Here is an interesting Typefoundry blog link to the history of the typography on the 1 and 0 numerals on the front door of 10 Downing Street, London – the home of the British Prime Minister.
Thanks to Matthew Williams for posting this to the segdtalk network.
The Epping to Chatswood rail link intermediate stations won the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture at the Australian Institute of Architects 2010 national awards. Designed by Hassell architects, the stations are set deep below street level with soaring access voids finished in some refined and quality surface treatments.
“Our brief was to design ‘the next generation of transportation excellence’. Beyond that mandate we sought to create safe, efficient and inviting rail stations that seamlessly fuse architecture and engineering into a suite of memorable transportation hubs to capture the spirit and excitement of travel,” said Ross de la Motte, HASSELL Director.
Many of the design qualities from ECRL were being incorporated into the reference design for the defunct Sydney Metro project (Hassell, Cox Richardson, Arup, PB).
Luke Johnson – Principal at Hassell, designed the glass canopy structures for ECRL. Here are some sketches and images.
Brisbane’s movers and shakers joined the Board of Australia’s CEO Challenge for the Art from Your Heart art fundraiser event held on 16 October at Grant Thornton in Brisbane. All proceeds from the event went towards prevention of domestic violence. Three generations of the Bryce family were involved in the event. My sister, Revy Bryce-Browning (Managing Director of Design Vision) curated the event and her daughter Alexandra Bryce-Browning painted a picture which was sold for $600! Good on you Miss A.
Here are some images from the SEGD and UAP design collaboration workshop discussed in an earlier JBUD blog post.
Workshop participants—including architecture, landscape, arts, and environmental graphics practitioners—used the fast-paced collaborative format to generate ideas for encouraging urban exploration. Concepts ranged from improved mapping and wayfinding systems to transit media, public artworks, and even 1970s-era caravans outfitted as traveling arts and community hubs. Further info on the event at the SEGD Blog.
I’ve just been reading about the Renew Newcastle urban renewal project. Looks interesting.
The Australian ‘edition’ of the successful BBC TV Grand Designs architecture review programme is on the Lifestyle Channel with host Peter Maddison.
ICOGRADA Design Week
Unleashing the potential of collaboration in a fast-paced workshop setting, 15 Brisbane designers from environmental graphics, architecture, landscape architecture, art and design backgrounds attended the joint UAP and SEGD design collaboration workshop on 12 October 2010.
The event was held at UAP’s Northgate design and production studios and explored new ways that residents and short stay visitors might explore beyond Brisbane’s CBD. The workshop will be documented and outcomes presented by UAP’s Jodie Cox as part of Icograda Design Week on Thursday 14 October. Event photos will be on the SEGD Blog sometime soon.
Many thanks to the UAP team: Carmel Haugh, Scott Miller, Jodie Cox and Esther Cole who created a great brief for the event, hosted the designers and facilitated the workshop.
The Unlimited Design conference has been launched, workshopped and completed. There were some great workshops including the Platform: Mobility Workshop and the Smart Cities urban design masterclass with CJ Lim from Studio 8 Architects and UCL.
http://www.australiandesignreview.com/people/18708-Unlimited-program-launches
There are plenty of concepts for light city cars out there, but when its designed by Gordon Murray (McLaren F1), it’s worth a closer look.
Today is 10 years since the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Long before that in 1991, the bid for the Games commenced with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Bid identity designed by Minale Tattersfield Bryce. Over a nine year period, Minale Tattersfield Bryce maintained their involvement in the Sydney 2000 design team with Michael Bryce recognised as Principal Design Advisor to the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG).
