Crafty people making the world a better place

October 24, 2010

KNITTY GRITTY & LOOPY is a core group of ‘Gritters’ who meet up regularly to share knitting/weaving skills, working on different art projects as they pop up. Projects include the Knitta Please Project at The National Gallery of Canberra, where the facade of the building was covered in knitting. Liane Rossler (of Dinosaur Designs) introduces  the group as: “People doing public art & craft projects, knitting & crocheting, weaving & …

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Secrets & Stories by Michael Alvisse

September 11, 2010

Object Spring Series 2010 : Artist in Residence. Architect and designer Michael Alvisse is committed to working with people outside the field of design. He is passionate about the way design can build strong communities. In September 2010, Michael presented the results of a 10 week creative collaboration with students from Dulwich Hill High School of Visual Arts and Design (Sydney) and the Green School (Bali). The results are presented …

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Object Spring Series

September 1, 2010

Object has charmed some of Sydney’s coolest arts and design studios into opening their doors to the public for the day. You are invited to come and discover the environments in which creative ideas manifest. Meet the designer/makers, explore their work spaces, and hear how and why they do what they do. You might even be given the opportunity to get your hands dirty. Find out more about the Object …

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The Australian Design Museum Exhibition

March 7, 2010

Have you gone to a exhibition and wanted to touch, hold, feel or sit on the items displayed? Curator Sarah King put on a show where you can touch and sit as well as purchase some of Australia’s “iconic, limited and prototype” 20th and 21st Century design works. The Australian Design Museum Exhibition was recently held at Shapiro Gallery, Sydney. The exhibition itself is a prototype of a program promoting diverse, …

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Expendable or Valuable? State. Respond. Exhibition at Object

February 15, 2010

In our current struggle with climate change and global financial crises, will our values change? The idea that something is expendable or worthless is only a point of view. For the ethical and the aware, waste matter presents new opportunity. (Marc Schamburg) Schamburg + Alvisse are included in the State.Respond. exhibition at Object Gallery, Surry Hills. Object curated the exhibition to feature five design practices with a significant track record in …

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Marc Schamburg + Michael Alvisse, Photography: Anthony Geernaer,t Art Direction: Frost Design, Sydney

Freestyle Exhibition

March 5, 2007

Schamburg + Alvisse have been featured in the Freestyle Exhibition in Object Gallery, Sydney (2007), Melbourne Museum (2007) and the Milan Triennale Museum (2008). “Freestyle: new Australian design for living brings together the work and stories of outstanding Australian designers” Showcasing designers from the fields of furniture, lighting, textiles, homewares, fashion, jewellery and accessories, this rare exhibition aims to reflect the character, vibrancy and increasing maturity of contemporary design in …

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Blobjects & Beyond: The New Fluidity in Design

April 11, 2005

Schamburg+Alvisse’s Regalo lamp has been featured in San Jose’s Museum of Art’s first exhibition devoted to industrial design – Blobjects & Beyond: The New Fluidity in Design. “The exhibit “Blobjects & Beyond gathers its energy from the premise that blobjects have become the defining products of the new millenium. They tell a story about our society’s rising visual literacy and the particular need we have for familiar anthropomorphic… products that …

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Ecologic Exhibition – Creating a Sustainable Future

June 11, 2001

Schamburg + Alvisse are part of the Powerhouse Museum’s Ecologic exhibition. “EcoLogic is an exhibition about the way we use the world. It’s about hopes, fears, imagination and action. It’s about redesigning the way we live. It’s about caring for our environment, our economy, tomorrow’s children and ourselves – without destroying the Earth. A sustainable future depends upon the choices we make today and every day. Making those choices isn’t …

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Salone Satellite Milan Salone del Mobili [Milan Furniture Fair] Exhibition

September 9, 2000

“This year [2000] marked the debut appearance of Schamburg+Alvisse, who showed bright white furniture and lamps. like the light that floods Australian interiors. Marc Schamburg and Michael Alvisse decided to come to Milan and gathered three design studios – Ruth mcDermott and Rina Bernabei of Ovo Design, Tonka Andjelkovic and Tina Gounios, and Michael Tyler – to create a Sydney collective, called 612. Common denominators in this group show were …

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Designing Minds Exhibition – Olympics Arts Festival 2000

June 30, 2000

Schamburg + Alvisse took part in the “Designing Minds” exhibition as part of the Olympic Arts Festival, 2000. “Designing minds” was a touring exhibition showcasing interior design products and prototypes developed by Australian designer-makers in creative relationships with the industry. The exhibition surveyed the transformation of craft and design practice and its links to industry over the past 15 years, illustrating the differing relationships and models of practice developed between …

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