Women in Design 2024

Full weekend - Cocktail Opening, Colloquium, Long-table networking Dinner

with Design Tasmania's Artistic Director, Michelle Boyde

Fri 1 November, 6-10pm: Cocktail opening at Design Tasmania
Sat 2 November, 9-4.30pm: Speaker sessions hosted by Professor Harriet Edquist and Dr Helen Norrie + lunch and morning & afternoon tea
Sat 2 November, 6-10pm: Long-table networking dinner by chef Jamie Yates, with designer Marlo Lyda

Cocktail Event

An evening cocktail event at Design Tasmania on Friday 1 September will commence the event, with the colloquium’s renowned long table networking dinner at Design Tasmania on Saturday night at its conclusion. This year’s dinner will be design-led by Marlo Lyda, in collaboration with much-loved local chef Jamie Yates.

Full day Colloquium

The full-day symposium on Saturday 2 November at UTAS Launceston will commence with an opening address from Professor Edquist, followed by talks from three senior women in publishing, exhibitions, collections and events:

Dr Karen Burns, architectural historian and theorist at the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, and co-editor of The Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture, 1960-2020
Dr Megan Patty, Head of Publications, Photographic Services and Library at the National Gallery of Victoria, and Founding Curator of the Melbourne Art Book Fair
Justine Clark, Co-Founder of Parlour, an award-winning advocacy group for gender equality in the architecture industry

A panel discussion with the three speakers, led by Professor Edquist, will follow.

The afternoon’s session is convened by Dr Norrie, with six pioneering women designers from Tasmania and interstate, presenting a particular aspect of their practice in a series of rapid-fire short presentations. A round table discussion will follow to discuss how their various practices explore new paradigms, create emergent design ecosystems, and the value of collective work to support diverse design futures.

Participants include:

Vanessa Ward: systems-led regenerative design
Emma Bugg: jewellery practitioner and artist
Simone Bliss: landscape architect
Liz Walsh: architect
Marta Figueiredo: speculative furniture maker and artist
Marlo Lyda: furniture maker and curator

Long Table Networking Dinner

The day will culminate in a long-table networking dinner - five courses of shared gourmet plates featuring local fare with table wine by some of Tasmania's best producers and vineyards. Presented by widely-loved Tasmanian chef Jamie Yates with Sydney-based, Design Academy of Eindhoven-trained designer, Marlo Lyda, who uses everything from waste to weed trees to produce thoughtful, narrative-based objects for sustainable futures.

Dinner includes an introduction and artist talk by Jamie Yates and Marlo Lyda, and informal in-conversation between Design Tasmania's Artistic Director Michelle Boyde and co-founder of Design Tasmania, Pat Cleveland.

Location:
Design Tasmania
Corner of Brisbane & Tamar Streets
Launceston

Note: Tickets to the full colloquium are $275.00 (plus booking fees)

For Saturday night's long-table dinner (only) | $150.00 (plus booking fees)
Tickets are available here: https://designtas.info/WiDFrid...

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For more information: www.designtasmania.com.au
Contact us: info@designtasmania.com.au
(03) 6331 5505