Desktop Issue #260 (May 2010)

The latest issue of Desktop is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• UPDATE
• DEBRIEF ADVERTISING - Pacific Brands: Clarks School Shoes.
• DEBRIEF INTERIOR - Australian Post.
• MUSIC VIDEO DESIGN MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU Brendan McKnight looks at what's been happening in the world of music video.
• PROFILE HOLY COW! What does a bright pink cow have to do with design and advertising? Jo Spurling finds out.
• PRINT GONE WRONG NIGHTMARE ON INK STREET Jo Spurling tackles some common print nightmares and looks at how to evade them before the trouble begins.
• PRINT GONE WRONG TROUBLESHOOTER
• CENTREFOLD
• TYPE A - K: WHAT ABOUT TYPE? Luca Ionescu speaks to some fellow typophiles to see if he can unravel what it is about type that makes it so enticing.
• STUDIO ONE REPUBLIC Brendan McKnight gets cosy with The People's Republic of Animation.
• WEB HTML5 FOR DESIGNERS John Allsopp delves into what the advent HTML5 means design wise.
• WEBGUIDE FOUR LEGS GOOD
• COOLSTUFF
• PICTURE THIS SHOOT PICTURES NOT PEOPLE Alison Copley speaks with photographer Matt Rainwaters about the interesting people and extraordinary crimes he discovers in his line of work.
• PICTURE THIS TROUBLESHOOTER
• FOREIGN POLICY TRÈS HEUREUX! Jason Little discovers the hidden design wonders of Paris.
• PRODUCT REVIEWS Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising, Aperture 3, Web Gen
• DIRECTIONS IN DESIGN TRENDSETTER Michael Broderick of Artisan ponders what the second half of 2010 will bring.
• DIGITAL THE NEXT WAVE Neil Simpson talks about Flash Catalyst and the Open Screen Project with Adobe's Guillermo Torres Troconis.
• REARVIEW

AGENCYLAND

• ABOUT TOWN NEWS
• VIEWFINDER
• BRIEF ENCOUNTERS CHERRY RIPE - George Patterson Y&R.
• BRIEF ENCOUNTERS WEAR IT WITH PRIDE - M&C Saatchi
• PEER PRESSURE VOLVO C70 CONVERTIBLE Diana Constantini and Jason Little cast their eyes over the Volvo campaign from SapientNitro, Sydney.
• PROFILE BRUTAL SIMPLICITY M&C Saatchi - using its powers of persuasion for more than just the hard sell.

Men In Skirts

Men in skirts by Andrew Bolton is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• Men Against Trouser Tyranny
• Skirts in History
• Exoticism
• The Kilt
• Subcultural Styles

Multicultural Photographic Exhibition

‘A multicultural world through the lens of a photographer’

An exhibition of photography by Louie Lay will be held at the Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre from 29 May to 13 June 2010.

Portraits on Sunday

Portraits on Sunday

National Portrait Gallery

Searching for the real character David Naseby discusses his portrait of Les Murray
Sunday 9 May
2pm - 3pm

http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/programs_category.php?categoryId=32

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 8th May to Fri 14th May 2010)

• EUGENE AND BERENICE: PIONEERS OF URBAN PHOTOGRAPHY

Images of the cities that inspired photographers Eugene Atget and Berenice Abbott are used to explore the connection between the photographers and their impact on modern art.
Saturday 8 May 2010 2.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• EATING ART: THE LAST SUPPER

Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail, throughout Europe and the US, of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Saturday 8 May 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS
Duration: 30 mins

• LUMINOUS

Richard Tognetti, Artistic Director of the ACO, had always wanted to collaborate with a visual artist. But which one? He wanted to create a spellbinding event, not just a soundtrack, through the combination of sound and vision. Then he saw the work of Bill Henson and Luminous was born.
Sunday 9 May 2010 9.00pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan.

• FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: MURDER, MYTH AND MODERNISM

Frank Lloyd Wright is an American icon - one of the most famous modern architects, and probably its most prolific - designing over 400 buildings during a career spanning an incredible 60 years. But his most revealing constructions are his houses, revolutionary in their open plan design and conceived as an expression of Wright's philosophy of a perfect harmony between man and nature: 'organic architecture' as he called it.
Sunday 9 May 2010 11.10pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• ART NATION

Fenella Kernebone and Andrew Frost team up for a special project at the Sydney Biennale; Namila Benson looks at the rise of the graphic novel; 'My Secret Art Life' features a poet; and Jen Cloher and Jordie Lane perform.
Sunday 9 May 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER

A profile of French photographer Yann Arthus Bertrand, famous for his series of books Earth From Above.
Sunday 9 May 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 CC
Duration: 45 mins

• CLOSE UP: PHOTOGRAPHERS AT WORK - PORTRAITS

In the course of this special, five acclaimed professional photographers give a truly intimate insight into their process and how it illuminates the human side of photography.
Sunday 9 May 2010 8.15pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 45 mins

• DESIGNERS: SOLAR KAYAK - EP 10 OF 10

We meet a man who designs and builds solar-powered kayaks made from fibreglass. His craft is propelled by an electric motor that is powered by an innovative solar panel.
Monday 10 May 2010 10.30am
ABC1 Rating: G *Final*CC Rpt
Duration: 15 mins

• TALKING HEADS: GRAEME BASE

This week on Talking Heads Peter Thompson is speaking to the author and artist responsible for some of the most imaginative children's books ever published.
Tuesday 11 May 2010 5.30am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring new ideas on how to keep fire fighters cool; keep people and trucks in their place and easily manouvre pot plants.
Wednesday 12 May 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE CLOSET TALES OF AUSTRALIAN FASHION: AKIRA - EP 4 OF 4

Celebrated designer, Akira Isogawa, is the consummate artist. In this episode, Isogawa takes us on a journey through the streets of Kyoto, Mumbai, Sydney and Paris, where prolific inspirations unfold, and artist integrity is paramount over all aspects of business.
Thursday 13 May 2010 3.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: PG *Final*CC WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan.

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: HACKNEY

Kevin McCloud takes a trip back to the home of John and Elini Flood who completely gutted their Victorian terrace house to create an open, light and modern space. For ten years John and Elini have lived in a 19th century terrace house in the north-east London borough of Hackney. Hackney is a conservation area so the facade can't be changed but everything else can be demolished.
Thursday 13 May 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins

• SECRETS OF THE PARTHENON

The majesty and mystery of the celebrated Greek temple, the Parthenon is investigated by historical and architectural experts who go behind-the-scenes of the Greek government's Acropolis Restoration Project. The project is a multi-decade, multi-million dollar effort to rescue the Parthenon and other ancient structures on the Athenian Acropolis. The Parthenon, in particular, was in danger of collapse.
Thursday 13 May 2010 9.35pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 55 mins

Wednesday Gallery Talk

National Portrait Gallery

Portrait underground

Maria Ramsden takes you behind the scenes to see how new acquisitions become part of the collection

Wednesday 5 May
bookings essential
12:45pm - 1:30pm

Exhibition: Husbands & Wives

Husbands & Wives
6 May – 11 July 2010

Comprising a beguiling selection of images, Husbands & Wives offers a glimpse at the private lives of Australian couples and families through rare portraits from the 19th century. Husbands & Wives also presents a corresponding narrative exploring the development of photography and its implications for portraiture in Australia

National Portrait Gallery
http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/exhibition.php

Exhibition - Recent paintings from Tjarlili Art

30 April- 20 May 2010
Recent paintings from Tjarlili Art
Opening Friday 30 April 5.30pm

Tjurkurla is home to the artists of Tjarlili, which is named after three sacred rockholes from the area. Tjurkula is located in remote central Western Australia and is a landscape of red earth and expansive sky. Established in 2005 the centre at Tjukurla has begun to produce exquisite, richly cultured paintings from artists such as Nyarrapyi Giles, Katjarra Butler, Adrian Young and Esther Giles. Chapman Gallery is pleased to present the first Canberra exhibition of Tjarlili Artists.

You can find opening hours and location of the Chapman Gallery at http://www.chapmangallery.com.au/

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 1st May to Fri 7th May 2010)

• MESSAGE STICK: TWELVE CANOES - EP 3 OF 3

A series of short films that paint a compelling portrait of the people, history, culture and place of the Yolngu people whose homeland is the Arafura Swamp of north-central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
Saturday 1 May 2010 11.30am
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 30 mins

• EATING ART: SQUARE MEALS

Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Saturday 1 May 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS
Duration: 30 mins

• RAISING VALHALLA

Architecture to the service of art. What goes into the creation of an opera house? Experience the passion and the drama in this one-hour documentary about the birth of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, set in the heart of downtown Toronto.
Sunday 2 May 2010 11.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• ANATOMY: SKIN - EP 1 OF 3

Anatomy is a documentary series comprised of three unusual and compelling stories - Skin, Heart and Muscle - which explore how sexuality and the body work together as driving forces in the creative process. The first film in the series, Skin, examines the 25-year collaboration between tattooist/artist eX de Medici and her subject Geoff Ostling as they negotiate the possibility of bequeathing Geoff's tattooed skin as an artwork when he dies.
Sunday 2 May 2010 9.00pm
ABC2 Rating: MCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
*This program is available for loan from the Learning Centre.

• ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: LIFE THROUGH A LENS

Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years and is, literally, our most influential woman photographer. She has shot the rich and famous, the profound and powerful, the exceptional and notorious. Her camera has documented the horrors of war - most recently in Sarajevo and Rwanda. Masterful at exposing her photographic subjects, Annie's own life has been private and protected. In this film, she made the decision to bare her artistic process, her personal journey and her delicate balancing of fame and family to the camera - a camera that is being vigilantly pointed by a filmmaker who is her younger sister.
Sunday 2 May 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: M WS
Duration: 85 mins

• ANTONY GORMLEY: MAKING SPACE

Beeban Kidron follows British sculptor Antony Gormley over several months as he prepares a new exhibition for London's Hayward Gallery.
Sunday 2 May 2010 4.30pm
ABC1 CC Rpt
Duration: 50 mins

• ART NATION

Fenella Kernebone profiles visual artist Shaun Gladwell; 14 artists consider the concept of wilderness; 'My Secret Art Life' finds a secret romance writer; and Bridezilla performs.
Sunday 2 May 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• DESIGNERS: PLASTIC BOTTLE - EP 9 OF 10

Two industrial designers devise an innovative new plastic sports drink bottle and a special sealing cap. The program introduces plastic as a material and shows the most common methods of manufacture used in the plastics industry.
Monday 3 May 2010 10.30am
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 15 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring the key to a good night's sleep; a way to transform your truck; and an invention that puts bicycles in the spotlight.
Wednesday 5 May 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE CLOSET TALES OF AUSTRALIAN FASHION: LOVER - EP 3 OF 4

Nic Briand and Susien Chong of the label Lover make every effort to exist on the fashion fringe. This episode takes a look at their reluctant rise to fashion fame; from humble beginnings at Bondi Markets to the fashion pages of US Vogue, it explores the dynamic relationship between this creative duo.
Thursday 6 May 2010 3.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGCC WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
*This program is available for loan from the Learning Centre.

• PICTURE PERFECT HOMES: WAREHOUSE CONVERSION - LONDON

Ptolemy Dean is going in search of Britain's finest period homes. At all times on his journey, he'll be taking his trusty sketchbook to record the details of materials. This episode features a warehouse conversion.
Thursday 6 May 2010 12.30am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 15 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: EDINBURGH

Kevin McCloud returns to Edinburgh, Scotland, to see whether a couple's attempts to transform a wreck of an old stone building have been successful. When Reuben and April came across a ruined 19th century house amid the tower blocks of Leith in Edinburgh, they saw it as their future home.
Thursday 6 May 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: G *New Series*CC
Duration: 55 mins

• LOST WORLDS: SECRETS OF THE FIRST EMPEROR

The amazing army of terracotta soldiers is Qin Shi Huangdi's most widely known legacy. This documentary looks at how he created the greatest empire of antiquity, planned the first Great Wall, and built the largest burial site in the world. But at what cost?
Friday 7 May 2010 7.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: M, A, VCC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• EYE CANDY

A portrait of the young and successful photographer David LaChapelle. Renowned for the wild imagination and erotic charge of his images, LaChapelle has become the hottest photographer of the moment. Features his shots of Justin Timberlake, Pamela Anderson and Elton John.
Friday 7 May 2010 10.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: M, N, SCC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

Fashion News Vol. 152 No. 4 (April 2010)

The latest issue of Fashion News is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• Special Story
• Interview
• Collage
• Trend - Hot Trend 11
• Music
• Runway
• Best Styling
• Brand Focus - New Dandy Style
• Staff List
• Presentation
• Digital Camera Diary
• Address

Men's

• Lanvin
• Bottega Veneta
• Raf Simons
• Dries Van Noten
• Jil Sander
• Burberry Prorsum
• Prada
• Moncler Gamme Bleu
• Ann Demeulemeester
• Rick Owens
• Givency by Riccardo Tisci
• Gucci
• Dior Homme
• John Galliano Homme
• Paul Smith
• Yves Saint Laurent
• Louis Vuitton
• Hermes
• MiharaYasuhiro
• Kris Van Assche
• Viktor&Rolf Monsieur
• Alexander McQueen
• Dolce&Gabbana
• D&G
• DSquared2
• Pringle of Scotland
• Damir Doma
• Vivienne Westwood Man
• Emporio Armani
• Giorgio Armani
• Versace
• Issey Miyake
• Alexis Mabille
• Giuliano Fujiwara
• Julius

Indian Miniatures

Indian miniatures: textile art is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Autumn Catalogue

Autumn catalogue: Australian, New Zealand and international works of art, 28 March - 22 April 2007 is a new catalogue from an exhibition held at Martin Browne Fine Art.

Contents:

• Laurence Aberhart
• Ross Bleckner
• Arthur Boyd
• Michael Cusack
• Paul Dibble
• McLean Edwards
• Neil Frazer
• Shaun Gladwell
• William (Bill) Hammond
• Weaver Hawkins
• Howard Hodgkin
• Linde Ivimey
• Roy Jackson
• Christine Johnson
• Ildiko Kovacs
• Colin McCahon
• Alexander McKenzie
• Tim Maguire
• Karl Maughan
• Lilly Kelly Napangardi
• Kirsteen Pieterse
• William Robinson
• Ken Whisson

Dumbo feather, pass it on - Issue Twenty-Three (Autumn 2010)

The latest issue of Dumbo feather, pass it on is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

Ben Keene "We came up with this idea of giving an online community a base somewhere in the world. It's the idea of living in a remote place, an island, combined with the new culture of communication and networking online."

-- Chiefly tropical -- Where legends bloom -- Stools for a school --

Caroline Swift "I would spend my weekends at home, just making things, and I felt really happy doing tht. It was so cathartic after a full-on week [as head of knitwear design for Benetton]. I wanted to take the road a bit less travelled and try something new."

-- Learning life's equations -- Lost & found in Italy -- What says Li, will be --

John Hardy "The big thing we've done recently is founded a school, The Green School ... Al Gore ruined my bloody life. I'd done well in the jewellery business and was going to retire and have a happy time chasing white balls around the place."

-- To go far ... quickly -- Bamboozled -- Larger than life --

Hayley Allen "It's important to have things around you that lift your spirits ... Colour and a sense of humour are integral to the products I design. I love that there's a story. I love that I've seen how it impacts on people's lives."

-- A Single Word -- On bananas & banality -- A little more heart --

Martin Hughes "I don't have a cause; I'm just really excited about coming up with creative solutions to social problems. Although 'The Big Issue' wasn't my idea, its success was partly my responsibility so I feel like I was part of that solution."

-- Entertaining Trouble -- Being Good Sports -- Wall St. --

Professional Sewing Techniques For Designers

Professional sewing techniques for designers by Julie Cole and Sharon Czachor is a new book available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• The Design Process: Why Construction Should Matter to the Fashion Designer
• Getting Prepared: Avoiding Snags
• Introduction to Stabilizers: Fabricating a Stable Foundation
• Darts: Tapering to Fit the Garment
• Pockets: Building a Handy Compartment
• Seams: Joining It All Together
• Tucks and Pleats: Tailoring a Texture
• Zippers: Fastening Your Way into the Garment
• Waistbands: Planning the Horizontal Edge
• Ruffles and Flounces: Feminine and Flirty
• Collars: Silhouetting the Neck
• Facings: Encasing Unfinished Edges
• Cuffs and Other Wrist Finishes: Encircling the Wrist
• Sleeves: Rounding Off the Arm
• Hems: Defining the Length
• Linings: Covering the Inner Surface
• Closures: Closing the Garment
• Finishing Touches: All Sewn Up!

The Spec Manual

The spec manual by Michele Wesen Bryant and Diane DeMers is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• What is a Spec Manual? -- Introduction -- Using the Croquis Figures -- Using the Spec Sheets -- Using the CD-ROM
• Front and Back View Croquis Figures -- Missy -- Plus Size -- Petite -- Men -- Junior -- Preteen -- Children 7 to 14 -- Children 4 to 6x -- Toddler -- 1-Year-Old
• How to Measure a Skirt -- Skirt Spec Sheet -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Skirt -- Table of Measurement Points for a Skirt
• How to Measure Pants and Shorts -- Pants and Shorts Spec Sheet -- Illustrated Measurement Points for Pants and Shorts -- Table of Measurement Points for Pants and Shorts
• How to Measure a Vest -- Vest Spec Sheet -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Vest -- Table of Measurement Points for a Vest
• How to Measure a Woven Shirt -- Woven Shirt Spec Sheet -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Woven Shirt -- Table of Measurement Points for a Woven Shirt
• How to Measure a Dress -- Dress Spec Sheet -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Dress -- Table of Measurement Points for a Dress
• How to Measure Bodysuits and Jumpsuits -- Bodysuits and Jumpsuits Spec Sheet -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Bodysuit -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Jumpsuit -- Table of Measurement Points for Bodysuits and Jumpsuits
• How to Measure a Sweater -- Sweater Spec Sheet -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Pullover -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Cardigan with Raglan Armhole -- Table of Measurement Points for a Sweater
• How to Measure a Tailored Jacket -- Tailored Jacket Spec Sheet -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Tailored Jacket -- Table of Measurement Points for a Tailored Jacket
• How to Measure Outerwear -- Outerwear Spec Sheet -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Zipper-Entry Jacket -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Hooded Jacket -- Table of Measurement Points for Outerwear
• How to Measure a Bra -- Bra Spec Sheet -- Illustrated Measurement Points for a Bra -- Table of Measurement Points for a Bra
• Sample Spec Sheets and Garment Graphs -- Sample Skirt Spec Sheet and Garment Graph -- Sample Pants and Shorts Spec Sheet and Garment Graph -- Sample Vest Spec Sheet and Garment Graph -- Sample Woven Shirt Spec Sheet and Garment Graph -- Sample Dress Spec Sheet and Garment Graph -- Sample Bodysuits and Jumpsuits Spec Sheet and Garment Graph -- Sample Tailored Jacket Spec Sheet and Garment Graph -- Sample Outerwear Spec Sheet and Garment Graph -- Sample Sweater Spec Sheet and Garment/Jacquard Graph
• Clip Art Library -- Flats -- Accessories and Trim -- Collars -- Pockets -- Brush/Stitch Library
• Button Selector Gauge
• Graph Template - Inches
• Graph Template - Centimeters
• Metric Conversion Table
• Fraction-to-Decimal Conversion Chart
• Grading Worksheet
• Incremental Grade Guides

Ragtrader (9 April 2010)

The latest issue of Ragtrader is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.



Contents include:

• WHICH: Women's chain is on the rollout.
• HOW: Supre is pushing product.
• WHY: Oakley went into battle.

Domus No. 934 (March 2010)

The latest issue of Domus is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

STREAMS

• News, events, competitions, projects / edited by Elena Sommariva

ARCHITECTURE

• A Solid Garden The Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne does not alter the landscape with its form: it is part of it / design: Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / Sanaa; text: Flavio Albanese; photos: Iwan Baan
• Container Medical Compound, Khartoum In Sudan, old containers have been converted into living units: a reference to the project's ethical value / design: Tamassociati with Pietro Parrino, Gino Strada; text: Raul Pantaleo; photos: Yard Photo, Raul Pantaleo
• Casa Come Noi The archetype of the suburban house as an ironic view of bourgeois living / design: Mauricio Pezo, Sofia von Ellrichshausen; text: Stefano Casciani; photos: Cristobal Palma
• Roof House, Shiga Primordial thought and nature resonate in the house with many roofs that culminate in a tree / design: Terunobu Fujimori + Hiroshi Nakatani; text: Salvator-John Liotta; photos: Alessio Guarino
• Social Housing for the Elderly, Barcelona An architecture rooted in the Mediterranean tradition / design: Sergi Serrat, Ginés Egea, Cristina Garcia; text: Laura Bossi; photos: Adrià Goula, Ferran Nadeu
• Pittman Dowell Residence, Los Angeles A critical alternative to the romantic notion of modernism / design: Michael Maltzan; text: David van der Leer; photos: Iwan Baan
• Korean Buddhist Cultural Center, Gongju, South Korea Emptiness becomes the essence of timeless architecture / design: Seung H-Sang, Iroje Architects & Planners; text: Hyungmin Pai; photos: Kim Jong-Oh
• Airport, Lleida-Alguaire In northern Spain, west of Barcelona, Lleida's new airport opts to blend in with the landscape / design: Fermin Vázquez - B720 Arquitectos; text: Anatxu Zabalbeascoa; photos: Filippo Poli

INTERIORS

• Villa Poletti, Lanzo D'Intelvi Nicola De Ponti sets up a dialogue between the structure of a villa designed by Sommaruga and the contemporary needs of four clients / design: Nicola De Ponti - Astori De Ponti Associati; text: Cecilia Fabiani; photos: Matteo Cirenei

WEB

• Top Ten Sensors Ten of last year's most interesting, lively and curious contributions from domusweb's "antennae" / design, photos: Domenico Cogliandro, Juarez Corso, Maria Cristina de Benedetti, Emilia Antonia de Vivo, Mariana Eggers, Meltem Eti Proto, Mattia Gambardella, Marina Grasso, Sergei Jargin, Nora Vargas; edited by Elena Sommariva

DESIGN

• The Custodians of the Children's Hospital A group of animal sculptures made of rattan welcomes children to the paediatric clinic built by Emergency in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic / design: Tamassociati/Raul Pantaleo-Massimo Lepore-Simone Sfriso, Francis Gbongo; text: Francesca Picchi; photos: Raul Pantaleo
• Design Elementare Design by Normal Studio has never been a gratuitous gesture / design: Jean-François Dingjian & Eloi Chafaï; text: Maria Cristina Tommasini; photos: Morgane Le Gall, Normal Studio
• Young Design Report 5 Design and self-production: an almost compulsory route for young designers / design: Anja Eder & Michael Römer, Elisa Fouin; text: Maria Cristina Tommasini; photos: Patricia Eichert, Elise Fouin, Christopher Young

ART

• In Absentia Rome plays host to the metaphysical spaces of Philip Wiegard, the talented sculptor of furniture and objects that evoke ephemeral atmospheres / design: Philip Wiegard; text: Xavier Laboulbenne
• Things That Vanish The total work according to Seth Price. Eternally balanced between present symbol and meaning / design: Seth Price; text: Vincenzo Latronico
• Gabriel Kuri: Special Art Section Six ideas, six stories, six objects / text: Dieter Roelstraete

INTERSECTIONS

• An overview of work by young architects uncovers the up-and-coming forces in architecture: Plan:b/Medellín, Atelier Kempe Thill/Rotterdam, Suppose Design Office/Hiroshima, Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos/Buenos Aires, MOS/New York / graphic design: ONLAB; edited by Francesca Picchi; texts: Francesca Picci, Felipe Mesa/Plan:b, André Kempe, Oliver Thill/Atelier Kempe Thill, Julian Worrall, Sebastián Adamo, Marcelo Faiden/Adamo-Faiden Arquitectos, Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample/MOS

ARCHIVES

• Control and Choice Archigram's environmental proposal for the Paris Biennale in 1967 / text: Luigi Spinelli; photos: Archivi Domus

HIGHLIGHTS

• Less is Future, The IBA Stadtumbau 2010

BOOKS

RASSEGNA

• Edilizia Solutions that respect the environment / edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini

Photo Icons

Photo icons: the story behind the pictures 1827-1926 - Volume 1 by Hans-Michael Koetzle is a new book available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• Preface Hans-Michael Koetzle
• Nicéphore Niépce View from the Study Window, 1827
• Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre Boulevard du Temple, 1838
• Hippolyte Bayard Self-Portrait as a Drowned Man, 1840
• Eugène Durieu/Eugène Delacroix Nude from Behind, ca. 1853
• Duchenne de Boulogne Contractions musculaires, 1856
• Robert Howlett Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1857
• Auguste Rosalie Bisson The Ascent of Mont Blanc, 1862
• Nadar Sarah Bernhardt, ca. 1864
• François Aubert Emperor Maximilian's Shirt, 1867
• André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri Dead Communards, 1871
• Maurice Guibert Toulouse-Lautrec in His Studio, ca. 1894
• Max Priester/Willy Wilcke Bismarck on his Deathbed, 1898
• Heinrich Zille The Wood Gatherers, 1898
• Karl Blossfeldt Maidenhair Fern, ca. 1900
• Alfred Stieglitz The Steerage, 1907
• Lewis Hine Girl Worker in a Carolina Cotton Mill, 1908
• Jacques-Henri Lartigue Grand Prix de l'A.C.F., 1912
• August Sander Young Farmers, 1914
• Paul Strand Blind Woman, 1916
• Man Ray Noire et blanche, 1926
• Bibliography
• Photo Credits

Visual Acoustics

Visual acoustics: the modernism of Julius Schulman is a new DVD available for loan from the Learning Centre.

"Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world's greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away this year, captured the work of nearly every major modern and progressive architect since 1930s including Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, John Lautner, and Frank Gehry. His images epitomised the singular beauty of Southern California's modernist movement and brough its iconic structures to the attention of the general public. This unique film is both a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the magnetic, whip-smart gentleman who chronicled it with his unforgettable images." -- back cover

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 24th April to Fri 30th April 2010)

• ELOQUENT NUDE

The love and legacy of Edward Weston and Charis Wilson. Charis Wilson, at the age of 91, talks about her relationship and artistic collaboration with the American photographer Edward Weston, as model, muse, lover and writer. Her relationship and subsequent marriage to Weston survived until shortly before his death in 1958.
Saturday 24 April 2010 2.55pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS Rpt
Duration: 65 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan on DVD.

• EATING ART: EATING WITH PICASSO

Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Saturday 24 April 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS
Duration: 30 mins

• ART NATION

Fenella Kernebone profiles visual artist Shaun Gladwell; 14 artists consider the concept of wilderness; 'My Secret Art Life' finds a secret romance writer; and Bridezilla performs.
Sunday 25 April 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• DAVID HOCKNEY: A BIGGER PICTURE

British artist David Hockney leaves his California home for the last 25 years to return to his native Yorkshire to paint the English countryside. Filmmaker Bruno Wollheim follows him in an unprecedented journey over three years as he changes direction in his work in his 70th year. Hockney reinvents his whole approach to painting after an absence from it of six years, and for the first time allows the camera to follow him at work.
Sunday 25 April 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 60 mins

• DATELINE

The dark side of Japan's hugely-popular anime (animation) craze as it struggles to maintain dominance over the booming industry. With increasing competition from China and Korea, Japan's anime houses are placing immense pressure on their already overworked anime artists.
Sunday 25 April 2010 8.30pm
SBS ONE CC WS
Duration: 60 mins

• ARTSCAPE: ARTISTS AT WORK - PENNY BYRNE

Penny Byrne is a double agent. A prim and properly trained porcelain conservator one day and a subversive political ceramicist the next. At first glance her artworks are perfectly transformed figurines. But on closer inspection what appear to be innocent statuettes from a bygone era are actually dark and humorous political artworks - little blue boys with attitude, courting couples in camouflage gear and milk maids with machine guns.
Tuesday 27 April 2010 10.05pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors showcases the brightest minds from across Australia as they reveal the ingenious solutions to our biggest problems. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: designer and inventor Sally Dominguez, agricultural scientist Chris Russell, and inventor and journalist Christine Kininmonth.
Wednesday 28 April 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE CLOSET TALES OF AUSTRALIAN FASHION: WILLOW - EP 2 OF 4

The second episode reveals how one designer, with no formal fashion training, has managed to take on the international fashion set within three short years of launching her label. From Sydney to New York, we follow designer Kit Willow's meteoric rise as she is one of only 6 designers worldwide who is invited to show her designs on the world-stage of New York Fashion Week.
Thursday 29 April 2010 3.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGCC WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan on DVD.

• PICTURE PERFECT HOMES: THE OLD VICARAGE - OXFORDSHIRE

Hosted by artist and architect Ptolemy Dean this series looks at a range of houses from ancient to modern.
Thursday 29 April 2010 12.30am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 15 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: OXFORD

Kevin McCloud revisits retired couple Denys and Marjorie Randolph, who decided to embark on their final building project, a brand new green oak barn-style house in Oxford. Moving house has been a hobby for Denys and Marjorie and now, after ten years in their current house, they've decided to move again. For this project they've hired an architect who specialises in designing and building oak-frame houses.
Thursday 29 April 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: *Final*CC
Duration: 55 mins

• TALKING HEADS: MARGARET OLLEY

Studio interview program getting behind the 'public face' of fascinating men and women in our society. This episode's Talking Head is Margaret Olley.
Thursday 29 April 2010 5.30am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: G CC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• ENOUGH ROPE WITH ANDREW DENTON: MICHAEL LEUNIG/PINK

Andrew talks with cartoonist Michael Leunig and controversial singer Pink. In Show and Tell Andrew speaks with Tana Macqueen about living with Multiple Sclerosis.
Friday 30 April 2010 12.30pm
ABC1 Rating: MCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

An Exhibition of Master Drawings

An exhibition of master drawings: New York 2010 is a new book available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Artists featured in the publication include:

Jean-Michel Basquiat -- Sebald Beham -- Pancrace Bessa -- Giovanni Boldini -- Rosa Bonheur -- Christopher Bramham -- Giulio Campi -- Remigio Cantagallina -- Carracci School -- Patrick Caulfield -- Francesco Montelatici Cecco Bravo -- Daniele Ricciarelli Daniele Da Volterra -- Jacques-Louis David -- Edgar Degas -- Eugene Delacroix -- Jean-Baptiste Deshays -- Jacques-Felix Duban -- French School, 18th Century -- Vincenzo Gemito -- Francois Pascal Simon Gerard -- Theodore Gericault -- Ridolfo Ghirlandaio -- Joseph Goupy -- Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Guercino -- Alexandre Hesse -- Eliot Hodgkin -- David Joris [attr.] -- Eugene Lami -- Edward Lear -- Henri Lebasque -- Jacopo Ligozzi -- Esteban Lisa -- Laurence Stephen Lowry -- Maximilien Luce -- Ernest Stephen Lumsden -- Jean-Francois Millet -- Francesco Montelatici -- John Ruskin -- Sean Scully -- Casimiro Tomba -- Pavel Tchelitchev -- Carle Vernet -- Daniele Ricciarelli da Volterra -- Erich Wolfsfeld

Communication Arts Vol. 52 No. 1 (March/April 2010)

The latest issue of Communication Arts is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

FEATURES

• Tim Flach by Rebecca Bedrossian -- Curiosity fuels the work of this London photographer.
• Educate, Legislate, Agitate by Sam McMillan -- Designers are serious about sustainability: a status report with resources and The Living Principles made clear.
• Brian Stauffer by Matthew Porter -- A Miami illustrator crafts images that are smart, graphic and immediate.
• Sid Lee by Tiffany Meyers -- This Montreal agency delightfully defies categorization with its atypical worldview.
• Exhibit by Jean A. Coyne -- The latest and best in visual communication from here and abroad.

2010 interactive annual

• Advertising
• Entertainment
• Experimental
• Information Design
• Self-Promotion

Fresh

• Lisel Jane Ashlock -- History, nature and fantasy coexist in the work of this Brooklyn illustrator.
• Matthew Turley -- This Salt Lake City photographer finds inspiration and beauty in the great outdoors.
• Molho -- A motion graphics studio with lyrical work calls Sao Paulo home.

Columns

• Design Issues -- Part one of a two-part series on design ethics by DK Holland
• Design Culture -- Wendy Richmond explores white space and its relationship to content.
• Typography -- The creative process behind Eames Century Modern, by Angelynn Grant.
• Emerging Media -- An interview with Paul Lewis of SoDA, by Joe Shepter.
• Business -- Copyright and the Internet, by Tad Crawford and Arka Chatterjee.
• Advertising -- Robbie Vitrano explains how MacGyver Marketing is good for society - and the industry.
• Web Watch -- Atom Days, an interactive history of nuclear energy and proliferation, and three sites to bookmark.
• Design Trends -- A snapshot of the latest developments in typography.

Departments

• Editor's Column
• Contributors
• Letters
• Directory
• Books
• Resources
• Index to Interactive Annual 16

Rhythms of Life

Rhythms of life: the art of Andrew Rogers by Ken Scarlett is a new book available for loan from the Learning Centre. You can also view Andrew Rogers' official website here:
http://www.andrewrogers.org/

Contents:

• The Desert Geoglyphs, 1999-2003: Photographic Essay
• The Many Layered Desert Geoglyphs: Idit Porat
• Acknowledgements: Andrew Rogers
• Introductory Overview: Ken Scarlett
• Abstraction, From 1995: Ken Scarlett
• Ideas That Are Greater Than Form Itself: Igor Aronov
• Figurative Sculpture, 1989-1995: Ken Scarlett
• Artist-in-Residence, 1998: Ken Scarlett
• Pillars of Witness, 1999: Ken Scarlett
• Simon Wiesenthal and the State of the World Forum, 1999
• The Buchenwald Memorial, 2000: Ken Scarlett
• Geoglyphs in the Arava Desert, 1999-2003: Ken Scarlett
• The Making of a Geoglyph: Andrew Rogers
• Machupicchu, 2000: Ken Scarlett
• Pietrasanta, From 1995: Ken Scarlett
• Italy, 2002: Ken Scarlett
• USA, 1998-2002: Ken Scarlett
• Commissions, Collections & Events
• About the Contributors

Collezioni No. 139 (Spring/Summer 2010)

The latest issue of Collezioni is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• MILLINER - Louis Mariette - The hat couture wizard
• CELEBRATION - Federico Fellini - From Rimini to Broadway
• CORSETIER - Hubert Barrère - Objects for pleasure
• NEWSLETTER - GSM - A leading company
• NEWSLETTER - Tilù - The first store concept
• NEWSLETTER - Couture Fashion Week - An exceptional rendezvous
• NEWSLETTER - Dilek Hanif - Global modern fashion
• BOOK - Walter Albini - Origins of the total look
• MOVIE - Alice in Wonderland - A new amazing story
• HAUTE COUTURE - Spring/Summer 2010 - Innocent seduction
• PEOPLE - Fascinating famous guests
• PEOPLE ACCESSORIES - The best detail
• SWAROVSKI CRYSTALLIZED ELEMENTS - Like black diamonds
• RETROSPECTIVE - Yves Saint Laurent - On stage at the Petit Palais
• PARIS - Vanishing fabrics
• Chanel
• Dany Attache
• Dior Haute Couture
• Elie Saab
• Franck Sorbier
• Gaultier Paris
• Christophe Josse
• Georges Chakra Couture
• PHOTOGRAPHER - Ruven Afanador - Passionate frames
• Georges Hobeika Atelier
• Giorgio Armani Privé
• Givenchy
• Basil Soda Couture
• Stéphane Rolland
• Valentino
• Zuhair Murad
• NEWS PARIS
• PARIS NOUVELLE COUTURE - Magnificent nature
• Alexis Mabille
• Dilek Hanif
• Khaled El Masri
• Yumi Katsura
• Designers Selection Contemporary Codes
• NEWSLETTER - Basil Soda
• BRIDAL - Arushi Fashion Design - Romanticism and luxe
• BRIDES - Chic stories
• NEWSLETTER - CREAZIONI CM - Stirring white dress
• Make the choice
• HISTORY - Archivi della Moda - Fashion memory
• ROMA - Tridimensional charm
• Camillo Bona
• Curiel Couture
• Gianni Calignano
• Lorenzo Riva
• ACCESSORIES - Roger Vivier - Charme and seduction
• MF - Marella Ferrera
• Renato Balestra
• Sarli Couture
• Tony Ward
• NEWS ROMA
• ROMA NOUVELLE COUTURE - Nonchalant luxury
• Rami Al Ali Couture
• Designers selection - Unusual elements
• FOCUS - The latest fashion events
• NEWSLETTER - Choueiter - Lebanese adventures
• JEWELS - Louis Vuitton - A trip around shine
• JEWELS - Radiant beauty
• Nature mania
• MAGAZINE
• ADDRESSES

Metropolis (March 2010)

The latest issue of Metropolis is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

FEATURES

• The Ripple Effect by William Bostwick and Shonquis Moreno -- The problems we face may be vast, but individual efforts add up.
• Water Works by Peter Hall -- Led by a hard-charging CEO and his right-hand man, Grohe uses design to remake both the bathroom and its own business.
• Kit of Parts by Belinda Lanks -- The open-source model has begun to make inroads into the world of industrial design. Now an innovative new program attempts to bring that ethos to the scale of buildings.
• Where Do We Go From Here? by Martin C. Pedersen -- The design directors of five leading contract-furniture companies stare into a hazy crystal ball.
• GRN AIR by Suzanne LaBarre -- Southwest Airlines' new "green" plane flies on a message of saavy environmentalism and even savvier marketing.
• The Cost of Convenience by Jennifer Kabat -- In a heroic effort to source and fabricate each part of an everyday appliance himself. Thomas Thwaits produces the world's most expensive toaster.

DEPARTMENTS

• Metropolismag.com New and exclusive on the Web
• Notes from Metropolis Young designers bring derring-do into a marketplace starved for fresh ideas
• Dialogue Readers' letters
• America by Karrie Jacobs Is Avatar beautiful? No more than Grand Theft Auto
• Learning Curve Mechanical-engineering students design a better bathroom fixture.
• In Production Philippe Nigro's table legs pair as well with Ligne Roset's luxurious wood tops as with an old barn door.
• Perspective Marc Kristal An award-winning planning study for Lower Manhattan may act as a model for future development.
• Materials Maya Romanoff looks to traditional Himalayan artisanship for its latest wallpaper collection.
• Productsphere Smart manufacturing gives new products and updated classics better environmental profiles.
• Review New and notable books on architecture, culture, and design
• Text Message James Dyson answers a few questions on engineering, hands-on work, and protecting your ideas
• Reference More information on people, places, and things covered in this issue of Metropolis
• Ben Katchor The Parking Male

OBSERVED

• Hope Floats Architects find promise in New York's rising sea levels.
• Zaha's Jewels The flamboyant architect adds another project to her crown of built forms.
• Hidden Potential Specht Harpman celebrates the uninspired architecture of a 1960s dormitory.
• Fair or Fowl? Israeli chicken farmers object to the government's new plan for industrialization.
• Unusual Activity Sarah Gluck and Robyne Kassen design street furniture to get you moving.
• An About Face/Tray Cool A clock with a personal twist and a platter with a handy surprise.
• A Complete Rethink William Mitchell and the MIT Media Lab take on one of urban America's hidden foes: the car

md 3 (2010)

The latest issue of md is available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION

• Fictitious Spaces / Kaspar Haessig

UNDER DISCUSSION

• Compact Overnight Stay
• Tracking down Smart Materials / Hannes Bäuerle
• Unity Versus Variety / Jons Messedat

SHOPS

• Total Ornament / Ippolito Fleitz Group
• Bull's-eye for Bogner / mhp Architekten
• Dynamism in Space / Kauffman Theilig & Partner

ADMINISTRATION

• Double Demand / Auer+Weber+Assoziierte
• Coexistence / Ca+a arquitectos
• Filled with Light / Fumihiko Maki and Associates

GASTRONOMY

• A World of its Own / Simone Micheli Architectural Hero
• Simply Good / karhard architektur + design
• The Solitary Guest / Söhne & Partner Architekten

LETTER FROM L.A.

• Looks like another perfect day / Ingo Werk

UNIVERSITIES

• Points in Favour of ... Berlin-Weißensee? / Barbara Koch
• Campus News

SERIES

• NEW MATERIALS Concrete Wallpaper / Christiane Sauer

DESIGN AND MORE

• Shop Lighting
• Office and contract furniture
• Sanitary

Wallpaper* (April 2010)

The latest issue of Wallpaper* is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

ARCHITECTURE

• Well stacked Herzog & de Meuron hits another high note with its VitraHaus in Basel
• Bright spark Ole Scheeren, OMA's man in Beijing
• Empire of the sun The museum that sheds new light on Morocco's Roman ruins
• Art houses It's all work and all play in these three artists' residences
• Glory box Why we're devotees of Belgian architect Juliaan Lampens

DESIGN

• Come the evolution Claridge's isn't staying stationary when it comes to its stationery
• Four score Aston Martin's new Rapide joins the saloon race
• The young Americans Chicago's new pop-up gallery Volume is giving creative space to emerging US designers
• Clay for today Ceramics' young contenders are not the wheel deal

FASHION

• Tear and wear We let rip with our bleached denims and stonewashed jeans
• Chandelierious Who knew jewellery could be so very illuminating?

FOOD

• Artist's palate We're biting - gingerly - into Ed Ruscha's cactus omelette

FRONT OF BOOK

• Newspaper A tasty mixed platter of fashion, architecture and design, sprinkled with a dash of beauty

GROOMING

• Cream tease We're seduced by Singapore's new beauty emporium
• Flashing blade Cosmetic surgeon Jesper Sørensen on the sharpest tools in his box

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks: the hidden art of designers, illustrators & creatives by Richard Brereton is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• Carole Agaësse
• Renato Alarcão
• Pablo Amargo
• Clemens Balderman
• Lauren Simkin Berke
• Serge Bloch
• Pep Carrió
• Frédérique Daubal
• Agnès Decourchelle
• Dominic Del Torto
• Henrik Delehag
• Marion Deuchars
• Andrea Dezsö
• Paulus M. Dreibholz
• Henrik & Joakim Drescher
• Ed Fella
• Isidro Ferrer
• Peter James Field
• Fuel
• Anna Giertz
• Chris Gilvan-Cartwright
• Brian Grimwood
• Johnny Hardstaff
• Flo Heiss
• John Hendrix
• Boris Hoppek
• Seb Jarnot
• Oliver Jeffers
• Fumie Kamijo
• Hiroshi Kariya
• Daniel Kluge
• Hiro Kurata
• Asako Masunouchi
• Flavio Morais
• Robert Nicol
• Peter Saville
• Gustavo Sousa
• Simon Spilsbury
• Marc Taeger
• Mark Todd
• Holly Wales
• Contacts & Picture Credits

Colour on Cloth

Colour on cloth by Ruth Issett is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Colour and colour mixing
• Chapter 2: Getting started
• Chapter 3: Direct dyeing methods
• Chapter 4: Advanced techniques
• Chapter 5: Dye thickener
• Chapter 6: Resists
• Chapter 7: Bleaching and discharging dye
• Acknowledgements
• Supplier list
• Index

Place Makers

Place makers: contemporary Queensland architects edited by Miranda Wallace and Sarah Stutchbury is a new book now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• Premier's foreword / Anna Bligh
• Director's foreword / Tony Ellwood
• Sense and sensibility in Queensland architecture / Miranda Wallace
• The contemporary Queenslander / Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper
• California dreaming: Civic ambition and subtropical housing in postwar Queensland / Andrew Wilson
• A prototype for subtropical urbanism: Contemporary architecture in Queensland / Rosemary Kennedy
• Architecture: Experience and transformation / Brit Andresen
• REX ADDISON Taringa House and Studio Endeavour Gallery
• ANDRESEN O'GORMAN ARCHITECTS Rosebery House -- Mooloomba House -- Moreton Bay Houses
• ARKHEFIELD Tramican Street House -- Ballandean House -- Hartopp Lane
• BARK Bark Studio House -- Hervey Bay House
• BLIGH VOLLER NIELD Lavarack Barracks -- Clarke MacLeod House -- Gully House
• BUD BRANNIGAN ARCHITECTS Fifth Avenue Residence -- Tweed River Art Gallery
• LINDSAY & KERRY CLARE (ARCHITECTUS) Clare Residence -- Cotton Tree Pilot Housing Project -- Gallery of Modern Art -- University of the Sunshine Coast Chancellery
• COX RAYNER ARCHITECTS James Street Market -- Brisbane Magistrates Court -- Dodge Lane Project, All Hallows' School -- House One -- Thuringowa Riverway
• DONOVAN HILL C House -- D House -- Cornwall Apartments -- State Library of Queensland extension
• ELIZABETH WATSON BROWN ARCHITECTS St Lucia House -- Clothiers Creek House
• IAN MOORE ARCHITECTS Air Apartments
• JAMES RUSSELL ARCHITECT Brookes Street House -- Sanctuary Place House
• JMA ARCHITECTS QLD University of the Sunshine Coast Library -- Viridian Residences
• M3ARCHITECTURE Micro Health Laboratory -- Armstrong Residence -- Cherrell Hirst Creative Learning Centre
• OWEN AND VOKES Newmarket House -- Chapel Hill House -- Indooroopilly House
• PHORM ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN Lilliesmere Lagoon
• GABRIEL POOLE Lake Weyba House -- Castaways Beach House
• RICHARD KIRK ARCHITECT Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School -- Cutting Edge -- Dekkers Residence -- Highgate Hill Residence
• RIDDEL ARCHITECTURE Aquila
• STEENDŸK Canoe Reach Residence -- Steendyk Home and Studio
• JENNIFER TAYLOR & JAMES CONNER Dunbar
• WILSON ARCHITECTS Sir James Foots Building -- Ipswitch Activity Centre -- Sunrise Beach House
• Project credits
• Acknowledgements

FIBER

FIBER: Online Journal of the International Fashion and Apparel Industry is a free journal that was developed by researchers at the University of Delaware. This journal is published twice a year and it has a facility where you may subscribe to alerts to inform you of when the next issue is published. They also have "FIBERcasts" which are audio files that may be downloaded and listened to.

For more information head to the website:

http://www.udel.edu/fiber/

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 17th April to Fri 23rd April 2010)

• EATING ART: SEA POWER

Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Saturday 17 April 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS
Duration: 30 mins

• SIMON SCHAMA'S POWER OF ART: ROTHKO - EP 8 OF 8

Born in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia) Rothko moved with his family to Portland, Oregon in 1913. His painting education was brief - he moved to New York to study under the artist Max Weber and then struck out on his own.
Sunday 18 April 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: M *Final*CC
Duration: 50 mins

• MESSAGE STICK: THE ARTISTS OF ALI CURUNG

The Aboriginal community of Ali Curung, north of Alice Springs, is dedicated to its art. Art has enabled them to remain strong caretakers of the country and it shows the amazing spiritual power that real, living art can bring to artists.
Sunday 18 April 2010 1.30pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 30 mins

• ART NATION

Fenella Kernebone looks at the female multicultural DJ collective Ladyfingers, Darwin artist Marnie Jay reflects on the city's changing character, a meter-reader stars in 'My Secret Art Life', and singer Ajak Kwai performs.
Sunday 18 April 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• STONE UPON STONE UPON STONE: THE ABBEY CHURCH OF SANT ANTIMO NEAR MONTALCINO

A series looking at important medieval buildings in Europe.
Sunday 18 April 2010 8.20pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 10 mins

• ARTSCAPE: LISA ROET - APE LADY

Spanning a career of almost 20 years, artist Lisa Roet has made the plight of chimpanzees the subject of her life's work. Her passionate investigation of primates has seen her producing artworks in mediums as diverse as sculpture, photography, video art, stained glass, screen printing, drawing and painting.
Tuesday 20 April 2010 10.05pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring new ideas on how to avoid vandalism, theft and weather when storing bicycles; rescue organisations can locate and save people lost at sea; take the pain out of jackhammers.
Wednesday 21 April 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE CLOSET TALES OF AUSTRALIAN FASHION: MORRISSEY - EP 1 OF 4

A new four-part 'behind-the-scenes' series on four Australian fashion designers and just what it takes to make it in the often fickle world of fashion.
Thursday 22 April 2010 3.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGCC WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has this series available for loan on DVD

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: MOROCCAN

When Kevin McCloud met Anne and Richard Curtis in 2000, they were about to embark on the ambitious task of converting a disused electricity substation in Sunderland in north-east England into a Moroccan-inspired family home. Anne, a local council arts administrator, and Richard, a policeman, are rebuilding, furnishing and redecorating their house from scratch. It's a project that requires a lot of passion and energy.
Thursday 22 April 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins

John Peart

John Peart: mainly painting is a catalogue from an exhibition held at the Watters Gallery from 11 August - 5 September 2009.

You can view more of John Peart's work here:

http://www.wattersgallery.com/artists/peart.htm

Alexander Seton

Alexander Seton: security blanket is a catalogue from an exhibition held at the Jan Murphy Gallery from 23 March 2007 - 14 April 2007.

You can see more information about Alexander Seton at: http://www.janmurphygallery.com.au/artists.php?aid=25

Voices in the Dark

Voices in the Dark is a new DVD of a television program broadcast on ABC2. It is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

"Voices in the Dark documents Christina Henri's epic project Roses from the Heart, involving the creation of 25,566 embroidered bonnets, one for every convict woman transported to Australia from Great Britain in the 1800s. Henri's project asks us to consider the true legacy female convicts, sentenced for crimes of poverty and condemned by society as whores and witches, have made to the societies we live in today." -- back cover

Architectural Review Australia No. 114 (April/May 2010)

The latest issue of Architectural Review Australia is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

reviews

• Editorial / Maitiú Ward

reviews

• Book round up
• Book review: Architectus: Between Order and Opportunity / Xing Ruan
• Book review: Urbanisms: Working with Doubt / Andrew Mackenzie

proposition

• Proposition 2065 launch announcement

exhibitions

• The architectural of Olafur Eliasson / Gillian Serisier
• Grace in the machine: The work of Tara Donovan / Maitiú Ward

regular features

• ESD: The green paradox: Energy efficiency or efficient waste? / Tone Wheeler
• Technology: Why not timber highrises? / Russell Fortmeyer

designwall

• Practice profile: Room11
• Project features: Choi Ropiha, Harrison & White, Ben Giles Architect

out of town: projects

• The Glass House / John de Manincor / Tonkin Zulaikha Greer / Brett Boardman
• The Burnie Makers' Workshop / Marcus Trimble / Terrior / Brett Boardman
• Churchill Community Hub / Maitiú Ward / Suters / Emma Cross
• Caroline Springs Anglican Church / Conrad Hamman / Atelier Wagner / Rhiannon Slatter

projects

• Fitzroy High School / Stuart Harrison / McBride Charles Ryan / John Gollings
• Zac's House / Nigel Bertram / Neeson Murcutt / Brett Boardman

focus

• Water: a lush vision for architecture / Ian Adams

news/events/competitions

• Newsfeed

• Last word / Linda Bennett

Ragtrader (26 March 2010)

The latest issue of Ragtrader is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.



Contents include:

• WHAT: Calvin Klein has planned for Oz.
• WHY: Sheike is city focused.
• HOW: Rampage is rolling out fast.

Building Code of Australia 2010

The latest edition of the Building Code of Australia is now available to use in the Learning Centre. Remember that the Learning Centre also has a subscription to BCA Online. You can access this from home through our Online Resources tab on the catalogue.

When you click on the link below selection Browse the CIT Library Catalogue:

http://www.cit.act.edu.au/current/cit_learning_centre

Change makers lecture series

National Portrait Gallery

The series focuses on subjects in the collection who are committed to bringing about long-term social change in Australia

Bookings essential

Equality and peace activist

Commemorating the feminist and activist Lady Jessie Street’s birthday Sir Laurence Street discusses her incredible life and its lasting impact

Sunday 18 April
2.00 – 3.00pm

http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/programs_category.php?categoryId=33

Raymond Pettibon

Raymond Pettibon by Robert Storr, Dennis Cooper & Ulrich Loock is a new book now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

Interview

• Dennis Cooper in conversation with Raymond Pettibon

Survey

• Robert Storr 'You Are What You Read': Words and Pictures by Raymond Pettibon

Focus

• Ulrich Loock Vavoom

Artist's Choice

• John Ruskin Modern Painters (extract), 1843-60
• Laurence Sterne The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (extract), 1759-67
• George Puttenham The Arte of English Poesie (extract), 1589

Artist's Writings

• Raymond Pettibon Psychedelic Translation of Allen Ginberg's Howl
• Titles, 1988
• Dreams Not Sprung from the Bush of Madonna: Interview with Byron Coley (extract), 1988
• Morrison, 1988-89
• Ciro's Hero, 1990
• Stag Motel (extract), 1991
• Paper Nautilus, 1992
• Model and Painter, 1992
• Interview with Grady Turner (extract), 1999

Chronology

• & Bibliography, List of Illustrations

You can view Raymond Pettibon's work at: http://www.2ndthought.net/raymondpettibon/gallery.htm

Monument Issue 96 (April/May 2010)

The latest issue of Monument is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• Creative Consciousness: Alex Ritchie gives us a piece of his mind
• Body of Work: Chenchow Little presents their outstanding portfolio
• Create-A-Date: Paul Hotston & Donna Marcus design a water cooler
• Soapbox: Elizabeth Farrelly on contemporary architecture
• Residence: Patterson Associates designs a house fit for a king
• Residence: Andrew Maynard blends old & new in Fitzroy's Vader House
• New Work: Zaha Hadid creates a monumental museum in Rome
• New Work: Wood Marsh mixes urban design with art in Melbourne's Eastlink
• Frontier: Bangkok reveals its creative population
• Interior/Exterior: Debbie Ryan's top 5 plus kitchens and more
• New Generation: Room11 responds to material, earth and light

You can also view extra contents here: http://www.monumentmagazine.com.au/

Wanted - Items for Display - World Intellectual Property Day

World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated on Monday 26 April 2010, and this year’s theme is Linking the World. CIT is celebrating intellectual property in all its forms through a week of displays in the CIT Learning Centres. CIT teachers and students develop a wide variety of intellectual property in their courses. CIT is celebrating the diverse types of intellectual property and linking the variety through the displays.

The week of celebrations will commence on Tuesday 27 April 2010 and showcase the amazing intellectual property (IP) created here at CIT.

How can you help? We are looking for a range of IP objects to display at each campus Learning Centre. We plan to showcase all of the different types of IP listed below:

· Patents;
· Trademarks;
· Designs;
· Copyright;
· Circuit layout rights; and
· Plant breeder's rights.

Examples of types of IP objects we could display include: photographs, documents, inventions, artworks, computer software and games, different plants, fashion garments, furniture, metal work design, spray painted panels, computer chips, business plans, graphic design works, new recipes, logos, music or videos. IP covers a diverse range of materials, so if you are unsure contact us.

Every Centre will have objects that are suitable to display and we would like to hear from you to ensure we have a diverse range of CIT’s creativity.

If you would like to display any of your work please see me in the Learning Centre or email me at peta.kemmis@cit.act.edu.au

Michael Winters - Conflict in the Land of the Minotaur

Belconnen Arts Centre Incorporated invites you to the opening of …

Michael Winters - Conflict in the Land of the Minotaur

To be opened by:
His Excellency, Mr Alexios Christopoulos, Ambassador of Greece

An exhibition of works on paper created while living in Greece in the 1980s and ‘90s, weaving together the historically significant Battle of Crete with personal memories and ancient myths.

:: Exhibition opens 2:00pm, Saturday 17 April
:: Exhibition continues until Sunday 2 May
:: Meet the Artist: 4:00pm, Saturday 24 April
:: Gallery Hours: 10:00am–6:00pm Tuesday–Sunday
:: RSVP: info@belconnenartscentre.com.au

For more information see the website:
http://www.belconnenartscentre.com.au/whatson/conflict.html

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 10th April to Fri 16th April 2010)

• LOOKING FOR MR GILL

In 1907 Eric Gill, maverick genius of the Arts and Crafts movement, set up home in Ditchling's High Street. It was the start of an extraordinary adventure that helped shape the artistic character of the departed century. It certainly had a profound effect on Ditchling. 'Looking for Mr Gill' is a personal journey by resident film maker Luke Holland, a journey in search of Eric Gill's Ditchling legacy.
Saturday 10 April 2010 2.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS Rpt
Duration: 55 mins

• EATING ART: BEEFED UP ART

Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Saturday 10 April 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS
Duration: 30 mins

• ARTSCAPE: ARTISTS AT WORK - THE GLASS PERCUSSION PROJECT

This week, Artists At Work follows the trials and triumphs of The Glass Percussion Project as its creators, Eugene Ughetti and Elaine Miles, prepare for an ambitious performance in the Atrium Gallery at Melbourne's Federation Square. The Glass Percussion Project is a meditative and musical interplay inspired by the themes of air, water and divine melody, where Ughetti is the percussionist/composer/conductor and Miles is the glass/installation artist.
Sunday 11 April 2010 4.30pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• SIMON SCHAMA'S POWER OF ART: PICASSO - EP 7 OF 8

Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso's many styles and prolific work rate have marked him out as one of the most recognised artists of the twentieth century. Not limited to one medium he created sculptures, etchings and prints. His artistic career only began to boom once he moved to Paris in the early 1900s. His Blue Period, reflecting the colour and his mood at the time was followed by his Rose Period, work inspired by primitive art and then Cubism, which shocked the critics, but ultimately made his name.
Sunday 11 April 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 CC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• ART NATION

Fenella Kernebone looks at Hats: an Anthology by Stephen Jones at GOMA; Robyn Archer travels to Vanuatu for Wan Smolbag; a new segment My Secret Art Life; and Chris Smither performs.
Sunday 11 April 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• BOOMALLI: FIVE KOORI ARTISTS

Boomalli is an artists' cooperative formed by urban Aboriginal and Koori photographers, painters, sculptors, designers and filmmakers. This visually inspiring film focuses on contemporary rather than traditional work and ways of life.
Sunday 11 April 2010 12.25am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 25 mins

• STONE UPON STONE UPON STONE: THE CHAPEL PALATINE IN AACHEN

A series looking at important medieval buildings in Europe.
Sunday 11 April 2010 8.20pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 10 mins

• ARTSCAPE: BEN QUILTY AND THE MAGGOTS

Since winning the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in 2002, Ben Quilty's rise as one of Australia's leading young contemporary artists, is nothing short of phenomenal. Today, at only 36, he has a retrospective survey of his work touring. Quilty's signature is paintings so thickly laden with luscious applications of paint that they literally ooze. Despite his success, it seems Quilty has never quite exorcised the hoon in him. His abstract interpretations of the booze-fuelled world of Australia's suburban bloke's culture have won him many fans.
Tuesday 13 April 2010 10.05pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors highlights the latest contemporary creations from the new generation of inventors, innovators and designers. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: designer and inventor Sally Dominguez, woodworker and teacher Richard Vaughan, and materials engineer Veena Sahajwalla.
Wednesday 14 April 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• TALKING HEADS: REG MOMBASSA

Studio interview program that goes behind the 'public face' of fascinating men and women in our society. This episode features Reg Mombassa.
Thursday 15 April 2010 5.30am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: ISLINGTON

This week Kevin McCloud visits the improbable build of two architects who built their central London house out of straw bales, springs, nappy cladding and sandbags.
Thursday 15 April 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins

Paula Rego: Behind the Scenes

Paula Rego: behind the scenes by John McEwen is a new book available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1: In the Playroom

• Dog Woman
• Moth and Bride

Part 2: Telling Tales

• The Ostriches
• Snow White
• The Bullfighter's Apprentice
• Fashion Amaro
• Untitled
• After Hogarth
• The Wedding Guest
• The Interrogator's Garden
• Convulsion, Cheri and The Dybbuk
• Wide Sargasso Sea and Celestina's House
• Nossa Senhora
• Misericordia

Part 3: Metamorphosis

• Jane Eyre
• Metamorphosing after Kafka
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Olga
• La Fête, The Little Mermaid and Cake Woman
• War

Part 4: Scene Setting

• The Pillowman
• The Aunt
• Turtle Hands and Girl with a Foetus
• Prince Pig and Scarecrow and the Pig
• The Fisherman
• The Shakespeare Room
• Vanitas
• The Muses
• Honour and Human Cargo

Notes and Chronology

Index of Works

Index

Meggs' History of Graphic Design (4th edition)

Meggs' history of graphic design by Philip B. Meggs & Alston W. Purvis (4th edition) is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

Part I. The Prologue to Graphic Design: The visual message from prehistory through the medieval era

• The Invention of Writing
• Alphabets
• The Asian Contribution
• Illuminated Manuscripts

Part II. A Graphic Renaissance: The origins of European typography and design for printing

• Printing Comes to Europe
• The German Illustrated Book
• Renaissance Graphic Design
• An Epoch of Typographic Genius

Part III. The Bridge to the Twentieth Century: The Industrial Revolution: The impact of industrial technology upon visual communications

• Graphic Design and the Industrial Revolution
• The Arts and Crafts Movement and its Heritage
• Art Nouveau
• The Genesis of Twentieth Century Design

Part IV. The Modernist Era: Graphic design in the first half of the twentieth century

• The Influence of Modern Art
• Pictorial Modernism
• A New Language of Form
• The Bauhaus and the New Typography
• The Modern Movement in America

Part V. The Age of Information: Graphic design in the global village

• The International Typographic Style
• The New York School
• Corporate Identity and Visual Systems
• The Conceptual Image
• National Visions within a Global Dialogue
• Postmodern Design
• The Digital Revolution and Beyond

The Architectural Review (March 2010)

The latest issue of The architectural review is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

VIEW

• Herzog & de Meuron plays architectural Jenga with its VitraHaus in Germany
• Architectural responses to Haiti's earthquake lack genuine motives
• 'I'm listening', says IM Pei, at the annual RIBA Gold Medal crit
• Winners announced for student housing competition in Athens
• Outrage: campaigners out 'cultural vandalism' in Moscow
• Why has New Zealand put up with bad architecture for so long?
• The San Carlo Opera House reopens in Naples
• Vancouver's Winter Olympics - the most anti-design in half a century

BUILDINGS

• Map
• Tony Frettson Architects -- British Embassy, Warsaw, Poland
• Tham & Videgård Arkitekter -- Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden
• Amateur Architecture Studio -- Ningbo Museum, Yinzhou, Ningbo, China
• Makeka Design Laboratory -- Thusong Service Centre, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa
• Aires Mateus -- Santa Maria Lighthouse Museum, Cascais, Portugal

SKILL

• Sean Godsell Architects -- An orientation-specific facade with a sequinned skin at Sean Godsell's RMIT Design Hub in Melbourne

DR

• As Stockholm Furniture Fair revels in the spirit of collaboration, the AR reviews the offerings in this year's design exhibition

MARGINALIA

• A monograph from Bolles+Wilson; Christian Boltanski's Personnes installation; Contemplating the Void at the Guggenheim; 50 years of design by Alan Fletcher

BACK PAGE

• Rut Blees Luxemburg's final instalment investigating space in photography

Desktop Issue #259 (April 2010)

The latest issue of Desktop is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• UPDATE
• DEBRIEF BRAND - Schweppes
• ITS ALL ABOUT 3D SEEING DOUBLE - How you can jump on board the 3D gravy train
• AGIDEAS 2010 TELL IT LIKE IT IS agIdeas celebrates 20 years with a marathon of creative inspiration
• PROFILE OUT OF THE COLD Jo Spurling speaks with digital design agency Tundra about creating the perfect experience to get you talking
• BRANDING BRANDED ON MY OWN A brand is much more than a fancy logo and a catchy tagline, but how much more? Brendan McKnight finds out
• COOLSTUFF
• CENTREFOLD
• WEB COME BACK SOON! Matt Baker discusses strategies for increasing visitors to your website
• WEBGUIDE LET'S PLAY
• STUDIO THE WILD ONES Brendan McKnight speaks with Iloura's head of VFX, Ineke Majoor, about wild things and where to find them
• TYPE THIS IS THE END Jack Yan looks back over the past 14 years and wonders what the future of type may bring
• TYPE TROUBLESHOOTER
• PICTURE THIS HUNGRY FOR ORIGINALITY Alison Copley speaks to David Sykes about getting back to his origins
• PICTURE THIS TROUBLESHOOTER
• PRINT THE DESIGNERS ACCORD Rodney Wade encourages the creative community to integrate green design and sustainability into their work
• PRINT BINDING ISSUES Theo Pettaras of Digitalpress looks at getting yourself out of a tight bind
• DIGITAL UX IN CHINA Neil Simpson speaks with Daniel Szuc from Apogee Hong Kong about user experience in China
• PRODUCT REVIEWS PC Tools Internet Security, Lexmark Prestige Pro805, BlackBerry 8520
• FOREIGN POLICY CULTURE CLUB Andy Polaine looks at finding success and joining that very exclusive club
• DIRECTIONS IN DESIGN ONLINE AND OUT THERE Tim McNamara looks at taking your creative portfolio online
• REARVIEW

AGENCYLAND

• ABOUT TOWN NEWS
• VIEWFINDER
• BRIEF ENCOUNTERS VB POP-UP BAR - Droga5
• BRIEF ENCOUNTERS AUSTRALIA DAY 'LAMBASSADOR' - BMF
• PEER PRESSURE SOME COMBINATIONS ARE JUST FUNNY Hayley Dutton and Jason Little cast their eyes over the Nova campaign from Three Drunk Monkeys
• PROFILE WHO MADE WHO? Interbrand has creating a public image down to a fine art

Mode et Mode No. 350 (April 2010)

The latest issue of Mode et Mode is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• Chanel
• Backstage report CHANEL
• Valentino Couture
• Backstage report VALENTINO
• Interview with Maria Grazia Chiuri & Pier Paolo Piccioli
• Christian Dior
• Backstage report DIOR
• Gaultier Paris
• Backstage report GAULTIER
• Givenchy
• Backstage report GIVENCHY
• Giorgio Armani
• Backstage report ARMANI
• Yumi Katsura
• OFF THE RUNWAY report
• Anne-Valerie Hash
• Maison Martin Margiela
• Alexis Mabille
• Van Cleef & Arpels
• CHANEL Haute Joaillerie
• Chaumet
• Mellerio dits Meller
• Boucheron
• Valentino 2010 pre&spring/summer Collection
• CHANEL Métier d’Art Collection “Paris-Shanghai”
• Lanvin
• Valentino
• Dior
• Givenchy
• Céline
• Nina Ricci
• clé de peau BEAUTÉ
• CHANEL rouge COCO
• d'icila
• Kiryuyrik

The Guide to Textiles for Interiors (3rd edition)

The guide to textiles for interiors by Dianne R. Jackman, Mary K. Dixon and Jillian Condra (3rd edition) is a new reference book available for use in the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• Chapter 1 - Introduction

PART ONE

• Chapter 2 - Textiles for Interiors: Today and Tomorrow
• Chapter 3 - History of Textiles

PART TWO

• Chapter 4 - Fiber Basics -- Fiber Composition -- Fiber Classification -- Inherent Fiber Characteristics
• Chapter 5 - Fibers -- Cellulosic -- Protein -- Manufactured Cellulosic -- Modified Cellulosic -- Synthesized -- Elastomeric -- Mineral
• Chapter 6 - Yarns
• Chapter 7 - Fabrics -- Woven Fabrics -- Knit Construction -- Nonwoven Fabrics
• Chapter 8 - Finishing
• Chapter 9 - Dyes and Prints

PART THREE

• Chapter 10 - Selecting Textiles
• Chapter 11 - Drapery and Upholstery -- Window Treatments -- Upholstery
• Chapter 12 - Rugs and Carpets
• Chapter 13 - Professional Practice -- Laws and Regulations -- Fire Codes

PART FOUR

• Chapter 14 - Future of Textiles

Glossary/Index

Fashion: the key concepts

Fashion: the key concepts by Jennifer Craik is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

1. the fashion impulse

• i. investigating the fashion impulse
• ii. color and fashion through time
• iii. the color black in fashion
• iv. conclusion
• case study 1: the regulation of fashion
• case study 2: black mourning dress
• case study 3: fashions in new guinea headdresses
• case study 4: the sailor suit: from function to fashion

2. the eurocentric fashion system

• i. consumer culture and fashion
• ii. paris fashion
• iii. the paris legacy
• iv. new fashion capitals
• v. conclusion
• case study 5: beau brummell
• case study 6: the influence of coco chanel
• case study 7: yves saint laurent as style muse
• case study 8: daslu luxury retailing

3. fashion cycles, symbols, and flows

• i. fashion cycles and structures
• ii. fashion symbols and codes
• iii. interdisciplinary fashion theory
• iv. fashion flows
• v. conclusion
• case study 9: the meaning of men's ties
• case study 10: jeans as über fashion
• case study 11: sexuality and stilettos
• case study 12: the magic of cosmetics

4. fashion, body techniques, and identity

• i. fashion as a body technique
• ii. fashioning gender: femininity and and masculinity
• iii. fashioning consumers
• iv. uniforms of identity
• v. conclusion
• case study 13: fashion and identity in harajuku
• case study 14: acquiring the techniques of royalty
• case study 15: the metrosexual man
• case study 16: the cult of thinness

5. fashion, aesthetics, and art

• i. aesthetics and fashion
• ii. spatial aesthetics and fashion
• iii. fashion as aesthetic regime
• iv. artistic fashion and cultural shifts
• v. from aesthetic innovation to museum curation
• vi. conclusion
• case study 17: fashion photography and heroin chic
• case study 18: exhibiting vivienne westwood
• case study 19: wearable art
• case study 20: fashion and the wristwatch

6. fashion as a business and cultural industry

• i. the structure of the fashion industry
• ii. fashion forecasting, marketing, and the fashion consumer
• iii. the changing role of the fashion designer
• iv. luxury brands and global marketing
• v. conclusion
• case study 21: celebrity models
• case study 22: louis vuitton as luxury accessory
• case study 23: the gap as global fashion
• case study 24: secondhand clothing

7. popular culture and fashion

• i. fashion and the rise of popular culture
• ii. representing fashion
• iii. fashion subcultures and popular music
• iv. fashion journalism, public relations, and stylists
• v. conclusion
• case study 25: sports clothing for everyman
• case study 26: australian bush wear as urban chic
• case study 27: retailing erotic lingerie
• case study 28: oliviero toscani's advertisements for benetton

8. the politics of fashion

• i. what are the politics of fashion?
• ii. endogenous and exogenous factors
• iii. fashion and colonialism
• iv. fashion and postcolonialism
• v. conclusion: global fashion futures?
• case study 29: the politics of veiling
• case study 30: renegotiating chinese fashion
• case study 31: indian fashion: from diasporas to designers
• case study 32: burberry's brand of britishness

glossary

fashion milestones

questions for essays and class discussion

annotated guide for further reading

bibliography

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 3rd April to Fri 9th April 2010)

• SNOW WHITE

From the acclaimed Preljocaj ballet, a contemporary romantic ballet, based on the Grimm brothers classic fairytale. Angelin Preljocaj's trademark modern choreography is accompanied by fashion giant Jean Paul Gaultier's costumes and music by Gustav Mahler.

Saturday 3 April 2010 1.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS
Duration: 95 mins

• EATING ART: FRUIT PALETTES

Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Saturday 3 April 2010 4.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS
Duration: 30 mins

• RICHARD HAMMOND'S ENGINEERING CONNECTIONS: GUGGENHEIM BILBAO - SERIES 2, EP 4 OF 6

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections is bigger, bolder and braver than ever as Richard reveals the secrets behind modern day superstructures. Tonight Richard visits the extraordinary Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain.
Saturday 3 April 2010 7.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: GCC WS
Duration: 60 mins

• BIG DREAMERS

Once upon a time there was a tiny sugar-producing township called Tully in Far North Queensland, Australia. Tully is renowned for its endless sugar fields and...rain. One day the townsfolk were shocked by the devastating news that Brazil had dumped its sugar on the world market. "What will we do?" they cried, "We will all be ruined." Not being one to knock back a challenge, life-time resident and Rotary Club member Ron Hunt calls a meeting with the town leaders to see what can be done to save Tully from financial rack and ruin. Ron proposes to build The World's Biggest Gumboot in honour of Tully's record rainfall of 7.98 metres in 1950.
Sunday 4 April 2010 2.30pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• SIMON SCHAMA'S POWER OF ART: VAN GOGH - EP 6 OF 8

Born in Groot-Zundert, The Netherlands, Van Gogh spent his early life as an art dealer, teacher and preacher in England, Holland and Belgium. His period as an artist began in 1881 when he chose to study art in Brussels, starting with watercolours and moving quickly on to oils. The French countryside was a major influence on his life and his early work was dominated by sombre, earthy colours depicting peasant workers, the most famous of which is The Potato Eaters, 1885.
Sunday 4 April 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: PGCC WS
Duration: 60 mins

• ART NATION

Fenella Kernebone looks at ballet in the bush; singer Henry Wagons reviews the Queen exhibition; how environmentally friendly is Australian architecture?; and Colin Hay performs in the studio.
Sunday 4 April 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• COMPASS: PRIVATE LIFE OF AN EASTER MASTERPIECE - THE TAKING OF CHRIST

In 1993 the National Gallery of Ireland made a stunning announcement: a lost painting by Caravaggio had been discovered in Dublin. Compass: Private Life Of An Easter Masterpiece: The Taking of Christ, tells the story of this lost treasure.
Sunday 4 April 2010 10.10pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 55 mins

• STONE UPON STONE UPON STONE: LAON CATHEDRAL

A series looking at important medieval buildings in Europe.
Sunday 4 April 2010 8.20pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 10 mins

• ANCIENT MEGASTRUCTURES: ANGKOR WAT

An ambitious young king who seizes the throne of the Khmer Empire by murder, commissions the largest stone temple in the world built entirely on a swamp - the mighty temple of Angkor Wat.
Tuesday 6 April 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: G *Final*CC
Duration: 55 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring ideas that allow bicycle riders to easily shower and change at work; provide long durability for an artwork, whilst adding volume and brightness; allows an engine to operate at its most efficient setting.
Wednesday 7 April 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• ICONOCLASTS: SEAN PENN AND JON KRAKAUER

Iconoclasts is a series that pairs up innovators from film, literature, architecture, fashion, food, music and business, who respect and admire each other. Here actor/filmmaker Sean Penn and author/adventurer Jon Krakauer travel to Alaska to retrace the fateful journey of a young man Krakauer wrote about in his book Into the Wild, which Penn adapted for the screen and then directed.
Wednesday 7 April 2010 9.30pm
ABC2 Rating: M *New Series*CC
Duration: 45 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: LAMBOURN

Kevin McCloud returns to the Lambourn Valley to catch up with a couple who took three years to finish building their home on the Berkshire Downs, and two years recovering from the experience.
Thursday 8 April 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: *New Series*CC
Duration: 55 mins