and industry, and the impact of new technologies and
opportunities for designing for production both at home, and in new
manufacturing centres such as in the East.

In the Smart works symposium six keynote speakers from the UK, Sweden,
Italy, China, Australia and New Zealand, and around 20 speakers drawn from
the exhibition, explore the effects on skills and identity of shifts in the
West away from large manufacturing industries and towards creative
industries. In particular, they will talk about their own experiences, ideas
and opportunities: topics of interest to anyone working in related fields.
What does the design and the handmade mean in these new contexts?



Grace Cochrane

Curator

for the Powerhouse Museum


 <mailto:gracecochrane at bigpond.com> gracecochrane at bigpond.com
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