Calling early-career furniture, lighting, and object designers! Entries are now open for vivid design competition 2021 // Entries close May 2nd. Open to professional designers who have been practicing for less than [...]
IP Australia joins Melbourne Design Week with three virtual events. Free to attend, participants will have the opportunity to direct questions and contribute to this next stage of the designs review, the ‘solutions’ [...]
Our intended February roundtable sessions have been rescheduled in Melbourne (March) and Sydney (April). We invite you to join our strategy sessions and help inform the ADA® program, education, and advocacy [...]
We are excited to share that our first events in 2021 will enable our network to help shape ADA® campaigns, and have a say! In February, we will host roundtable sessions in Melbourne and Sydney to refine our 2021 [...]
What a great way to round off this challenging year – finally, tangible progress from our ongoing consultation with IP Australia, with a Bill presented in Parliament proposing amendments to the Designs Act. [...]
In 2016 Britain announced sweeping changes to UK intellectual property (IP) laws following extensive lobbying by a group of leading European brands. Among many new initiatives, the replica furniture industry was [...]
To round off the research phase of the IP Australia Designs Review, some ‘short-term wins’ are due (fingers crossed) to hit Parliament in late 2020. GRACE PERIOD The introduction of a ‘grace [...]
We are proud to support the 17th edition of the vivid design competition for the fifth year, Australia’s leading springboard for emerging furnishing designers. Helmed by the team at Latitude, and held in [...]
The announcement of the re-formation of the Australian Design Council is great news! Helmed by industry leaders spanning innovators, entrepreneurs, and thinkers, the Council strives to embed design as a driver to [...]
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