RED Objects is a research group of practitioners and academics who explore the relationships between design, craft and visual art at the School of Design Studies, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Launched in 2011, RED Objects comprises Karina Clarke, Jacqueline Clayton, Katherine Moline, Wendy Parker, Roderick Bamford & Liz Williamson.

The symposium will explore notions of collaboration in terms of local, regional and international partnerships in design practices that negotiate craft, visual art and emergent design trajectories.

Symposium papers will address a range of aspects of collaboration between designers and makers, designers and artisans, between groups of designers, and artists who explore design in collaboration with design fabricators in terms of technologies and materials.

Confirmed keynote and participants include:

• Dr Kevin Murray, writer and curator, Australia India Design Platform, Melbourne, Australia
• David Trubridge, Designer and maker of contemporary furniture, New Zealand.
• Yoshigazu Hasegawa, Green Life 21 Project, Nagoya, Japan.

When: Friday 5 August, 1pm to 8pm and Saturday 6 August, 10am to 5pm

Cost: Full $82.50; Student $33. Cost includes GST and lunch.

Organised by RED Objects, Research in Experimental Design Objects, School of Design Studies, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney

For all enquiries please contact the RED Objects Group or
Liz Williamson (Phone: +61 2 9385 0627)

This exhibition showcases recent practice-based research that investigates the parameters of design in relation to visual art and craft. The works explore how emergent interdisciplinary practices question and challenge social conventions regarding histories of design and cultural exchange.

Exhibitors include:

Karina Clarke, Jacqueline Clayton, Katherine Moline, Wendy Parker, Roderick Bamford and Liz Williamson.

When: 2 to 6 August, 10am to 5pm each day.

Opening: Tuesday 2 August at 5.30pm to 7.30pm.

Free of charge and open to the public.