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Design Tasmania is a not-for-profit design centre dedicated since 1976 to furthering design in Tasmania through our exhibitions, collection and store. Our programs, activities and advocacy are designed to embrace diversity, encourage inclusivity and champion professionalism, bringing design to as many as possible.

Rock, Waste & Place Glaze Workshop | 2 weeks to goA limited number of places remain to our Kate Bowman Workshop. Workin...
12/06/2026

Rock, Waste & Place Glaze Workshop | 2 weeks to go

A limited number of places remain to our Kate Bowman Workshop. Working with local rock, hospitality waste and found materials, participants will investigate how place can shape a glaze palette. Through a combination of theory, discussion and hands-on material exploration, the workshop looks at how materials gathered from landscape, kitchens, construction sites and dining rooms can be transformed into ceramic surfaces.

Sat 27 June 10am-2pm at Design Tasmania

Tickets:
https://designtas.info/rock-waste-glaze-tickets

For more information:
https://designtas.info/rock-waste-glaze-workshop

The second exhibition in book-maker and photographer Ivett Dodd’s Makers exhibition series, MAKERS: The Process shifts t...
10/06/2026

The second exhibition in book-maker and photographer Ivett Dodd’s Makers exhibition series, MAKERS: The Process shifts the focus from the finished object shown at Moonah Arts Centre earlier this year, to the rich, complex journey of making – revealing the materials, decisions, experiments and stories that sit behind contemporary Tasmanian craft and design.

Among the featured makers is textile designer Michelle Maynard, whose meticulously organised, colour-coded library of second-hand fabrics reflects a practice shaped by environmental awareness and material stewardship.

“Everything was made from existing materials, second-hand and upcycled. The colour palette reflects the colours of the islands surrounding Flinders Island, in particular Big Dog Island, a mutton birding island my family had little shacks on that were built by hand. I used hand-stitching and free-hand embroidery on jewellery and accessories to reflect movement in the water, the birds and shifts in colour. I layered fabrics with holes in the upper layer, reflecting the bull kelp with the green in the waters underneath.”

MAKERS: The Process is on show now until 28 June at Design Tasmania.

Rock, Waste & Place Glaze Workshop | Tickets now available Join us for a 3.5 hour workshop with renowned Tasmanian ceram...
04/06/2026

Rock, Waste & Place Glaze Workshop | Tickets now available

Join us for a 3.5 hour workshop with renowned Tasmanian ceramic Artist Kate Bowman exploring how the materials, geology and waste streams of Tasmania can become part of a ceramic practice. This workshop is beginner-friendly and suited to ceramic artists, designers, makers and anyone interested in local materials, sustainability and the relationship between ceramics and place.

Sat 27 June 10am-2pm at Design Tasmania

Tickets:
https://designtas.info/rock-waste-glaze-tickets

For more information:
https://designtas.info/rock-waste-glaze-workshop

SAVE THE DATE!Sat 27 June 10am-2pm at Design TasmaniaHosted by Design Tasmania and led by Tasmanian ceramic artist Kate ...
29/05/2026

SAVE THE DATE!
Sat 27 June 10am-2pm at Design Tasmania

Hosted by Design Tasmania and led by Tasmanian ceramic artist Kate Bowman, Rock, Waste & Place is a 3.5-hour glaze workshop exploring how the materials, geology and waste streams of Tasmania can become part of a ceramic practice.

Working with local rock, hospitality waste and found materials, participants will investigate how place can shape a glaze palette. Through a combination of theory, discussion and hands-on material exploration, the workshop looks at how materials gathered from landscape, kitchens, construction sites and dining rooms can be transformed into ceramic surfaces.

The workshop is a direct glimpse into our Circular Hospitality project in partnership with Regional Arts Australia grounded in three live Tasmanian residency projects developed with The Agrarian Kitchen, Dier Makr and Schole. Each project began with a place, a waste stream and a question about what already existed on site: oyster shell from restaurant service, wine bottle glass, fryer oil, firebrick, abalone shell and demolition waste, all reworked into glazes, lighting and ceramic surfaces.

More info and ticket sales next Wednesday, with limited places available.
Beginner friendly and suited to ceramic artists, designers, makers and anyone interested in local materials, sustainability and the relationship between ceramics and place.

Submissions to Australia's new National Cultural Policy close at midnight, 24 May 2026. Visit nationofmakers.com.au to r...
23/05/2026

Submissions to Australia's new National Cultural Policy close at midnight, 24 May 2026. Visit nationofmakers.com.au to read the ACDC network's submission, use our drafting tool to generate your own, or find guidance on making a submission.

Your voice matters.

As artificial intelligence reshapes the creative world, the authentic and the handmade become more valuable, not less. T...
22/05/2026

As artificial intelligence reshapes the creative world, the authentic and the handmade become more valuable, not less. This is a moment of opportunity for investment into Australian designers and craftspeople. Make a submission to Australia's new National Cultural Policy before 24 May 2026 at nationofmakers.com.au.

The Australian Government is developing a new National Cultural Policy. We're calling for proper recognition and investm...
20/05/2026

The Australian Government is developing a new National Cultural Policy. We're calling for proper recognition and investment in Australia's craft and design sector, skilled designers and makers working across this country who deserve a policy framework that matches their contribution. Make a submission before 24 May.

The Australian Government is developing a new National Cultural Policy, and submissions from the public close on 24 May ...
19/05/2026

The Australian Government is developing a new National Cultural Policy, and submissions from the public close on 24 May 2026.

Design Tasmania is one of nine members of the Australian Craft and Design Centres (ACDC) network, organisations across the country supporting professional design and craft practice.

Together, we have lodged a joint submission calling for three things:

1. A 10-year workforce plan that invests in skills and career pathways for designers and makers
2. Dedicated craft and design capacity within Creative Australia, with its own mandate to advocate for and develop the design and craft sector
3. An export and tourism strategy that gets Australian designers and makers in front of global audiences.

Visit nationofmakers.com.au to make your own submission before 24 May.

Our current exhibition, ‘MAKERS: the process’, brings Ivett Dodd’s book MAKERS: Lutruwita / Tasmania to life. Step into ...
14/05/2026

Our current exhibition, ‘MAKERS: the process’, brings Ivett Dodd’s book MAKERS: Lutruwita / Tasmania to life. Step into the tactile world of ‘MAKERS: the process,’ an exhibition that honors the silent conversation between the maker and their material. Curated by Ivett Dodd, this collection moves beyond the final form to celebrate the dreaming, the doing, and the beautiful evolution of craft in Lutruwita / Tasmania.

Scott Van Tuil’s uses of diverse material experiments are on display showing the many-step processes behind each of his design models.

“Beauty is not in the physical object or space, but rather it is the experience of that object or space. I’m really interested in that. Which is why things like the experiential quality of materials is interesting to me. If you choose marble, the experience will be different to that of stainless steel, or timber, or leather.”

Have a look at Jane Bamford’s collaborative process with CSIRO scientist to create habitat for endangered species.

“My creative rationale is that artists can collaborate with scientists, using their knowledge of a material to create work with the scientific research embedded in it. This also brings the artists’ work and the scientific research to a different and larger audience. Through collaboration, I want to create an alternative career pathway for artists and creative practitioners in this time of climate change and biodiversity loss”

Open until the 31st of May. Wednesday–Saturday: 10am–3pm Sunday: 10am–2pm

Repost by This Wednesday evening, we are delighted to be in Launceston for the final salon hosted in a design studio. H...
27/04/2026

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This Wednesday evening, we are delighted to be in Launceston for the final salon hosted in a design studio.


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This will be a fabulous evening. Our conversationalists are the wonderful of Brickworks and and Michelle Boyde and .



Come along for great conversation and to farewell the design studio in style and thank .hiller74 and the Brickworks team for all the support over many years.

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