The Design Academy Eindhoven

The Design Academy Eindhoven is The Netherlands formost Design school. The school offers students an opportunity to study degrees & postgraduate studies based on a thematic approach. The design department offers themes including:

• Man And Activity
• Man And Communication
• Man And Identity
• Man And Leisure
• Man And Living
• Man And Mobility
• Man And Public Space
• Man And Well Being

The study program is based on Man's ability to relate to these needs & wishes.

To quote the school: "Man is able to adjust his environment to the needs and wishes of a certain time. This ability results in various outcomes, ranging from decadent to socially extremely relevant and from pitiful to very tasteful. Our faith is not in the hands of destiny, we ourselves have power over the possible scenarios for the future. And that is exactly what studying at Design Academy Eindhoven is all about. Design does not just involve tangible matters. It also tacklesissues such as the organisation of health care or the routingat Schiphol Airport.Design is not merely a matter of aesthetics. On the contrary. A designer searches for the right concept within a given context. This implies keeping a close eye at what happens around you. What does it teach you? What do your head, heart and intuition tell you? Can you use a different approach or an experiment to reach a revolutionary solution? Studying at Design Academy Eindhoven means getting some hard work done, developing your own methods, finding out where your strength lies. The academy will guide you through this process and challenge you to continuously work with your talents and develop your personality until you are an authentic and professional designer".

Their website is quite inspiring The Design Academy Eindhoven

New award in memory of Kate Derum

Kate Derum Award for Small Tapestries 2011

Kate Derum was the wife of (former) long time Northland Secondary College staff member Brian Derum. It is great to see that this award will keep Kate's memory alive and will celebrate tapestry as a wonderful artform. *The following article is courtesy of The Australian Tapestry Workshop... You can find them here: http://www.austapestry.com.au/

The Australian Tapestry Workshop Kate Derum Award has been established to honour Kate's memory and her contribution to tapestry. This non acquisitive award is open to all professional Australian and International tapestry artists. Finalists will be invited to submit a tapestry for display in an exhibition at the Australian Tapestry Workshop from 20 October - 18 November 2011.
The Kate Derum Small Tapestry Award exhibition of selected finalists opens at the ATW gallery Thursday 20th October 6pm, till Friday 18th November. 
This award has been generously funded by the Tapestry Foundation of Australia.

Please contact Sara Lindsay on slindsay@austapestry.com.au
or
call 9699 7885.

FOLIO PREPARATION WINS THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT'S COMMUNITY CHALLENGE!

We have won the 2012 Sketchbook Project Community Challenge! The Sketchbook Project is an international art project run by the Brooklyn NY Art library where artists apply for a skecthbook, fill it and then return it to the library. The sketchbooks then tour internationally. 

To quote the Arthouse Co-op:
"The 2012 Sketchbook Project Community Challenge votes have been tallied! Thanks to everyone who nominated a local group for the contest — we’ve been amazed by the response and feel so motivated to see such wonderful people and organizations working hard to make their communities shine.

Although we initially decided to select five winning groups, we just couldn’t stop there. We’re proud to announce that the top 10 nominated organizations will all receive free entries to the project!  

Beginning August 19, each group will be listed on the 2012 Sketchbook Project sign-up page. Each time anyone signs up for the Project, that artist will be able to select one of these 10 organizations to receive a free entry.

Each group will continue to earn entries for the duration of the contest (as groups reach their goals, their names will be removed from the sign-up page).
So remember to encourage friends and supporters who’ve been thinking about joining the 2012 Sketchbook Project to sign up starting August 19 and earn free entries for your Community Challenge winners!

And the winners are…

1. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
2. City of Palo Alto Children’s Art Program
3. Bridges for Brain Injury
4. Beads of Courage
5. Generation Rwanda
6. Harmony Science Academy
7. LA County High School for the Arts
8. Northland Design Studies
9. University Park Creative Arts Elementary
10. Beragh Youth Club

More details to come! Thanks again to all the wonderful nominees and congratulations to the winners!"


...copied from The Art House Co-op blog with thanks

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NDS continues to actively network with our ex students whether studying, in Industry or working in other unrelated fields. Post on our wall to let us know what you are up to. We will happily plug your business, website, upcoming exhibition or whatever else! Alternatively, contact us directly by email or through Facebook

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DARE TO BE CREATIVE!

This is a topical article from this months Desktop magazine by Simon Ashford - particularly for us as art & design educators. Well worth a read...

http://desktopmag.com.au/careers/industry-tips-dare-to-be-creative/

...and I quote: "So my advice to any young designer is to play fearlessly and tenaciously. Use Google; but ask it great questions. And question the answers you get. Read design blogs. They are food. Understand where the clichés are. Suspend the voice in your head that evaluates your ideas. Allow them to sit on the page and mingle with the other ideas. Move way beyond your first idea".

AGIDEAS Futures

NDS students are off to AGIDEAS futures tonight. Hope it is as inspiring as today's forum was.