There are often moments of brilliance when the creativity and bright-eyed enthusiasm of design graduates is put on show.   This is indeed true in the current exhibition put together by RMIT School of Design (TAFE) Interior Decoration + Design at Trades Hall in Melbourne.

The students, who much to our delight designed the exhibition space themselves, set a brief embracing re-use. Some might call it exhibition design for the GFC, but our eyes tell us that a tight brief can have amazing outcomes. Having seen makedo at State of Design they thought our little clips might be a fun way to put the whole thing together and what has emerged is a stunning sculptural array of geometric facets, each presenting the work of a student. We dropped in briefly today to offer Maisha as guardian to the exhibition. She looks so contemplative sitting on her wall, we just hope she puts on a smile when the opening party kicks off. Watch this space for pics from the opening.  

For those in Melbourne, you can see the ID + D 09 Graduation Exhibition at Trades Hall from November 25-27, 10am-4pm.

UPDATE:  See below for some more pics of the opening and from earlier preparations…

A highlight of the design calendar in Adelaide, South Australia, the inaugural Bowerbird Bazaar will be held at Queen’s Theatre from October 9-11. As a showcase of Australian design driven art & wares, it will provide fertile ground for the growth of a makedo tree.  

Seeking to bring awareness to the public about the amount of disposed materials in our daily lives, visitors will use makedo to clip their coffee cups to the branches, which will steadily bloom into a majestic tree during the course of the show.
With an address in Playhouse Lane, it sounds as though they’re off to a good start before the show even begins.

Bowerbird Bazaar is an initiative supported by Craftsouth.

Our giant friend makes another visit, this time in the cavernous space of Earl’s Court, London.  Watch him reconstruct in the following stop-motion clip as he stands in sombre contemplation of the week ahead…

He will not be standing there alone for long.  From September 24 - 27 the space will come alive as a part of Doing It For The Kids, an exhibition of sustainable play design under the [re]design banner for this year’s 100% Design London Festival.  In a show that aims to inspire designers, educators and parents to be more critical and creative, there are sure to be some surprises in store.  In the meantime, Kong and a host of other makedo creations have more construction to do - so stay tuned.