ARTS FRIDAY with Claudia Chan Shaw

We met with Claudia Chan Shaw, Sydney born creative who has a career spanning art and design, photography, curating, television and radio presenting, arts commentary and more. David and I will be speaking with her on her ARTS FRIDAY radio program this week.

Kismet in 3D

Kismet in 3D Imagine being able to touch a design and then see it in 3D.  See it in a way the artist had created it in their mind to begin with, and then back to the finished design again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwekRvpEinU

Bruce Clark Memorabilia

We are very grateful for your words and in sharing the memories of your childhood, growing up with colour and beautiful designs.
We look forward to remembering your family as an important part of Australian Design History in our virtual museum.

Restoration Design with Christine Berry

Follow this incredible journey of a design from c1890’s to today – 130 years later, with Margaux Everett of Australian Museum of Design and Christine Berry who worked with Signature Hand Prints in the 1980’s. Christine was very much involved in the design studio, responsible for restoring original designs for architects, National Trust and others. Sometimes designs would be damaged, and Christine would reconstruct them by hand, and prepare them for hand printing for wallpapers.

Blume Damask

Blume Damask This intricate design consists of delicate patterns and hand drawn with multiple layers allowing several ink colours.  Originally it was used for wallpaper and the designed repeats as one across the entire roll.  To demonstrate the flexibility that we now have with the design after digitisation, we have selected a contrasting colour that […]