The inaugural Authentic Design Alliance Award of Merit – Fringe Furniture – unanimously went to Melbourne Uni Ex-Lab student Cheng-Yeu Jai for ORIGAMI RECLINER. After much deliberation from our judges [...]
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WIN A LUXURY WEEKEND TO DESIGN CANBERRA FESTIVAL
Time Out are giving away a luxury weekend for two during DESIGN Canberra Festival! Held annually for three weeks in November, CRAFT ACT x DESIGN CANBERRA host 100 events, exhibitions, talks, tours, markets, [...]
ADA x DESIGN CANBERRA FESTIVAL // at designcraft
Once again we join the DESIGN Canberra 2018 program, in partnership with leading Canberra furniture distributor designcraft, supported by ADA Members TAIT and CULT (NAU) Held annually for three weeks in November, [...]
ESSENTIAL READING // IMPORTANT ADA® UPDATES
ADA® NEW LOGOS + SHOWROOM DECALS Our registered trade mark s are finalised, with many thanks to our legal partners Banki Haddock Fiora. Registered trade marks are protected by Australian trade mark law. [...]
FRINGE FURNITURE 32 // ADA AWARD OF MERIT
We’re proud to announce our supporting partnership with Melbourne Fringe, the 32nd edition of one of the longest running Australian object design platforms that will also present the debut Authentic Design Alliance [...]
MEDIA // IP TRENDING + DESIGN THEFT GONE WILD!!
Our interview by new media news site GOAT went viral. #IntellectualProperty was trending as broader issues of design theft hit the millennial readership with some basic facts about Australia’s lax IP [...]
MEMBER NEWS // AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE® Trade Mark
ADA® registered trade mark s are finalised! ADA Members are licensed to use our logos and the current TM logos will be updated by mid August. We thank our legal partners Banki Haddock Fiora for guiding us through [...]
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT // ARTEDOMUS + NEW VOLUMES
Artedomus has launched a furniture and object collection with New Volumes, a brand born from an idea seeded when the team were exploring ways to minimise material waste after bumping out a trade event installation [...]
ADA Award of Merit // vivid design competition
For the second year we’re proud to partner with vivid design competition to present the AUTHENTIC DESIGN ALLIANCE Award of Merit / vivid17 for Emerging Design. Vivid is an established springboard that [...]
DOES BUYING KNOCK-OFFS MAKE YOU A THIEF?
How Americans fight knockoffs! Knock-offs are a huge problem the Americans take seriously. Now independent and emerging designers join heritage manufacturers in the fight against the copied designs, despite the [...]
FED UP WITH KNOCK-OFFS — WHAT THIS DESIGNER DID NEXT!
What happened when a designer discovered a big name brand promoting knock-offs their work on social media? With no response from the offending brand (or their distributors) to social media call-outs, the industrial [...]
ADA EVENT // OWNING AUSTRALIAN DESIGN IP 101
What happens when your work is ripped off? What’s next? And how do you prevent future Intellectual Property (IP) infringements? Our panel of legal experts and award-winning designers present an essential [...]
ADA 11 :: Sustainability, Authenticity & Circular Practice
Download our latest newspaper for highlights from our touring speaker series spotlighting fast furniture as a growing environmental crisis, unpacking how ADA members invest in tools that help consumers and specifiers track carbon emissions. Investing in authentic furnishings from reputable brands is the most sustainable choice to minimise environmental impact; join us to learn how. […]
ADA AWARD :: Vivid Design Comp Finalists – See the Work
For our eighth year, the ADA proudly supports the 21st edition of Australia’s longest-running design competition, Vivid Design Comp, to promote opportunities for next-generation designers. Open to designers with up to five years of experience, categories include market-ready and prototype furniture, lighting, and object designs. Vibrant Visions in Design (vivid), curated by Latitude Group’s Daniel […]
ADA PARTNERSHIP :: ADA Education with IP Australia
We are thrilled to announce our education partnership with IP Australia, the government agency tasked with administering design rights including Patents, Trade Marks, Design Registrations and Plant Breeders’ Rights. A new ADA-led education series, delivered in partnership with IP Australia, will debut during Melbourne Design Week in May. The first in-person workshop will lay the […]