New database: Artfilms Digital

Artfilms Digital is a new database currently on trial with a collection of unique video resources for arts education. Relevant for both interior and industrial design.

QUThinking: Research and Ideas for the built environment

The conference QUThinking: Research and Ideas for the built environment was held at the Queensland University of Technology on the 11th November 2011.

http://www.bee.qut.edu.au/research/events/quthinking/about.jsp

Researches developed address contemporary issues, such as urban resilience, social sustainability, innovative design and technologies.

Keynote Addresses

Professor Acram Taji – Director – International Graduate Research – Division of Research and Commercialisation

Mr Don Albert – Founding member & Design Principal Don Albert & Partners

Conference abstracts

A copy of the abstract can be downloaded from the links below.

QUThinking abstracts 2011 – PDF

99% invisible: a tiny radio show about design.

A tiny radio show about design, architecture & the 99% invisible activity that shapes our world.  Catch this show at 99% invisible to listen to such diverse articles from the engineering feat of the pyramids to the creation of the teddy bear.

New Titles in the Library

Look out for  new books arriving in the library every month.

Google Scholar Citation Tool

 

Google Scholar has now released their Google Scholar Citation Tool. This tool allows you to check who is citing your publications, graph citations over time, and compute several citation metrics. As well, you can also make your profile public, so that it may appear in Google Scholar results when people search for your name More information on how to get access and set this tool up can be obtained from the Google Scholar Blog http://googlescholar.blogspot.com/2011/11/google-scholar-citations-open-to-all.html.  As with Publish or Perish there are still limitations but it does go someway to making collation of Google Scholar citations easier.

ASIA PACIFIC DESIGN LIBRARY – State Library of Queensland: Upcoming Events

Nielson Design Lecture

Internationally renowned architect, Bruce Mau is coming to State Library for the annual Nielson Design Lecture series! World-leading visionary, innovator, designer and author, Mau is committed to creative, healthy, ecological and economic abundance. If you’ve missed out on tickets, the lecture will be live streamed in State Library’s Knowledge Walk.

Wed 23 Nov, 7pm/slq Auditoriaum 1, level 2

Stephen Wiltshire draws Brisbane

Witness the unique artistry of Stephen Wiltshire as he sketches a detailed panorama of Brisbane, purely from memory after a single helicopter fly-over. Stephen has gained worldwide acclaim for his large scale and highly detailed drawings of many of the world’s great cities, with his work held in a number of significant international collections.

Sat 26 – Tue 29 Nov/ Knowledge Walk, level 1

Green Nation

Artisan, Queensland’s peak body for promoting unique and individual quality crafted design, launches its latest exhibition ‘Green Nation’ 6pm, Thursday 17 November. The show features living and growing artworks from a range of local and international names and runs until 21 December. For more info visit www.artisan.org.au

INSIDE Design Magazine

Launched in 2010 as part of World Architecture News (WAN), the leading digital publisher to the global architectural community  Interiors + Design has become a leading major resource for the latest international interior design projects and innovative design products for the architecture community.

Incorporating a free e-newsletter, INSIDE, along with breaking news,  a bookstore, event listings, expert comments and interior projects and products from around the world, Interiors + Design reaches out to architects, designers and suppliers across the globe.