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2012

April

Reframing The Opera House
2 Apr, 2012
Graduate students in Design and Architecture recently completed a three-week consultancy for the Sydney Opera House.

March

Lighting Event Held In Goulburn
30 Mar, 2012
At the invitation of the curator of the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery and the Dean of St Saviours Anglican Cathedral, Masters of Design lecturers Mike Day and Emrah Ulas took 13 Lighting Design students to Goulburn on 16 - 17 March to carry out an experimental lighting installation.

Paul Sutton Exhibits at Hugonet
30 Mar, 2012
Lecturer in Visual Communication, Paul Sutton is currently exhibiting his most recent photographic project online at Jas Hugonnet gallery.

Donna Sgro and Armando Chant Exhibit at Verge Gallery
29 Mar, 2012
Donna Sgro and Armando Chant are currently participating in the exhibition Language of Life: Biomimicry in Architecture, Art, Design and Science at Verge Gallery, University of Sydney.

February

Vicki Karaminas In Print
28 Feb, 2012
Fashion and Art, edited by Associate Professor Vicki Karaminas and Dr Adam Geczy (Sydney College of the Arts) has just been released by Berg publishers (UK).

David Burns Exhibits In Usa
23 Feb, 2012
Partial Architectures, a solo exhibition by David Burns, is currently on view at Gallery 103 in Knoxville, TN USA and EDGE Studio Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA USA.

Uts Fashion Graduate Wins AINYFF Internship Grant
22 Feb, 2012
UTS graduate Natalia Grzybowski was announced as the winner of the 2011/2012 AINYFF (Australians in New York Fashion Foundation) internship grant in late December 2011.

Evie Group Pop Up Store At Gaffa Gallery
17 Feb, 2012
The Evie Group, a Sydney-based design studio founded in 2010 by UTS Industrial Designer graduates Alex Gilmour and Dominic Chong are holding a pop up store in Sydney's Gaffa Gallery to promote their award winning collection and invite consumers to come in and interact with their products.

January

ATARs raised through strong demand for 2012 Design, Architecture and Building courses
18 Jan, 2012
Evidence for the strong demand for Design, Architecture and Building bachelor's degrees has arrived in the shape of higher ATARs for entry into all but one undergraduate course.

2011

December

Jacqueline Gothe awarded International Institute of Information Design Editor’s Choice Award 2011
6 Dec, 2011
Jacqueline Gothe’s A0 poster by for the Firesticks Project titled “Communicating Fire: Building Relationships and Creating Change” has been awarded the Editors Choice at IIID Awards at Taipei 2011.

UTS Industrial Design students win at International data visualisation competition
6 Dec, 2011
Four UTS design students have won the Sydney component of an international data visualisation competition with an entry that highlights the constantly changing needs in healthcare.

November

UTS Design Student wins $10,000 Fashion Industry Award
30 Nov, 2011
In a highly competitive field, young fashion and bag designer Danielle Krémer, has won the 2011 $10,000 NSW Business Chamber Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) Industry Award. Danielle won the Award for her innovative business plan for her women's bag range, "LIFT".

Urban events and making cities: INDEX 2011
28 Nov, 2011
Both an urban event and an exploration of urban events, INDEX will showcase projects by students from across all levels of the UTS School of Architecture, from 2 December to 6 December 2011.

UTS Exhibition Considers the Role of Design in a Changing World
21 Nov, 2011
For the very first time, the University of Technology, Sydney will hold a curated student exhibition as an end-of-year design show, showcasing the diversity of creative engagements and across all years from first year to postgraduate level.

Design Thinking explored with a Trojan bike
15 Nov, 2011
Using the bicycle as common ground, five academics from across UTS are applying design thinking in an innovative research lab with participation from industry, students and interested members of the public.

Louise McWhinnie presents at the inaugural Typographic Master Class for the Design Institute of Australia
10 Nov, 2011
On Saturday 22 October, three leading theorists and practitioners of Typography delivered the inaugural Typographic Master Class for the Design Institute of Australia at The Australian Museum in Sydney.

Recent Acquisitions and Exhibition for Donna Sgro
10 Nov, 2011
Donna Sgro's Morphotex dress has recently been acquired by Biomimicry Europa, for a series of biomimicry exhibitions.

UTS Students 1,2 in 2011 Cormack Innovations Awards
2 Nov, 2011
UTS Students Linden Evans and Harrison Reid take out first and second prize at Cormack Innovation Awards for packaging design.

October

Spring Doctoral Graduations
20 Oct, 2011
On Friday 7 October, three DAB doctoral scholars graduated.

Bert Bongers speaks at Adelaide Festival of Ideas
20 Oct, 2011
In early October, Bert Bongers was a guest speaker at the Adelaide Festival of Ideas.

Lighting Studio Graffiti Night
20 Oct, 2011
Last Tuesday night, the UTS Master of Design lighting studio students took over the DAB rooftop for a bit of light and crime.

UTS Industrial Design Graduate wins Melbourne Design Award
20 Oct, 2011
UTS Industrial Design graduate, Rowen Wagner has won the Melbourne Design Award for Product design.

Animate, Graduate
1 Oct, 2011
Students who wish to follow their dreams of working in animation can now do so straight out of high school, with the University of Technology, Sydney's brand new Bachelor of Design in Animation.

September

Design savvy
1 Sep, 2011
When Becky Cooper and Bridget Yorston met on their first day of university as undergraduates, little did they know the success that lay ahead for them both. "It was definitely a bit of luck," says Yorston, "a bit of destiny."

October

Exhibition Makes Noise about the Mining Debate
1 Oct, 2011
The topic of mining and its impacts has inspired a new installation titled 'Sound Resources' opening at DAB LAB Research Gallery on Wednesday 5 October.

Eric Hagen Wins at Flair Fashion Design Awards
5 Oct, 2011
UTS Fashion & Textiles lecturer, Eric Hagen has been awarded first prize in the Fashion Illustration section of the Flair Fashion Design Awards.

UTS Industrial Design students dominate Cormack Innovations Awards
5 Oct, 2011
An impressive 16 UTS Industrial Design students have made the final 20 in this year's Cormack Innovation Awards.

September

UTS Design Phd Candidate in World Habitat Award 2011 Winning Team
21 Sep, 2011
UTS Design PhD Candidate, Christian Tietz was recently part of the team that won this years prestigious World Habitat Award 2011.

Alana Clifton-Cunningham and Cecilia Heffer in Tamworth Textile Triennial
21 Sep, 2011
Featuring work by Alana Clifton-Cunningham and Cecilia Heffer, the Tamworth Textile Triennial: Sensorial Loop is a survey exhibition of contemporary textiles within Australia.

4th Year Industrial Design Student Snags People's Choice Award
21 Sep, 2011
Congratulations to Kate Elton this year's winner of the 'Workshopped'; People's Choice Award for Molar.

Mark Titmarsh’s ‘On the Beach’ Magazine in Dutch Exhibition
21 Sep, 2011
On 10 September, an exhibition of Australian art periodicals was held at Kunstverein, Amsterdam and included ‘On the Beach’ a postmodern art journal that Mark co-edited in the 1980s.

UTS Design and Architecture Academics Curate Exhibit at 2011 Gwangju Biennale
20 Sep, 2011
'Networks of Surrender', curated by David Burns, Samantha Spurr, Adrian Lahoud and Nicole Bearman recently opened as part of the 2011 Gwangju Biennale.

Anthony Burke and Gerard Reinmuth to lead creative team at 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale
13 Sep, 2011
The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has appointed UTS Architecture's Anthony Burke and Gerard Reinmuth as Co-Creative Directors for the Australian Pavilion at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Photography Academics Shortlisted for William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize
7 Sep, 2011
Photography and Situated Media Casual Academics Cherine Fahd and Prudence Murphy have been shortlisted for the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize.

August

Southern Cross Packaging Design Award Winners
25 Aug, 2011
This year a number of 3rd year UTS Industrial Design students entered the Southern Cross Packaging Design Awards and have come up trumps winning of number of awards.

DAB Student Animation Screens at Splendour in the Grass
10 Aug, 2011
4th year Visual Communication student Sam Scopelliti’s The Oh Mercy animation had its debut at Splendour in the Grass.

Master of Animation Graduates Finalists in 2011 AEAF Awards
3 Aug, 2011
Two of our recent Master of Animation graduates are finalists in the student category at the 2011 Australian Effects and Animation Awards.

Peter McNeil’s ‘Shoes’ Book Reissued in Paperback
1 Aug, 2011
The award-winning anthology, Shoes: History From Sandals to Sneakers, edited by Giorgio Riello and Peter McNeil has been reissued in paperback.

International Lace Design Award Winners
6 Aug, 2011
supermanoeuvre (Iain Maxwell & David Pigram) and Mesne (Paul Nicholas & Tim Schork) have won the 2011 Powerhouse International Lace Award in the Digital Multimedia section.

July

UTS: Symposium Explores the Australian Housing Affordability Crisis
29 Jul, 2011
With a backdrop of Australia having the least affordable housing in the world, the University of Technology, Sydney’s NextGen research initiative is holding a symposium on Monday 8 August to investigate options for the next generation of affordable or social urban Australian housing.

Industrial Design Graduate Wins Gold in James Dyson Student Competition
27 Jul, 2011
Joshua Sunghoon Mun has won the 2011 Gold Award in the James Dyson Student Competition for his N2C Liquid Nitrogen Carrier.

Can fashion be art?
27 Jul, 2011
Eminent fashion scholar Valerie Steele, will be speaking at the Powerhouse Museum on Wednesday 3 August, about the relationship between art and fashion, explaining why they are on different planes.

Designers and Industry Collaborate to Propose Improved Traffic Safety
23 Jul, 2011
Inviting visitors to make, critique and curate new designs for fluorescent traffic control bollards, Australian artist and designer Jane Gavan's new exhibition, Factory as Studio opens at UTS's DAB LAB on Wednesday 3 August.

Peter McNeil presents lecture at the NGV
11 Jul, 2011
Last week, Peter McNeil presented a lecture at the National Gallery of Victoria titled From Court to Street-gang - Men's Fashion in 18th-century West Europe.

June

DAB represents Australia in Prague Quadrennial
14 Jun, 2011
From 16 - 26 June, DAB was involved in representing Australia in the National, Student and Architecture Sections for the Prague Quadrennial.

July

Mark Gerada's Research into Property Development and the Koala Coast
7 Jul, 2011
Sessional lecturer in Design and Architecture, Mark Gerada is currently writing a report that is rethinking planning and property development in the ever expanding Koala Coast of South East Queensland. Many of the scientists he has consulted with predict that as a result of the fastest growing urban areas in Australia, the Koala Coast will have no koalas within the next 5 years. Sadly, urban development is threatening koala populations Australia wide.

UTS Industrial Design Grads in Running for Launch Pad Prize
12 Jul, 2011
UTS Industrial Design graduates Dennis Abalos, Monique Joy De Souza and Robert Rulli have been selected from over 100 entries as finalists in the 2011 Launch Pad competition.

Students and Staff Collaborate for A4 Paper Festival
12 Jul, 2011
As part of the recent A4 paper festival, Cathy Lockhart, Zoe Sadokierski and DAB Industrial design students Meagan Adams, Todd Sidery, Alice Sun, Julie Flestado and Interior and Spatial Design student Joanne Lee collaborated with visiting Professor Yoshinobu to create a sixty square sphere for exhibition at the Paper Mill in Angel Place.

June

Designing Out Crime research positions available
1 Jun, 2011
The Designing Out Crime research centre (DOC) is seeking expressions of interest from students considering enrolling in a research degree at UTS.

UTS Design creates TEDx Sydney market place 'green room'
1 Jun, 2011

May

Old Made New Again: tradition merges with cutting-edge technology in interactive lace artwork
25 May, 2011
Often considered old-fashioned, contemporary lace is anything but, as artists Cecilia Heffer and Bert Bongers reveal in their new collaborative artwork, InterLace.

Vicki Karaminas voted onto board of Popular Culture / American Culture Association
18 May, 2011
Associate Professor Vicki Karaminas has been voted onto the governing board of the Popular Culture / American Culture Association (PCA/ACA).

Fashion Graduate Wins Wool Award
14 May, 2011
UTS fashion & textiles graduate Jacquelyn Wellington was one of the big winners at the 2011 Australian Wool Fashion Awards.

DAB student selected to participate in 2011 Vivid Sydney exhibition
14 May, 2011
Curators for the third Vivid Sydney Festival have selected work from DAB Phd student Ruth McDermott for the Vivid Light Walk through The Rocks and Circular Quay.

UTS Interior and Spatial Design Student wins Paper Festival Award
18 May, 2011
2nd year ISD student, Kaitland Burrows has been announced as the winner of the A4 Paper Festival Award.

UTS Fashion Students Transform Supermarket Aisles to Avant-garde Fashion Catwalk
10 May, 2011
On Tuesday 10 May, 12 final year UTS Fashion and Textiles students competed to create the best design interpreting the logo and colours of the Sunsilk Co-Creations range for 'Aisle Avant-Garde', Australia's first supermarket fashion show.

UTS Industrial Design Graduate wins The Edge Student Award
9 May, 2011
Taking out the Edge Student Award for his Contour Lounge, Daniel Mazic of UTS created what judges said was 'a very sculptural, graceful and comfortable piece'.

UTS Industrial Design Graduates Finalists for the Dyson Award
6 May, 2011
Once again, UTS has finalists in the Australian Design Awards - James Dyson Award.

Alana Clifton-Cunningham Presents at ‘get Knitted’ Knitwear Symposium in Auckland
6 May, 2011
In April, Alana Clifton-Cunningham presented at the international symposium 'get Knitted', which was hosted by the Textile and Design Lab at the Auckland University of Technology, NZ.

First Year Design Student Workshop on Cockatoo Island
6 May, 2011
From 2-4 May, 380 UTS Design students spent three days on Cockatoo Island for the 'Designer as Explorer' workshop as part of the Design Thinking course. The camp involved first year students collaborating together in groups from four courses: Interior and Spatial Design, Visual Communication, Fashion and Textiles and Industrial Design.

April

Young Designers Cast as Explorers in Island Challenge
27 Apr, 2011
From Monday 2 May to Wednesday 4 May, 380 UTS Design students will escape for three days to Cockatoo Island for an experimental workshop that will impart an innovative and adventurous attitude in the minds of the next generation of Sydney designers.

New Exhibition Highlights the Art and Process of Writing by Hand
24 Apr, 2011
For many, the pleasure and process of physically writing by hand has largely been replaced by the ease and convenience of typing with keyboard and computer. But for Zoë Sadokierski, who hand wrote the entire 70,000 words of her doctoral thesis, nothing can replace the age-old process of scribing by hand.

Exploring the Science Behind Science Fiction
28 Apr, 2011
Combining art and science with visions of the future, the exhibition Awfully Wonderful at Sydney's Performance Space takes visitors on an amazing journey from science fiction to science fact.

UTS Fashion & Textiles Students to Star in Sunsilk Fashion Event
18 Apr, 2011
UTS Fashion students have been awarded exclusive rights to a sponsored Sunsilk Fashion event.

Powerhouse Exhibition Features UTS Fashion and Textiles Graduate
19 Apr, 2011
Karima-Chloe Hazim is currently exhibiting pieces of her final year collection at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney as part of the student fashion display.

Fashion and Textiles Graduate Wins Prize at iD Dunedin
17 Apr, 2011
Sarah Mok was awarded the ‘Mild Red’ prize at the iD Dunedin (NZ) International Emerging designer awards.

Mark Titmarsh Presents at Visuality 2011 Conference in Lithuania
17 Apr, 2011
Earlier this month, Mark Titmarsh presented a paper entitled "Thinking the Phenomenology of Image through the Poetics of Contemporary Expanded Painting" at the conference Visuality 2011: Interactions Of Creativity And Image.

"Waste Not" Film Launch at Parliament House
14 Apr, 2011
The launch of the Total Environment Centre's film promoting a more active attitude towards waste recycling and reusing at Parliament House on 7 April was a great success. Over a hundred people attended, including the new NSW environmental minister, several people 'starring' in the film, and Clover Moore who supported the event with a speech.

UTS: Design teams with Housing NSW to revitalise Mt Druitt
8 Apr, 2011
Housing NSW has joined forces with UTS and UWS in a unique community regeneration project to empower and strengthen the Mt Druitt community and reduce crime in the area. The Community and Environment Project (CEP) is a joint partnership between Housing NSW, the University of Technology (UTS) Built Environment – Designing Out Crime Research Centre and the University of Western Sydney (UWS) Social Work Unit.

Designing Out Crime welcomes two new visiting academics
5 Apr, 2011
Dr Ilse Luyk- de Visser and Christelle Harkema visiting academics to UTS Designing Out Crime

Fashion and Textiles graduates are finalists at Dunedin International Design Awards
5 Apr, 2011
F&T graduates Sarah Mok, Laura Poole, Alexandra Kenworthy and Hui Vivien Zhang will be participating in the ID Dunedin (NZ) International Emerging designer awards this month.

Fashion and Textiles Graduate to create a collection for Sportsgirl
5 Apr, 2011
Recent Fashion and Textiles graduate Jessica O'Connor has been chosen by Sportsgirl to design a collection for them for next autumn under the name 'Outpost' by Jessica O'Connor for Sportsgirl.

Designing Out Crime hosts Research Collaboration Forum
5 Apr, 2011
Designing Out Crime Research Collaboration Forum 24 March 2011. Over 50 academics and researchers from Censoc, CIIC, ISF, IML, RIO as well as the faculties of Business, DAB, FASS, FEIT, Law and Science participating.

Visual Communication graduate's film to screen at St Kilda Film Festival
3 Apr, 2011
Vis Com graduate, Louella Pleffer's film Ain't in That Grave, has been selected in competition in the St Kilda Film Festival. Louella's film, a stop motion music video for local band Nighttown, was produced for her graduating major project. Now in its 28th year, the St Kilda Film Festival is Australia's longest running short film festival.

Master of Animation Graduate selected for competition at Annecy
1 Apr, 2011
Sarah Eddowes' animated film Collision has been selected for competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2011. Annecy is widely regarded as the most important festival for animation internationally. Collision was produced as Sarah's capstone project for her Master of Animation degree. With the assistance of Deborah Szapiro, Sarah has also been successful with a $5000 travel grant for Screen Australia to attend the festival.

Acclaimed US artist Gregory Crewdson to speak in UTS Public Lecture
4 Apr, 2011
UTS's Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building is honoured to bring American artist Gregory Crewdson to Sydney as part of the Photography and Situated Media Image Studies Lecture Series on Monday 18 April.

March

Interior Design Graduate Success
10 Mar, 2011
On 9 March two UTS Interior graduates scooped the pool at the GOTYA NSW/ACT Graduate of the Year awards run by the Design Insitute of Australia. Alison Lysaught won the NSW and ACT category GOTYA DIA Graduate of the Year in Interior Design and Sally Westren was runner up and also won the overall GOTYA DIA Colour award.

February

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Research Recognised as World Standard
14 Feb, 2011
Research by the Design, Architecture and Building Faculty at the University of Technology, Sydney has been rated as world standard in the recent Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) framework.

Impressive New ATAR scores for The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
9 Feb, 2011
With University offers now released for 2011, the UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building has increased its ATARs across several courses. Congratulations for our successful applicants on a great HSC result.

2010

November

Industrial Design graduate wins SOYA
17 Nov, 2010
Industrial Design graduate, Alex Gilmore has won the Industrial and Object Design category Qantas Spirit of Youth Award. The award provides practical support in the form of $10,000 in flights and cash, and a mentorship with designer Marc Newson.

Third Year Industrial Design students win lighting competition
5 Nov, 2010
Third year Interior Design students Marin Curach and Trinh Dao, led by Lecturer Mike Day recently won first prize in a lighting competition run by the Illuminating Engineering Society held at Eden Park at Ryde in September.

Success for UTS Fashion Students
5 Nov, 2010
Fourth year Fashion and Textiles student, Jacqueline Wellington recently competed as one of ten finalists in the Australian Textiles Institute Student Design Awards in Melbourne.

Mike Day at ilight Marina Bay
9 Nov, 2010
Lecturer Mike Day was a recent guest of the Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority

Mark Titmarsh Presents at International Transdiciplinary Imaging Conference
10 Nov, 2010
Mark Titmarsh presented a paper on Expanded Painting at the First International Conference on Transdiciplinary Imaging at the Intersections Between Art, Science and Culture, held at Artspace, Sydney from 5-6 November.

Alana Clifton-Cunningham exhibiting at the 2010 International Fashion Art Biennale in Seoul, Korea
10 Nov, 2010
Alana Clifton-Cunningham will represent Australia at the 2010 International Fashion Art Biennale in Seoul, Korea.

October

Open Agenda: Speculative Architecture and Design Research
26 Oct, 2010
Open Agenda opened on October 20 at Customs House as part of Sydney Architecture Festival.

November

Peter McNeil's Students Going Places
26 Nov, 2010
The PhD students in the School of Design are out and about.

October

Vote for DAB Graduates in SOYA's People's Choice Award
26 Oct, 2010
Three DAB Graduates, Alex Gilmour, Kristian Aus and Maricor Maricar are finalists in this year’s Qantas Spirit Of Youth Awards (SOYA).

DAB honoured at the UTS Human Rights Awards
26 Oct, 2010
4th year Industrial design student, Jessica Dunn was the winner of the Elizabeth Hastings Memorial Award for Student Community Contribution Award at the 2010 UTS Human Rights Awards last week.

VisCom Success In 2010 Australian Graphic Design Awards
26 Oct, 2010
UTS VisCom has been successful in the biennial AGDA awards, with 3rd year student Dylan McIntyre winning one of six Gold/Distinction awards made to Australian students.

ARC Discovery and Linkage Grants
26 Oct, 2010
Congratulations to Heather Macdonald and Tom Barker for their ARC grant successes.

September

Polymedia Pixel at Media Architecture Biennale 2010
28 Sep, 2010
The Interactive Polymedia Pixel will show at the Media Architecture Biennale 2010 exhibition, Kuenstlerhaus Vienna, Austria 7-31 October.

UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival Finishes with a Quadrella!
28 Sep, 2010
The 2010 UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival finished on Sunday night with a quadrella of prize-winning films and filmmakers.

UTS VisCom graduates realise their dreams
14 Sep, 2010
UTS Visual Communication Graduates, twin sisters Maricor and Maricar Manalo have been awarded a British Council Realise Your Dream Award.

UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival: How can creatives get remunerated for their copyright?
17 Sep, 2010
With a membership base of over 16,500 creators and publishers, the Copyright Agency Limited [CAL] is one of the major collection and licensing organisations for creative works. CAL is partnering with UTS:SIAF, bringing Shaun Tan, Leo Baker and Luke Jeruvicius to Sydney as guests of the festival through CAL’s Cultural Fund.

Discover The Lost Thing at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
15 Sep, 2010
Multi-award winning illustrator and author, Shaun Tan will be a guest of UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival, screening his new film The Lost Thing and appearing in person with animator Leo Baker in a dedicated session titled From Page to Screen.

UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival: Kids program at the Powerhouse Museum!
15 Sep, 2010
This year, the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival has added a new screening partner in the Powerhouse Museum who will be running the children's program and a kids animation workshop on the weekend of the festival (24 and 25 September 2010).

Five new scholarships available for DAB PhD candidates
10 Sep, 2010
As part of its ambitious program of research expansion, UTS has created five special PhD scholarships for 2011 for candidiates undertaking research in DAB.

Portraits of contemporary Japanese culture on screen at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
9 Sep, 2010
A very different view of Japanese animation can be seen at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival, in a program of highlights from the Japan Media Arts Festival.

UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival shows confident blend of digital and hand-made animation
9 Sep, 2010
In these fast-forward times driven by digital culture, many animators have revived a handcrafted approach to producing new visual work, and this style will be featured in the 2010 UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival’s craftwork program.

Oscar winning animation at UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
9 Sep, 2010
Not only will Sydney audiences get to see the latest winner of the Oscar for best short animation, Logorama, they will also get to see what else its creators can do.

Acclaimed Cree film maker guest at UTS: SIAF indigenous forum
2 Sep, 2010
Visiting the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival in 2010 is arguably Canada's most successful First Nations animation writer and director, Dennis Jackson, with his acclaimed series Wapos Bay. A feature of the Indigenous Program and forum, Wapos Bay is a Canadian animated series so far comprising 39 half hour episodes. UTS: SIAF will be screening the episode, THE HARDEST LESSON as part of this year’s indigenous animation program.

Death, Avatars and narrative design explored at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival Symposium.
2 Sep, 2010
The question of whether computer-generated animation is concealing genuine emotions is one of the issues to be explored at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival Symposium. Visiting from Bordeaux University, Associate Professor Pierre Floquet, one of the most respected animation academics in the world, will deliver a keynote address at the symposium on Friday 24 September at the University of Technology, Sydney.

July

Student Photography competition
3 Jul, 2010
The winning image, plus those of the ten finalists, are on display on Level 5 of the UTS: Design, Architecture and Building (Building 6, Peter Johnson)

August

Surry Hills project website launch and symposium
10 Aug, 2010

Timo Rissanen featured in NY Times
30 Aug, 2010
PhD student Timo Rissanen was recently featured in an article in the New York Times about zero waste design.

Adam Goodrum and Cecilia Heffer in Exhibition at the Powerhouse
30 Aug, 2010
Design staff are currently exhibiting in the Powerhouse Museum exhibition 'Re-loved-Designer Stories'.

Third Year VisComm students contribute innovative responses to the Phosphorus Recovery project
30 Aug, 2010
The Phosphorus Recovery Project is an Australia-first action research project led by the Institute for Sustainable Futures.

Industrial Design graduate wins Design NSW: Travelling Scholarship
30 Aug, 2010
The prize money will allow opportunities in Britain and the Netherlands.

Visual Communication students get industry experience with Westpac
30 Aug, 2010
Third year Visual Communication students worked on an industry-based project with Westpac's Customer Experience Team under the supervision of Senior Lecturer Mark Roxburgh.

Industrial design students collect awards and accolades
30 Aug, 2010
Third year UTS Industrial Design students have participated in a number of projects and awards in which they have excelled.

New Media Curation to build Culture Watch
26 Aug, 2010
The Faculty has contracted New Media Curation to devise and build the content base for Culture Watch: an informative new student website.

Animated double bill exposes creativity
26 Aug, 2010
The Thorn in the Mind double bill at the 2010 UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival will give you the chance to not only see some animated creativity, but also the chance to explore that creativity through an animated documentary. Made by Mathieu Bergeron and Yves Martel, it is a fascinating documentary that gives an incisive look into the creative imaginations of six award winning independent animators.

Stunning Alma leads the digital wave at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
25 Aug, 2010
The UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival shows the true nature of creativity meeting technology with the Digital Panorama program on Sunday 26 September at 9.30pm. One of the features of this year's selection is Alma by Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas, which tells the story of story of a young girl who becomes intrigued by the contents of a mysterious toy shop.

Visualising Indigenous culture at UTS: Sydney International animation Festival
11 Aug, 2010
In many countries, indigenous communities are turning to animation to bridge the generation gap, pass on near-extinct languages, and as a way to be heard in popular culture. On Sunday 26 September, the UTS: SIAF will feature a forum on Indigenous Animation accompanied by related films from Canada, the US and Australia.

Powerhouses of design
2 Aug, 2010
70 events. 16 days. One creative precinct.

Sound future
9 Aug, 2010
Kirsten Black is proof that hard work and patience do pay off.

July

Parramatta student with eye for design wins award
19 Jul, 2010
Parramatta resident Gabriel Virata was won the Telstra Customer Experience Award for Visual Communication at the University of Technology, Sydney’s annual Design, Architecture and Building Prize Ceremony.

Global hits motor into the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
15 Jul, 2010
Over the course of the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival, three dedicated international programs will give you the opportunity to see what’s happening in animation outside Australia.

June

Design student receives welcome boost with Adobe Sponsorship
28 Jun, 2010
Surry Hills local Thomas Fethers has won two awards at the University of Technology, Sydney’s annual Design, Architecture and Building Prize Ceremony.

Traces - the road as canvas
2 Jun, 2010
Seeing road surfaces as a canvas, interaction professor Bert Bongers has developed an exhibition which invites the viewer to discover the non-obvious in our surroundings. Traces uses imagery of car tyre skid marks and marks made by workers on pavements.

May

Congratulations to new Design PhDs
10 May, 2010
Congratulations to School of Design PhD graduates.

Best paper win for Architecture
11 May, 2010
Gavin Perin and PhD candidate Linda Matthews won best paper at the recent international conference- ARTECH 2010 Conference.

Kirsty Beilharz's Diamond Quills to premier
3 May, 2010
Kirsty Beilharz's new composition for bass clarinet, cello and piano, Diamond Quills, will be premiered by Charisma Ensemble at the Sydney Conservatorium.

March

UTS Design in James Dyson Award Finals
12 Mar, 2010
Five of 13 finalists are UTS students in this year's Australian Design Awards - James Dyson Award student category.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Proto-Ninja Award for 2010 UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
9 Mar, 2010
With the second UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival set to launch in Sydney on 24 September 2010, emerging animators have a chance to get a leg up in the industry through the Sixty40 Proto-Ninja Award. The Sixty40 Proto-Ninja Award will consist of $999.99 cash plus a two-month mentorship with Sixty40, a design and animation company that combines the love of creativity with the reality of commercial production.

UTS Fashion in L'Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival
4 Mar, 2010
Four UTS fashion & Textile graduates from 2009 will showcase their work in this year's L'Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival.

Call for papers: UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival Symposium - Animation Histories and Futures
4 Mar, 2010
As part of the 2010 UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival, a symposium will be held to explore animation's contemporary expansion. To be held at the University of Technology, Sydney on Friday 24 September, entries are now being accepted.

February

Peter McNeil Awarded Grant with Humanities in the European Research Scheme
17 Feb, 2010
Peter McNeil, along with five other Principal Investigators and the Project Leader Professor Evelyn Welch, has been awarded the sum of 985, 000 EURO from the Humanities in the European Research Area: 'Humanities as a Source of Creativity and Innovation' Scheme.

March

Anna Zhu Photographs the Antarctic
24 Mar, 2010
Recent UTS graduate Anna Zhu has travelled to Antarctica to photograph with the renowned National Geographic photographer Jason Edwards.

February

Australian International Furniture Fair
3 Feb, 2010
Check out the work of UTS third and fourth year Interior and Industrial Design students exhibiting in this year's Australian International Furniture Fair.

Nicolo Bianchino Wins IGNITE Design Graduate Award

Visual Communication's Nicolo Bianchino has won this year's IGNITE! Design Graduate Award.

2009

December

Nicolo Bianchino Wins IGNITE Design Graduate Award
9 Dec, 2009
Visual Communication's Nicolo Bianchino has won this year's IGNITE! Design Graduate Award.

Interior Students Design For 40khome Big Night Out
3 Dec, 2009
Interior design students studying the second year subject Interior Elements and Design Detail in 2009 were invited to submit ideas to the charity ball 40khome Big Night Out.

November

DAB Well Presented at OzCHI
23 Nov, 2009
HCI conference to be well attended by DAB staff.

Lizzie Muller Guest Speaks in Melbourne
22 Nov, 2009
LIzzie Mullerhas been invited to be guest speaker for a Curatorial Master Class taking place this week in Melbourne.

Think Green Done
23 Nov, 2009
With no widespread battery recycling programme existing in Australia, too much toxic waste ends up in landfills rather than being recycled for its precious materials.

Brad Stebbing wins Belle Georg Jensen Design Award
13 Nov, 2009
UTS 2007 graduate Brad Stebbing has recently returned to Australian shores as a finalist in two prestigious Australian design competitions. The industrial designer was awarded this month winner of the 2009 Belle Georg Jensen Design Award and was a runner up in the 2009 Qantas Spirit of Australia Award, won by UTS graduate Tom Fereday.

Tom Fereday Wins SOYA Award
12 Nov, 2009
2008 UTS graduate Tom Fereday has been awarded the Qantas Spirit of Australia Award for Industrial/Object Design for 2009.

Jacqueline Gothe Exhibits in Langue Froid - Cold Language/Tongue
6 Nov, 2009
Jacqueline Gothe has been invited to participate the Conny Dietzschold Gallery's last exhibition.

October

Yiying Lu Wins UTS's Young Alumni Award
29 Oct, 2009
UTS this month presented Visual Communication graduate Yiying Lu as winner of the 2009 Young Alumni Award.

UTS Clean Sweeps 2009's Cormack Innovation Awards
29 Oct, 2009
The University of Technology, Sydney has dominated this year's Cormack Innovation Awards, winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the prestigious design competition for the second year running.

September

Sixty40 supports emerging animation talent through UTS: SIAF
7 Sep, 2009
A local animation company has announced The Sixty40 Proto-Ninja award for emerging work to be submitted to future UTS: Sydney International Animation Festivals

Design Lecturer Lizzie Muller Visiting Research Fellow in Linz
2 Sep, 2009
Lizzie Muller will be Visiting Research Fellow at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Media Arts Research in Linz this month.

August

Insider information and sneak previews at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
25 Aug, 2009
Exclusive to UTS: SIAF, a panel of local animation broadcasters and Screen Australia participants will give you the inside knowledge on what commissioning editors are looking for in an animated project.

UTS: SIAF shows how UTS animation excites the world
17 Aug, 2009
Over the past few years, animators from the University of Technology, Sydney have been winning accolades and awards around the world. Now Sydney locals can see what excites the world of animation with the first annual UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival taking place on 5 and 6 September.

Estonian animation exclusive to UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
6 Aug, 2009
While it might come as a surprise to many, Estonia's animation community ranks among the best in the world, and Sydneysiders will have an exclusive chance to experience some of the best at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival on Saturday 5 September.

Best of British animation at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
4 Aug, 2009
While many Sydney residents may know of Wallace and Grommit, there is a wealth of British animation waiting to be explored at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival with two British feature sessions: the “Channel 4 Anniversary Program” and “London Calling - the films that made a difference”.

July

UTS's Kieran Choy Wins at VIVID Design
31 Jul, 2009
Kieran Choy has won the student prototype division of VIVID Design.

Steph Suri Rajalingam Exhibits With Sydney, City of Villages
29 Jul, 2009
Visual Communication student Steph Suri Rajalingam has been awarded $3,000 as the winner of the Sydney, City of Villages competition.

Construction for Developing Communities
27 Jul, 2009
DAB students from the elective Construction For Developing Communities travelled to the Indigenous Areyonga Community near Alice Springs in July, to improve the facilities at the Areyonga School.

Five reasons to attend UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
27 Jul, 2009
With the program finalised, the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival's co-director has given you five great reasons to attend.

Channel 4 animation guru at the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival
23 Jul, 2009
Celebrating the launch of the UTS: Sydney International Animation Festival will be special guest, Clare Kitson. As the Commissioning Editor of Animation for the UK's Channel 4, Clare Kitson played a crucial role in supporting numerous projects and careers.

Research Grant Requires Past Sydney Ragtrade Workers
17 Jul, 2009
DAB researchers require past ragtrade workers to participate in the oral histories component of the UTS Challenge Grant: Mapping Memory and History in UTS Environs; connecting fashion products and worker's lives in the industrial heritage of Sydney

NASA Awards Industrial Design Students
13 Jul, 2009
Two final year Industrial Design have been awarded second place in NASA's Fundamental Aeronautics competition.

Design 08 DVDs Available Now
29 Jul, 2009
DVDs covering the end of year show Design 08 are now available for purchase.

Tom Wiscombe Instructs MDA Masterclass
6 Jul, 2009
Autumn semester's MDA masterclass with guest instructor Tom Wiscombe of LA based firm Emergent Architecture recently wrapped up with some great results.

DAB Schools Combine for Festival Entry
6 Jul, 2009
2008 short film States of Convergence, created as a joint project by students and staff from Architecture and Animation, has been selected to be shown at the Beyond Media Festival in Florence this year.

Industrial Design Wins Trailblazer Consecutively
6 Jul, 2009
Industrial Design has for the consecutive year, won the student entry for UniQuest's UTS Trailblazer competition.

Industrial Design Workshop and Photography Studios
6 Jul, 2009
The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building launched its new Industrial Design Workshop and Photography Studios on level 2 this June with staff, students and industry celebrating the new facilities

June

Sydney International Animation Festival: New to UTS
22 Jun, 2009
In its first year as a stand-alone festival, the Sydney International Animation Festival makes its debut at the University of Technology, Sydney on the 4 to 6 September.

Your ATAR at DAB
15 Jun, 2009
In 2010, students entering a NSW university will no longer be using a UAI score. Instead, they'll be using an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank, or ATAR. Essentially, it's the same thing as a UAI.

New Publication Fashion In Fiction
10 Jun, 2009
Professor Peter McNeil and Dr Vicki Karaminas - in collaboration with Professor Catherine Cole from RMIT - have a new publication with Berg, Oxford and New York.

UTS Success at Australian Design Awards
10 Jun, 2009
Industrial Design graduate Lachlan Meeks has been awarded Bronze in this year's Australian Design Award - The Dyson Student Award.

Connect with Smart Light Fields
5 Jun, 2009
Be sure not to miss the favourite sites of Sydney's Smartlight Festival and enable your mobile to the UTS initiative Smart Light Fields.

UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building's Annual Prize Giving Ceremony

The Annual Prize Giving Ceremony for the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building was held in May, 2009. Students from across the faculty's three schools were awarded for their outstanding academic achievements in 2008 with over 50 prizes won on the night.

HSC student photographers and situated media designers, $2,000 could be yours
3 Jun, 2009
The University of Technology, Sydney's School of Design is on the lookout for the next wave of professional photographers and situated media designers. To celebrate its new Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media, UTS: Design is holding a competition open to any student studying the HSC or its equivalent.

May

Val Horridge Presents on YSL
25 May, 2009
Fashion & Textile's Val Horridge will present Being Yves Saint Laurent at the Powerhouse Museum this Sunday.

Kees Dorst releases Design Expertise
25 May, 2009
Kees Dorst recently launched his latest book Design Expertise at Melbourne's combined AIA National Conference and DesignEx.

Student Wins With Dunlop
25 May, 2009
Third year Industrial Design student Jason O'Neill has won the 2009 UTS Dunlop Furniture Competition - open to all students taking the Interior Design Furniture 3 elective at UTS.

Mountain Bike Multi-Win
25 May, 2009
Rod Walden and Stefan Lie’s Mountain Bike Multitool design has been given a promising push forward.

Kirsty Beilharz Wins
25 May, 2009
Course Director for DAB's new Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media Kirsty Beilharz, has had two big wins with research development grants.

School of (re)Design
20 May, 2009
There is a new vigour, a new revolution underway at the University of Technology, Sydney’s School of Design. And it's happening at the top, with Professor Lawrence Wallen taking the helm as new Head of School, and the appointment of four new international professors who, together, will drive design education and research in Australia to exciting new places.

Mark Titmarsh Exhibits Soon
11 May, 2009
Expandex features installational and spatially constructed work between Mark, Justin Trendall and Damiano Bertolli.

UTS Hits Tokyo Fashion Week
11 May, 2009
Alison Gwilt has presented at Tokyo Fashion Week's Fashion Design Symposium.

Alison Gwilt Awarded at International Fashion Conference
11 May, 2009
The London College of Fashion: IFFTI Fashion and Well-Being conference brought together representatives from some of the world's leading fashion education and industry institutions - including Fashion & Textile's Course Director Alison Gwilt.

A New Addition to the Stitch Family
11 May, 2009
Industrial Design's Adam Goodrum launched the new Stitch Stool as an extension to his range with Capellini at the Milan Fair this month.

April

Fashion & Textiles Graduate Exhibits in Moments of Female Power
22 Apr, 2009
Having only completed her Bachelor of Design In Fashion & Textiles last year, Serene Aguirre has already made inroads in Sydney's art scene.

March

UTS Graduate Leads Creativity & Design in Indonesia
27 Mar, 2009
Design graduate, Djoko Hartanto jointly won Indonesia's Australian Alumni Award for Creativity and Design last month.

Picture Perfect Anna Zhu
27 Mar, 2009
Visual Communication's Anna Zhu has been busy in Sydney's photography scene of late, her work featured in several places across the city.

UTS Dominates Design Institute of Australia's Graduate of the Year Awards
24 Mar, 2009
This year's Design Institute of Australia's Graduate of the Year Awards (GOTYA) saw UTS take out a near clean sweep across all four design categories.

Peter McNeil Goes Global
20 Mar, 2009
Professor Peter McNeil represented UTS across the globe this summer, visiting New York, London and Stockholm and Asia in the name of design research.

ID Major Work Makes Australian Design Awards Finals
20 Mar, 2009
Industrial Design 2008 graduate Lachlan Meeks has made the final round of the Australian Design Awards.

Dr. Vasilije Kokotovich Wins Design Studies Award 2008
20 Mar, 2009
Dr Vasilije Kokotovich from the School of Design has won the Design Studies Award 2008 for his paper in Design Studies issue 29/1.

UTS Finalists Compete in Design Now!
5 Mar, 2009
Four UTS students are finalists in this year's Design Now! competition.

January

Designers Unite in Smart Light Sydney Festival
15 Jan, 2009
The University of Technology, Sydney will support the new Smart Light Sydney Festival in 2009 with students and academics designing to promote the use of smart, sustainable and creative light solutions.

February

DAB to host the SEAM Symposium 2009: Spatial Phrases
21 Feb, 2009
To address the key question of "how can the convergence in thinking between the disciplines of dance, architecture and film provoke innovative contemporary practice?", UTS is hosting the SEAM Symposium 2009: Spatial Phrases

March

Apple of Animation's Eye
1 Mar, 2009
Master of Animation graduate Rachel Walls has made the official selection, out of competition, for the 2009 Annecy International Animated Film Festival as well as the invitation to screen in the ‘Abstract Competition’ screening at the Melbourne International Animation Festival.

February

UTS to lead development of Australia's creative potential
17 Feb, 2009
The University of Technology, Sydney has been chosen by the Federal Government to facilitate the growth of Australia's creative industries through the newly announced Creative Industries Innovation Centre (CIIC).

UTS Design Makes Final in The Edge
4 Feb, 2009
The University of Technology, Sydney currently has six student finalists featuring at The Edge, as part of this month's Australian International Furniture Fair.

January

UTS's Brian Simmons Designs the Latest Premier Hotel
16 Jan, 2009
Premier Hotels has chosen the work of UTS Interior Design student Brian Simmons to create their latest establishment.

2008

December

A Good Week for Adam Goodrum
10 Dec, 2008
Industrial Design's Adam Goodrum has had a couple of wins this week, his design work making the permanent collection of the Belgian design museum Gent as well as being short listed for the Brit Design Awards.

Visual Communication's Jacqueline Gothe Awarded for her Research in Design
8 Dec, 2008
Visual Communication’s Jacqueline Gothe has been awarded the 2008 Shopfront Research Fellow to assist in her work on understanding relational design.

November

Young Designer Furniture Award 2008
25 Nov, 2008
Industrial Design's Jessica Dunn and Christian Tan have won 2nd and 3rd places respectively in the Young Designer Furniture Award 2008 run by Dunlop Foam.

Visual Communications Community Project
25 Nov, 2008
Visual Communication's "Community Project" subject coordinated by Darrall Thompson, presented 16 projects to real clients this semester.

Fashion in Fiction Global Success
25 Nov, 2008
Following the success of last year's Fashion in Fiction International conference, Dr Vicki Karaminas, Professor Peter McNeil and Professor Catherine Cole (RMIT) have completed a book for Berg (U.K, N.Y) highlighting the function of clothing within fictional narratives, including film, television and advertising.

Nothing Mundane About It
25 Nov, 2008
The everyday computer desktop seems mundane to most, but Ian Gwilt's new media art exhibition title mundane_traces doesn't seem fair at all.

September

Design Career Launched With NASA
2 Sep, 2008
The tremendous feats achieved by NASA, have all drawn upon the brightest, most innovative minds in design and technology. With such a remarkable history, it was no small step for student Gary Redman, when he was announced winner of NASA’s Fundamental Aeronautics Student Competition .

June

UTS's Robby Tija Features in the Powerhouse Museum Exhibition Student Fashion
11 Jun, 2008
Since 1993, the Powerhouse Museum has provided the public with a glimpse of the creativity of Fashion & Textiles students in NSW.

This year a UTS student is again a major part of the annual exhibition with 2007 graduate Robby Tija's major work Underground Cyborg.

November

Industrial Design Wins Trailblazer
20 Nov, 2008
UTS has announced the winners of its Trailblazer competition and Industrial Design has come out trumps.

October

UTS Interior Design Lights Up the Big Night Out
29 Oct, 2008
Second-year interior design students have created an interior environment for the Big Night Out charity ball, raising money for building accommodation for child workers in India.

November

The Project Management Network is Launched
10 Nov, 2008
Dr Shankar Sankaran, Chivonne Watt and Bryce Cassin proudly launched the Project Management Network in October.

Head to Tamworth for a Lesson in Textiles
10 Nov, 2008
Work by Alana Clifton-Cunningham and Cecilia Heffer will be exhibited in this year's 18th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial from now till 18 January.

Industrial Design Graduate Declared the Powerhouse Wizard
10 Nov, 2008
The Powerhouse Museum has announced UTS Industrial Design graduate Alexandra Gilmour as the 2008 Powerhouse Wizard.

UTS Leads in Animation
10 Nov, 2008
UTS has been given the highest representation of any educational institution in the prestigious Australian Effects and Animation Awards 2008.

UTS Design Blitzes the Cormack Packaging Innovation Awards
5 Nov, 2008
This year's Cormack Packaging Innovation was a wipe out indeed with the University of Technology, Sydney students taking out 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, not to mention the highly commended award.

October

UTS Fashion & Textiles Graduate Wins in Tokyo
29 Oct, 2008
2007 Fashion and Textiles graduate Donna Sgro has been selected as a finalist of Japan's Fashion Week competition The 'Shinmai Creator's Project.

June

Network Ten Scopes Out Rachael Cassar
3 Jun, 2008
Network Ten's science show Scope gave viewers an insight to the science behind Fashion & Textile's graduate Rachael Cassar's clothing range this month.

August

Val Horridge Speaks on YSL
5 Aug, 2008
Doing what she does best, Val Horridge will be talking fashion this Tuesday when she talks about Yves Saint Laurent at the Commermoration Week at the Alliance Francaise, Sydney.

October

Fashionable European speaking tour
13 Oct, 2008
In September and October Prof Peter McNeil was an invited keynote speaker at a national symposium to assess the state of fashion theory in Italy and Sweden.

September

Australian International Animation Festival coming to UTS: DAB
24 Sep, 2008
A sneak preview of animated things to come at the University of Technology, Sydney will take place in the form of free animated films on Saturday 18 October at 12 noon. Celebrating UTS as the Sydney host of the Australian International Animation Festival (AIAF) from 2009 and onwards, the university will be screening three selected highlights from this year’s touring festival, including international highlights, digital and puppet animation, and ‘late night bizarre’.

August

Heffer and Clifton-Cunningham selected for Tamworth Fibra Textile Biennial
18 Aug, 2008
The work of Cecilia Heffer and Alana Clifton-Cunningham has been selected for the 18th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial Momentum.

July

UTS Student Designs the Winning Solution to Child Safety
28 Jul, 2008
Third year Industrial Design student, Jessica Lee Dunn, has been announced winner of the Dreambaby Competition.

August

Kieran Choy Upstages Competition with his Vibrant Vision in Design
7 Aug, 2008
Ninety designers from across Australia entered VIVID- Vibrant Visions in Design - this year but UTS's Kieran Choy was the one student who took out first place for Vivid's student award.

A Successful Grant Win for Interior Design
15 Aug, 2008
Susan Sherringham has lead a successful cross faculty, cross institutional team, in applying for an ALTC ( Carrick) Priority Projects Grant.

This Years' Australian Learning & Teaching Council Presentation Ceremony Awards Dr Louise McWhinnie
7 Aug, 2008
Dr Louise McWhinnie, Associate Dean, Teaching & Learning attended the Australian Learning & Teaching Council annual presentation ceremony on Tuesday evening where she was awarded with a citation for "an outstanding contribution to Australian university teaching & learning" and a cheque for $10,000.

Stefan Lie Wins Australian Council Grant
5 Aug, 2008
It is true that good things come in small packages and though Stefan Lie has had his fair share of success with larger scale furniture design, this year he has been similarly rewarded for focusing his design on a smaller scale.

UTS Design Cleans Up This Years' Iken Workstation of the Future Competition
5 Aug, 2008
UTS Design dominated the Iken Workstation of the Future Competition this year with a student from Interior Design and Industrial Design taking out 1st and 2nd place.

Recent Appointment for Dr Vicki Karaminas
5 Aug, 2008
Dr Vicki Karaminas has recently been appointed as the Chair for Subcultural Style and Identity of the Popular Culture and American Culture Association.

UTS's Adam Goodrum Continues his Winning Streak
5 Aug, 2008
UTS's Design Workshop Manager, Adam Goodrum has had his fair share of good fortune of late.

July

HSC Bonus Points scheme extended for 2009 entry
28 Jul, 2008
HSC students who apply for a Bachelors degree in architecture, construction or design are eligible for up to five bonus points for their UAI, based on their performance in selected subjects.

Design Granted New Opportunities with the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund
8 Jul, 2008
The School of Design have had two recent successful LTPF grant applications.

UTS Visual Communication Up With the Best at the International Adobe Awards
8 Jul, 2008
UTS Visual Communication students have made the semi-finals in the International Adobe Design Achievement Awards.

June

A Fashion Guide for Any Moment in Time
23 Jun, 2008
Know your fashion for any historical occassion with Fashion: Critical and Primary Sources .

The major multi-volume of work, edited by DAB’s Peter McNeil, brings together over 100 key essays and articles covering fashion with a historical focus.

UTS Industrial Design Excels at the Dyson Student Design Awards
3 Jun, 2008

Three clever Industrial Design students made it to the finals of this year's Dyson Student Design Awards, with two taking out both third place and the Highly Commended Award.

May

Peter McNeil Promotes UTS Design Abroad
27 May, 2008
This month Peter McNeil burned a bigger campaign trail than the US democrats when he represented the faculty at universities across America, Sweden and the UK.

Chris Bowman Speaks Design in Chille
27 May, 2008
This week between May 27-30, Chris Bowman is off to Santiago, Chille to speak at the International Seminar New Opportunities for Technological Innovation.

Wahroonga Yields Well in University of Technology, Sydney's Awards
21 May, 2008
There must be something special in the water over Wahroonga way to have produced the crop of student winners at the University of Technology, Sydney, this year.

Sydney's North West Produce Strong Performers at Annual Prize Ceremony
22 May, 2008
Sydney's northern suburbs will be well taken care of if students from the University of Technology, Sydney's Design, Architecture and Building courses have anything to do with it.

Central Coast Creatives Set Their Designs on the University of Technology, Sydney.
21 May, 2008
The creative pair from the Central Coast, Jacqueline Tyrell of North Avoca and Brooke Snopek of Terrigal have been awarded for their achievements in design studies at the University of Technology, Sydney in this month’s Annual Prize Giving Ceremony.

2009

June

Yiying Lu - Emerging Leader in Innovation
17 Jun, 2009
Visual Communication graduate Yiying Lu has been named one of 100 Emerging Leaders in Innovation by The Australian.

2008

May

Sydney Looks to the Hills for the Best in Design and Building
21 May, 2008
The hills district was well represented this year at the University of Technology's Annual Prize Giving Ceremony showing more than a few of its local students have a knack for building and design.

The Best Set of Clothes to Make it to the Smith Family
20 May, 2008
We've all given a bit of recycled clothing to the Smith Family during one wardrobe blitz or another, but University of Technology, Sydney Fashion & Textiles graduate Rachael Cassar’s collection is set to put the lot of us to shame.

April

School of Design and Architecture Come Together for UTS Research Grant
29 Apr, 2008
Academic staff from both the School of Design and the School of Architecture are set to work together on the UTS Challenge Grant (Blueprints for Sydney) 2008-9.

UTS and NSW Government to fight crime through design
29 Apr, 2008
In a first for New South Wales, UTS's Designing Out Crime Research Centre will help reduce and prevent crime through the design of products, buildings and environments. The three year project has received over $1 million funding from both the Attorney General’s Office and UTS.

March

International Success Pushes Greener Bike Design
28 Mar, 2008
In cities clogged with cars: bicycles and public transport should be the ideal solution to commuter traffic. Yet with no room on trains and buses for people let alone bikes, cycling to work would seem to many, the inconvenient solution. Frag Woodall, graduate of The University of Technology, Sydney has been awarded 3rd place in the 12th International Bicycle Design Competition, recently held in Taiwan, with his solution to such a problem.

Industrial Design Associate Lecturer Stefan Lie Wins Comfortably with his Origami Slippers in Japan
27 Mar, 2008
Associate Lecturer in Industrial Design, Stefan Lie is making a name for himself in Asia with his recent win of the Shizuoka Good Design Award in Japan.

February

UTS graduate wins at the Australian International Furniture Fair
25 Feb, 2008
Brad Stebbing - who graduated last year from the Bachelor of Industrial Design course - took out the 2008 student prize at The Edge, a design and innovation element of the Australian International Furniture Fair.

UTS Industrial Design Graduates Proven to be of World Class
12 Feb, 2008
DAB's Industrial Design students have had recent international success in London based competition New Designer International 2007.

UTS Design Shines in GOTYA Awards
12 Feb, 2008
The Design Institute of Australia announced the winners of the GOTYA Awards this week. UTS across all categories showed great success, claiming more finalists than any other university.

The Faculty Welcomes Louise McWhinnie to the Acting Role of Associate Dean, Teaching & Learning
4 Feb, 2008
The shoes of Associate Dean, Teaching & Learning in The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at The University of Technology, Sydney will be filled with a new pair of feet this new-year. Louise McWhinnie will assume the role in an acting capacity for the next six months, coming from a long serving academic experience teaching Visual Communication in the faculty’s School of Design.

January

A New Vision for Design Research at UTS
22 Jan, 2008
The University of Technology, Sydney will receive a new vision from 2008 with the addition of Dr Kees Dorst as Associate Dean, Research within the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.

2007

November

Lancôme finalists show new direction for Australian fashion at Design 07
15 Nov, 2007
If you want to see where Australian fashion is heading, then you need to see Design 07, the final year show for University of Technology, Sydney design students. Robby Tjia, Laura Prideaux and Lee Matthews, who have experienced the thrill of Paris thanks to their part in the Lancôme Colour Designs Awards, are three talents to keep an eye on.

October

UTS Industrial Design graduate wins Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award
29 Oct, 2007
Australia's most prestigious award for emerging designers, the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award, has been awarded this year to design team Rina Bernabei and Kelly Freeman.

November

Industrial Design students well placed in Cormack Innovation Awards
9 Nov, 2007
Industrial design student Frank Maguire has won third place in the sixth annual Cormack Innovation Awards recognizing innovation in the industrial design.

October

Stebbing's sustainable wit on show at Design 07
12 Oct, 2007
The next set of rising design stars will be showing their talents at Design 07, the final year show for University of Technology, Sydney design student. One true talent to watch is Brad Stebbing, about to complete his Industrial Design studies.

Notorious Sydney landmark's inner beauty: UTS Tower to host Design 07
12 Oct, 2007
As a Sydney landmark it may be brutal, but in December, the interior of the University of Technology, Sydney Tower will be beautified by Design 07 – the end of year show for the next crop of quality fashion and textile, interior, industrial and visual communication designers.

Third year Industrial Design student wins Isson Eyewear Design Competition
2 Oct, 2007
Third-year Industrial Design student Tasman Munro has won the inaugural Isson Eyewear Design Competition, instituted by managing director of Isson Eyewear and UTS graduate Catherine Federici.

September

Master of Animation students' bid for world domination
5 Sep, 2007
International success for students from the Master of Animation beckons, with animated films from UTS being screened at festivals around the world, and receiving nominations for awards.

Industrial design student takes his furniture to the next level
3 Sep, 2007
Industrial Design student Liam O'Brien has developed his own studio label 'Nightlight Studio', where he is producing and selling his own furniture collection.

June

Darrall Thompson awarded internal and external grant!
12 Jun, 2007
Senior Lecturer and Director of Teaching and Learning for the School of Design, Darrall Thompson has been awarded the Carrick Priority Project grant and a grant from the UTS Learning and Teaching Performance fund.

August

Fashion & textiles student's winning design takes UTS to the world
10 Aug, 2007
University of Technology Sydney student, Philippa Waters was the winner of the UTS and Think Positive Design competition for the most creative scarf design.

UTS animation student represents Australia in Japanese Youth Exchange Program
6 Aug, 2007
University of Technology, Sydney animation student Arthur Terzis is the 2007 Australian representative of the Japanese Global Youth Exchange Program.

UTS staff and student finalists in international embroidery award.
8 Aug, 2007
UTS Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles, Alana Clifton and 4th year fashion student Ling Chi Yuan are finalists in the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2007.

June

Industrial Design student's win good for humanity
19 Jun, 2007
Baulkham Hills student, Nyein Chan Aung's passion for design has earned him the Carl Nielsen Professional Development Award at the annual UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

Sustainability earns Industrial Design graduate international exploration
18 Jun, 2007
Ultimo graduate, Liam Ryan's excellence in environmental sustainable design has earned him The Jack Greenland Travelling Scholarship at the annual UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

UTS student wins new design 2007
5 Jun, 2007
UTS Industrial Design student Frag Woodall has won the Object Award for Design for Manufacture for 2007.

May

Winners announcement: Lancome Colour Designs Awards
1 May, 2007
On Tuesday 24 April 2007, Lancôme and the University of Technology, Sydney celebrated the 3rd Lancôme Colour Designs Awards with an opulent fashion show and black tie dinner for 150 VIP guests.

Design concept shows sheet metal can be comfortable
1 May, 2007
Furniture concepts designed from that basic building material - sheet metal - will be displayed at the University of Technology, Sydney's DAB Lab, from 3 May to 4 June

April

New appointments strengthen innovation in design sustainability at UTS
3 Apr, 2007
Students from the Faculty of DAB at UTS are set to benefit from new international strengths in digital design and sustainable cities with the appointment of six new staff in the School of Architecture and the School of the Built Environment.

2005

June

UTS student design installations... a flipping good idea!
21 Jun, 2005
A selection of UTS student design installations, 'Flip', will be a dynamic addition to Sydney Design 05, while continuing UTS' tradition of practical design education.

UTS Fashion Graduate Wins Industry Accolade

UTS, Fashion and Textile Design graduate, Reshma Ghedia has been awarded the Australian Business Limited Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Leather (TCF&L) award for 2004.

May

Design Graduate Wins Prestigious Australian Design Award
4 May, 2005

UTS Industrial design students share skills to help innovate car share service

Third-year Industrial Design students are preparing a series of design solutions for Newtown CarShare that will cover everything from making the service's cars adaptable for multiple user needs to branding, signage and web design.

Young designers go for cosmetic effect

Written by Georgina Safe, published in The Australian, p5, 30 June 2005

UTS Fashion Wins: Lancôme Colour Designs Awards

In March 2005, all 4th year students in the Bachelor of Design in Fashion & Textile Design at The University of Technology, Sydney were asked to design a mini-collection as part of the Lancôme Colour Designs Awards.

Bachelor of Design in Industrial students win at VIVID

University of Technology Sydney Industrial Design students win in the hotly contested VIVID - Vibrant Visions in Design Competition.

Master of Design now offers Majors!

From 2006, the Master of Design will offer majors in Photomedia, Furniture Design, Information Design, Interaction Design, Service Design, Sustainable System Design, Branding Design, Interior Lighting Design, Contemporary Fashion Design.

A four-way collision of brilliant student design

The University of Technology, Sydney's groundbreaking, boundary-crossing graduate design exhibition – the only exhibition of its kind in Australia – will focus both industry and public attention on the university's City campus early in December.

Visual Communication graduate in International Photography Awards

Scarlet's 'Wool to Wear' wins major innovation award

Industrial Design Graduate wins SOYA 05!

Industrial Design student wins Cormack Packaging Innovation Award

Third year Industrial Design student, Frag Woodall has won Cormack Packaging's annual Innovation Award for his one-handed, simple action closure concept for energy drinks.

Design graduates awarded in Graduate of the Year Awards

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2006

April

Public Lectures: Michael Cross & Pascal Anson: New Alchemists
5 Apr, 2006

Winners Announcement: Lancôme Colour Designs Awards

Three Fashion and Textile Design students have been announced as the winners of the 2nd Lancôme Colour Designs Awards in Australia. UTS students are the only students selected to enter this prestigious International competition.

Cecilia Heffer's solo exhibition - Lace

Laced, a solo exhibition of new work by UTS Fashion & Textile Design lecturer, Cecilia Heffer, explores the notion of creating contemporary translations of one of the oldest and most seductive form of textiles - lace.

Fashion elite come out in force to announce winners of Lancôme Colour Designs Awards

August

UTS textile students win award in the Annual Scarf Design Awards
16 Aug, 2006
Textile students Yuang Ling Chi and Danielle Van Camp, each won an award in the Annual Scarf Design Awards, Flinders Lane, Craft Victoria Melbourne.

November

Charles Wilson wins Bombay Sapphire Discovery Award
2 Nov, 2006
UTS graduate and part-time lecturer in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, Charles Wilson, has been awarded Australia's most prestigious award for emerging designers, the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award.

New bags for The Big Issue vendors
2 Nov, 2006
UTS Industrial Design student, Nichola Hunt's multipurpose bag for The Big Issue has been manufactured and delivered for distribution.

UTS students awarded for graphic design brilliance
13 Nov, 2006
University of Technology, Sydney visual communication students have won two of the five inaugural student prizes at the biannual Australian Graphic Design Association awards, a major industry event held recently in Canberra.

'DAB Documents' made known through first publication
21 Nov, 2006
The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at UTS is proud to release the first in a new series of publications, DAB Documents.

December

Qantas commends steam dishwasher in SOYA 06
4 Dec, 2006
University of Technology, Sydney Industrial Design graduate Alex Gilmour has taken out the Highly Commended award in the 2006 Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA) in the Industrial + Object Design category.

Melissa Kritsotakis' story ... now designing for Roberto Cavalli

Melissa Kritsotakis, 2004 Fashion & Textile graduate, joins Roberto Cavalli in Italy ... this is her story

UTS wins again in Bombay Sapphire Design Awards

Animation student wins our first award!

Visual Communication Graduate Director of Gang Festival

Shopfront Theatre Student Project

UTS & Powerhouse Museum join to develop Design Research

Eco-friendly design to make a splash in the dishwasher department

Environmentalists could soon be pushing for everyone to buy a dishwasher thanks to young designer Alex Gilmour.

Designs on e-learning

Senior lecturer in the Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication, Darrall Thompson is one of only nine prominent international practitioners (including two from Australia) in the field of online learning who presented a paper at the online conference, 'Learning and Teaching with Technology in Art Design and Communication' which was organised by The University of the Arts London.

Past Events

2012

April

Exhibition: Here We Are
19 Apr, 2012
An exhibition of new work by UTS Bachelor of Animation students.

Project Parlour: The Mirror Parlour
19 Apr, 2012
Kaldor Public Art Projects is hosting a free after-hours creative program called Parlour where art, music, film, performance and hands-on workshops come together within the context of major international art projects, with collaborations from the University of Technology, Sydney School of Design, N, FBi radio and The Festivalists.

Exhibition: Alternate Realities
12 Apr, 2012
An Exhibition of First Year Photographic Constructions.

Exhibition: Aaron Seymour 'The Sorrows Multiply'
3 Apr, 2012
In The Sorrows Multiply, designer Aaron Seymour explores the poetics of information and the power of design strategies to evoke the innumerable scale of contemporary events.

March

Exhibition: Jacqueline Gothe - Collaboration, Design and Country
7 Mar, 2012
This exhibition and discussions create an opportunity to reflect on and share the process and the result of the Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) Biodiversity Strategies Media Project.

Shapeshifters - the new creatives
7 Mar, 2012
The 21st century presents us with a complex and competitive world, where nations are searching for processes that deliver innovation, creativity and solutions to our biggest challenges. Can Australia compete? In this public forum, dynamic presenters, who embody a hybrid of creative industries and technology, investigate Australia’s position and future in creative innovation.

Public Lecture: Judy Annear
5 Mar, 2012
Since late 1995 Judy Annear has been Senior Curator Photographs at the Art Gallery of New South Wales where she instigated a program of collection based exhibitions.

2011

December

Material Culture: UTS Design Show
6 Dec, 2011
For the very first time, the University of Technology, Sydney will hold a curated student exhibition as an end-of-year design show, showcasing the diversity of creative engagements and across all years from first year to postgraduate level.

UTS Graduate Fashion Show 2011
6 Dec, 2011
The UTS Graduate Fashion Show profiles awe-inspiring new designs by the next generation of Australian fashion and textile designers.

November

Phase by Armando Chant at DAB LAB
30 Nov, 2011
"Phase" is a new exhibition of new fashion and textile work by Armando Chant investigating the nature of pattern on the body and its subsequent application to fashion.

UTS ID11: UTS Industrial Design graduate exhibition
29 Nov, 2011
UTS ID11 is the graduate exhibition celebrating the exceptional work of final year UTS Industrial Design students.

EXPORT: The UTS Visual Communication graduate exhibition
23 Nov, 2011
In former Carlton United Brewers’ warehouses, the 2011 Visual Communications graduate show is an an exhibition of graduate work by the Visual Communications students before they pack up and ship out.

Public Talk: Zoe Sadokierski | Type Horses
16 Nov, 2011

Designing Sydney Debate and Exhibition Opening
10 Nov, 2011