Exciting news – the SI Design Centre Enmore Library is now open from 9 am every weekday in term time
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 Posted in Library Information | No Comments »You asked - we listened! One of the most popular requests made via the Library Customer Survey last year, was for the Design Enmore Centre Library to open earlier to allow students attending early morning classes the opportunity to visit the library beforehand. Your ever-obliging ...
SOYA 365: QANTAS Spirit of Youth Awards
Thursday, November 17th, 2011 Posted in Design Competitions, Fun | No Comments »The Qantas Spirit Of Youth Awards 365 (SOYA 365) has been the leading grants program for emerging creative talent for over seven years. It's a creative melting pot spanning 11 key creative disciplines including interior design, architecture, craft and object ...
15th Japanese Film Festival starts on the 17th of November in Sydney
Thursday, November 17th, 2011 Posted in Fun | No Comments »The Sydney Japanese Film Festival, presented by the Japan Foundation, opens tonight at the George Street Event Cinema with a screening of A Ghost of a Chance, directed by Koki Mitani, Japan's most successful comedy writer and director. The Festival's home ...
Who wants to update their wardrobe for free?
Monday, November 7th, 2011 Posted in Fun, Useful Websites | No Comments »Who doesn't? You can do that AND get a warm glow of satisfaction that you are contributing to National Recycling Week, (which runs from the 7th until the 13th of November 2011), at the same time! The Newtown Festival Clothes Swap will ...
Congratulations to Caroline Alexander – jewellery designer to the Prime Minister!
Friday, November 4th, 2011 Posted in Design Competitions, Designers | No Comments »Caroline Alexander, a first-year Jewellery and Object Design student, recently had the honour not only of winning the National Skills Week Jewellery Competition, but also of seeing Julia Gillard wearing the elegant, sterling silver necklace she designed. Read about Caroline's educational ...
Celebrate our city’s heritage with the Sydney Architecture Festival
Friday, October 21st, 2011 Posted in Design Events | No Comments »The Sydney Architecture Festival which runs until the 30th of October, aims to celebrate our city's rich architectural history and provide a forum to debate its future. The Festival is presented by the Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter) and the NSW ...
October 2011 is Mental Health Month
Monday, October 10th, 2011 Posted in Useful Websites | No Comments »Formerly known as Mental Health Week NSW, the campaign was extended to the whole month of October in 2010 to reflect the campaign's importance and allow greater flexibility for organisers. Mental Health Month is part of a national mental health promotion ...
‘Jeffrey Smart: Unspoken’ exhibition at Sydney University Art Gallery
Friday, October 7th, 2011 Posted in Designers | No Comments »Jeffrey Smart, iconic painter and self-described "frustrated architect" was born in Adelaide in 1921 but has chosen to live in Italy for the last 48 years. Clive James calls him "the modern Australian painter whose paintings look least Australian." He has ...
Calling all Jewellery students
Thursday, August 18th, 2011 Posted in Design Events, Designers, Fun | No Comments »Make sure you don't miss out on the JAA International Jewellery Fair Sydney 2011 which is celebrating its 20th birthday this year! This is your chance to meet the best designers, manufacturers and suppliers of products and services for the ...
Young Jewellers Australia
Friday, August 12th, 2011 Posted in Design Events, Fun | No Comments »Those of you who read the excellent Jeweller Magazine either online or in print, will be aware that the editor, Coleby Nicholson, recently proposed that young people involved in the jewellery industry in Australia and New Zealand could unite under ...

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