Writing about the ideas behind design. Think about it.
Singapore-based designer Pamm Hong spoke at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences as part of the Sydney Design Festival earlier this month.
A digital artist whose work spans design, technology and science, Hong’s latest work, Watermelon Sugar, is a digital artwork created through a scientific approach to data collection. Read more
Truly multi-disciplinary, scenography is design for performance environments – encompassing set design, lighting and more for the theatre (and musicals, dance). Also related is design for catwalk shows, as well as other temporary experiential designs – installations for events or festivals for example. As more environments are designed to be experiential, the skill of creating “scenes” is more applicable across disciplines.
The discipline is on the periphery of design – part interior design, part styling, part costume, part art, part lighting, part construction. Architecture can also play a role, such as in the oldest existing closed theatre, the 1585 Teatro Olimpico by Vicenza architect Palladio which features a beautiful facade with arches, behind which a false perspective creates the illusion of a streetscape. Read more