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By Design 2009-11-18

Maarten Baas interview (Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Awards) Maarten Baas, although still in his early 30s, has made an international reputation for his radical and highly original approach to furniture design. Conserving the past We all have a stake in the past and in its tangible preservation, and we trust professionals to preserve our cultural heritage for the future. However, the concept and practice of restoration in all its forms are entangled in many contemporary theoretical debat...

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[ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-11-11

Why Architecture Matters What do you feel when you stand in front of a building? How does it affect you emotionally and intellectually? Those are just couple of the questions tackled in Why Architecture Matters, a new book by Paul Goldberger, renowned as the architecture critic for the New Yorker magazine and also holder of the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at the New School in Manhattan. He´s fascinating on the subject of the physical qualities of architecture -- architecture ...

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[ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-11-04

New York, New York. Michael Sorkin is an architect whose career has been inextricably connected with the city he calls home, New York. Over a decade as architectural critic for the Village Voice he forged a reputation for tough and witty commentary about his city and today, as well as practising architecture and urban design he teaches it as a professor at the City College of New York. His latest book is a delightfully personal account of the way he connects with the physical space and social d...

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[ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-10-28

Walk-up flats These days an apartment block without an elevator is an oddity in the city. Just as we´ve grown accustomed to more than one bathroom in our homes, so we no longer expect to climb stairs. But once, when Australians were more likely to use the term 'flat' than 'apartment', brick walk-up flat buildings -- of two or three floors each with at least two dwellings per floor -- were the norm for developers. And today they remain the most common apartment format in Australia. New Nationa...

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[ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-10-21

Resilience: can it be built through design? How can a good design enhance personal and cultural resilience? By Design explores further the changes in our workplace and how design is being used to implement these changes. A project with Rio Tinto and Geyer [interior designers] is explored in this interview with the key participants. Romance Was Born Romance Was Born is one of a new breed of Australian fashion companies and brands. Actress Cate Blanchett loves their work, as do fashion entrepre...

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[ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-10-14

Murcutt and Malouf in conversation We´re delighted to present a unique conversation between two greatly celebrated Australians, Glenn Murcutt and David Malouf. ...

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[ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-10-07

Power of Influence: photographer Robyn Beeche Australian photographer Robyn Beecher changed the world of design when she went to Europe in the mid-1970s. From catwalk shows to clubs, Beeche captured the leading designers and artists of the time. She pioneered a technique of photography that used elaborate body makeup, body paint, props and costumes. Mastering French Cooking: The story of Julie & Julia Trends and Products: crowd sourcing This week it´s crowd sourcing and the way in which ...

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[ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-09-30

Venice Architecture Biennale details Wedgwood's 250th anniversary at NGV Most you will know and love Wedgwood, those beautiful, iconic pieces of pottery, some of the best known with the beautiful blue and white glazes. On By Design we look at how Wedgwood started and how the National Gallery of Victoria has one of the finest collections of Wedgwood in the world. This year Wedgwood is celebrating its 250th anniversary. It is rumoured that Captain Phillips sent to Wedgwood in England, via Sir ...

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[ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-09-23

Central Park One evening last month a thunderstorm swept through New York´s Central Park, toppling more than 100 trees and damaging 500 more. It was the most severe destruction the park´s trees have sustained in more than 30 years, but just the latest chapter in the story of what many believe is the greatest urban park the world has ever seen. Since its creation in the mid 1800s, the park has had its highs and lows, all of which have been documented in a new book by the park´s official histo...

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[ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-09-16

Tall Towers On September 11 the world changed; almost three thousand lives were lost and the shape of the New York skyline changed significantly with the collape of the twin towers that were the World Trade Centre. In the years that followed, cities around the world took pause to think about the wisdom of building tall buildings. But the skyscraper has been an enduring and economic solution to fitting a lot of people on a block of land. This week we look at the tall tower and its place in the m...

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[ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-09-09

Rediscovering the Roman Forum The ruins of the Forum in Rome, the centre of its ancient Empire, are one of the best known wonders of antiquity. But the Forum remains for many visitors a baffling and unwelcoming place. A new book rediscovers its rich histroy during and since antiquity. The roof garden Ed Snodgrass is a fifth generation farmer and a man leading the way with the research and installation of green roofs in the USA. While the roof garden is a relatively rare object in Australia it...

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[ Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-03-11
The language of things We´re always talking about things on this show - objects, unusual objects, everyday objects - but this week we´re looking at the language of things, what they say to us and how and why they say it. From the opulent excesses of the catwalk, or the technical brilliance of a laptop computer, to the subtle refinement of a desk lamp, our guide, Deyan Sudjic, shows how we can be manipulated and seduced by our possessions. Sliding House At By Design we have been very taken b...

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By Design 2009-09-02

Designing healing spaces Does the world make you sick? If the distractions and distortions around you, the jarring colours and sounds, could shake up the healing chemistry of your mind, might your surroundings also have the power to heal you? This is the central question explored in a new book by an American neuroimmunologist which looks at the nexus of mind and body, perception and place. Delicate Balance - how artists work with design Robyn Backen is a Sydney-based artist whose work Delicat...

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[ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-08-26

Designing an organ We´ve talked quite a lot on this program about the Sydney Opera House and the troubles involved in its creation. This week, another chapter in the story: the organ, and the contribution its designer made to the concert hall. Exhibiting architecture We´ve spoken before about whether Australia should have a museum dedicated to architecture. Well, the Gallery of Australian Design, which opened quietly in Canberra earlier this year, is trying to fill the gap. But just as he...

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[ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-08-19

Designing meets disability: a radical rethink If you wear a hearing aid, use a wheelchair or have a prosthetic limb you might be forgiven for thinking that the world of design has neglected you. Easton Pearson retrospective at GOMA Easton Pearson, created by Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson, is one of Australia's great fashion labels. The 20-year survey of their work is on at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, from 22 August to 8 November 2009. Colour phobia This week we're investigating t...

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[ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-08-12

Design ethics Graphic designers create so much of what we see, shaping our impression of the products we use and the things we experience. Their choice is to invent images that encourage more consumption or help repair the world. So how can designers be principled about what their art helps to sell and still make a living? Restoration of 170-year-old outback Queensland property Steve and Jane Wilson have owned Barambah property, near Goomeri in outback Queensland, since 2000. Since then they ...

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[ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-08-05

Sydney Design Festival: Meet Paul Cocksedge Paul Cocksedge is one of the UK's leading designers. He is in Sydney for the annual Sydney Design Festival as their keynote speaker. The London-based designer/inventor/artist launched four new lights with Japanese company Yamagiwa and Italy´s Flos at this year´s Milan Furniture Fair. Chair bodgers Today in our Trends and Products segment the product is the humble chair, and we're investigating a dying trend of crafting chairs by hand. This is the ...

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[ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-07-29

The kitchen of the future Join Alan Saunders and an expert panel for Cooking Up Tomorrow, a public forum exploring what the kitchen of the future will look like and what we´ll be doing in it. ...

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[ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-07-22

The Garbage Warrior: Living in Earthships For 40 years, New Mexico-based architect Michael Reynolds has been teaching the world how to live sustainably, promoting a holistic way of living that involves natural and recycled materials, renewable energy and self-generated food and water supplies. Michael designs and builds earthships: homes built from natural and recycled materials, houses that heat and cool themselves; produce their own electricity; collect their water; treat their own sewage; an...

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[ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-07-15

Sydney Government House's 130 rooms: an insider's tour Today we take you on an insider's tour of the 130 rooms – many of which are open to the public – in NSW'S Government House in Sydney. Find out how the rooms are decorated and what kind of furniture is part of the oldest government house in Australia. The work currently underway is restoring the paintwork in sections of the downstairs, work on leadlight and stained-glass windows, and some work on the original 1870s tiles. Victor...

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[ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-07-08 - UPDATED

Preserving Modern architecture Modern architecture, built from approximately the 1920s to the 1970s, defined the twentieth century. But how do we go about sorting the good from the bad in modern buildings so we know what´s worth keeping and what we can let go? Trends and Products: doubling city sizes with almost no extra land Rob Adams is a regular on By Design – a man who knows how to put the case for making cities sustainable, and a man able to read the political pulse for this chan...

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[ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-07-01

NSW Wilkinson winning private house Here are some images of the 2009 NSW Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Wilkinson Award-winning house designed by Neeson Murcutt Architects. The house is at Whale Beach on the northern Sydney peninsular. Neeson Murcutt also won the 2007 Wilkinson Award for a house in suburban Five Dock, in Sydney. There is a link to this interview with Rachel Neeson and Nick Murcutt, below. The man who finished the Sydney Opera House The beauty and solemnity of the me...

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[ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-06-24

Lars Rasmussen founder of Google Maps Meet Lars Rasmussen, who with his brother Jens, co-founded a mapping start-up, Where 2 Technologies, which was acquired by Google in 2004. Lars joined Google and this acquisition became Google Maps. Next on By Design the story of Google Maps and a look at the latest product Google Wave, which will be released later in 2009. Lars will present the 2009 Warren Centre Innovation lecture starting in Sydney later this month. The designs of Salvador Dali Salvado...

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[ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-06-17

Meet Kevin McCloud, host of ABC's Grand Designs Kevin McCloud is the presenter of Grand Designs, and that is probably all we need to say to introduce him. When not doing Grand Designs, Kevin keeps himself busy with his design business in London, specialising in lighting and furniture, and he lives 'organically' in a 500-year-old farmhouse in Somerset with his wife and two children. Find out how Grand Designs chooses which houses to film, and whether or not Kevin McCloud would let Grand Designs ...

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[ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-06-10

Paul Carter Phone: Think like a designer: it's all you need to succeed To success in business nowadays you need to have a fresh approach. It is no longer enough to look back and say, it was ever thus. To do this means you will never be innovative, never find a new way of understanding the audience or custoner. To survive the 21st century you need a new approach to the way you think. Find our why you need to think like a designer – and why this is the subject all the best business scho...

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[ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-06-03

Golf course design The major design elements of the modern golf course relate directly back to the Scottish seaside playing fields where the game originated, giving golf—among all sports—a unique connection with the landscape. Trends and Products: public spaces A quiet revolution has been going on around us. Landscape architecture has found itself at the leading edge of design ideas for public spaces we all take for granted: streets, squares and public parks. Find out how Australi...

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[ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-05-27

Grids: they're everywhere Emblematic of modernity, the grid gives form to everything from skyscrapers and office cubicles to Mondrian paintings and bits of computer code. But the grid has a history that long predates modernity; it is the most prominent visual structure in Western culture. Trends and Products: schools re-think classroom design In our Trends and Products segment this week we have invited educationalist Deirdre Barron to talk about interesting research from Melbourne´s Swinbo...

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[ Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-05-20

Stephen Bayley on Prince Charles's 'sorry' Stephen Bayley is the architecture correspondant for the UK's Oberserver newspaper and online site. He keeps us up-to-date this week on the latest musings on modern architecture from Prince Charles. Twenty years ago the Prince slammed modern architecture. This week he broke his silence at the annual Royal Institute of British Architects annual lecture. He almost said sorry. Trends and products: Moving house less often And in our Trends and Products ...

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[ Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-04-29

Aaron Betsky on media and architecture: complex collaborators Today architectural historian, writer and critic Aaron Betsky joins By Design. Aaron will be in Australia this week as a keynote speaker at the annual Australia Institute of Architects conference, Parallax, in Melbourne. Transparent law building at Sydney University Sydney University Law Faculty has found a new life on campus at the University of Sydney. For many years the faculty has `camped´ on the campus, travelling to and from...

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[ Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]


By Design 2009-04-22

The making of Chicago This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of American architect Daniel Burham´s master plan for the city of Chicago. The detailed plan for a monumental lakefront metropolis of boulevards, parks and grand buildings has been heralded as the most effective example of large-scale urban planning America has ever seen. Catherine Martin at home Now a visit to the home of one of Australia´s top designers, Catherine Martin. With her husband Baz Luhrmann, Catherine -- or CM ...

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[ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ]

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