Winners of new design 2006! announced
29 March 2006
Object Gallery is pleased to announce the prize-winners in new design 2006! The prizes catapult winners into the public eye, earning them acclaim and exceptional professional opportunities.
OBJECT GALLERY AWARD FOR DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE
Kasia Bilinski – University of Technology, Sydney (NSW)
SPECIAL COMMENDATION
Campbell Boyer – University of New South Wales (NSW)
OBJECT GALLERY AWARD FOR STUDIO-BASED PRACTICE
Janice Vitkovsky – Australian National University (ACT)
SPECIAL COMMENDATION
Tavita Havea – Australian National University (ACT)
An exciting newcomer to Australian fashion design, Kasia Bilinski manipulates and transforms materials, adhering to a strict concept of black and white colour gradation. Bilinski aims to refine complex and layered objects until they represent expressions of themselves in their simplest forms.
Janice Vitkovsky glass sculptures are living and fluid, changing according to how the work is viewed. The pattern, which travels all the way through the glass, creates a moire affect, thus transforming the viewer’s interaction with the work.
A panel of judges selected the winners: Steven Pozel (Director, Object), Libby Sellers (Curator, Design Musuem, London), Patrick Greene (CEO, Museum Victoria), David Clark (Editor, Vogue Living), Catarina Vignando (General Manager, Craft Australia) and Anne Watson (Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, Powerhouse Museum).
