ACE HOTEL

Date: Friday 16th September 2022

Time: 2pm - 5pm

Location: Ace Hotel, 47-53 Wentworth Ave, Sydney

Price: $10 - Per event

The first Australian incarnation of the famed US hotel brand, Ace Hotel Surry Hills is the hospitality partner of Sydney Design Week 2022. A range of events, talks and hospitality experiences will take place around the hotel, in spaces designed by David Flack and Fiona Lynch.

A selection of new work by Sydney-based designer/makers, curated by David Flack, will be on view throughout the lobby and lounge areas.

Inspired by the rich history of Surry Hills and the warm, cinematic colour palette of the Australian landscape, Ace Hotel Sydney is the perfect venue to host a series of activations about Sydney Design.

Tickets can be purchased for individual events. A day pass can be purchased for Friday at Ace, giving access to all panels and a complimentary drink at Kiln in the evening.

Panel 1: Making Sydney | 2-2:45pm

Leaders from the fields of urban planning and public policy, landscape design, First Nations curatorship, and sustainability unite for a panel discussion focusing on the dynamics of Sydney. Featuring HY William Chan, Grace Mortlock, Emily McDaniel, and hosted by Sydney Design Week Creative Director Stephen Todd.

Panel 2: Designer Makers| 3-3:45pm

A discussion about the evolving nature of design and a consideration of pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial creativity with David Flack, Nell, Elliat Rich, Sanné Mestrom and host Karen McCartney.

Panel 3: Taste Makers | 4-4:45pm

Style leaders of Sydney’s best restaurants, including Fiona Lynch, Mitch Orr, Alex Kelly and Stuart Couzens with Australian Financial Review food critic Jill Dupleix.