User:Claret Sobe/sandbox/Australian Design Centre

Introduction - Object: Australian Design Centre is a leading centre for contemporary design and play a critical role in building a significant design culture for Australia. The organisation celebrates, promotes and exhibitis the work of Australian artists who embrace the highest degree of craftsmanship and who continually explore material, process and ideas to advance contemporary design practice. Their exhibition program supports more than 200 designers annually and has generated over $1.2m in revenue for designers through artist fees and the sale of work in the last 5 years. Through their creative programs and partnerships, they engage with an audience of more than 390,000 people nationwide each year. The organisation is positioned as a catalyst for new thinking and as a proponent of human-centred design and as an advocate for eco and sustainable design. Object:Australian Design Centre is a member of the peak organisation, Australian Craft and Design Centres (ACDC) which represents the professional design and craft sector in all states and territories in Australia. Members of ACDC engage with the sector at a local, national and international level and offer services and programs that support sustainable practice.

Contents box and menu Growth and development - history of name changes and growth of Object as organisation. Programs: Design emergency, Object Eye, Object galleries, Living Treasures program, Object Magazine History: overview, then timeline Campus: Management: funding, audience engagement, directors and Board, partners eg UTS External links: other sites we are related to. Craft Australia, UTS Human-centred design research, Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft and Design, Tasmanian Design Centre, Craft ACT References: need to be on-line

In the vision statement Object 2015 the Australian Design Centre positions itself as a visible leader to resource and encourage people to transform complex problems through design. This represents a fundamental shift in the organisation from curating and hosting design focussed artists and craftspeople to one which is actively engaging with technological, digital and sustainable design. Showcase modern designers across a range of fields

The Australia Design Centre models the thinking behind their vision for the future with an outreach design-learning program for school titled 'Design Emergency'. This program takes 'design thinking' to students in K-12 classrooms using a variety of methods including online resources and live workshops facilitated by a designer. The outcome of a Design Emergency workshop is that a number of solutions are generated through design process to address the identified challenges, relevant to the students’ lives. Students have the opportunity to work collaboratively with a designer and practice using a design-led problem solving methodology. In partnership with the UTS Business School, a research project is aimed at quantifying the impacts of Design Emergency. These results will further fine-tune the Design Emergency model for use in schools and adapt it so that it can be used in other contexts such as tertiary education, government and business.