As the centrepiece of the South Perth Fiesta Finale, Unwrapped: South Perth will showcase more than 70 designers at Sir James Mitchell Park, overlooking the Swan River.
 
As always, there will be a huge range of fantastic products on sale from local designers - from photography and art, to jewellery and menswear. Please mark these details in your diary:

1pm to 6pm
Saturday 6 March
Sir James Mitchell Park (near Coode Street Jetty)
South Perth foreshore

The Weather Ring is onto its second issue, and lots has happened in the city since the Perth architecture/design mag launched last February.

The Weather Ring is the brainchild of Perthites Andrew Murray & Clare Wohlnick and is an attempt to chronicle and display the many facets of design in the state, from architecture to graphic and packaging design, past, present and future.

This issue features Tom Freeman writing on materials, a CODA Studio redesign of a rehab farm, recollections of a Montessori childhood, and a fascinating interview with veteran graphic designer Rick Lambert.
Printed copies of The Weather Ring are now available at FORM on Murray, or online on their blog.

"I’ve always seen the park bench as a good metaphor for good urban space. You sit on them, you fall in love on them, you eat your sandwiches on them, you get drunk on them, you carve your name and your girlfriend’s name on them…” (Andrew Shoben, director of UK collective Greyworld)

Urban Designers around the world argue that the park bench is a good metaphor for good urban spaces. Jan Gehl’s Public Space Public Life research revealed that Perth has increased its cafe chair seats by 74% since 1993. Improvements to our streetscapes since the initial report have been fundamental to the increasing number of people enjoying Perth’s streets.

What does design have to offer to a biotech revolution?

'Think outside the parking box'

Nissan and Designboom have launched an international graphic design competition in search of a cutting edge design to challenge the concept of conventional urban parking. 

Nissan's new vehicle, the Qashqai, is being pitched as 'Urbanproof'. Designs for the competition 'may challenge any element of urban parking... Ideas must challenge current perceptions of urban parking and offer a tougher, sleeker, or even playful rendering of it.'¹

Design Process will see King street retailers collaborating with local creative talent to present an interpretation of the process behind all facets of design.

Opening night will involve installations and/or performance in the retailer's window space from 5pm and an exhibition from all artists involved at the Wellington Projects gallery space from 7pm.

Anette's work is now available at FORM on Murray

357 Murray Street, Perth | Ph: 08 9226 2161 | E: shop@form.net.au

Handmade in Australia

Words by Catherine Charles

SymbioticA and The Bureau of Ideas present a discussion about the social, cultural and ethical implications of existing, and emerging technologies.

London designers Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby descend on the Hyde Park Hotel on Monday, using design as a medium to stimulate discussion and debate amongst designers, industry and the public.

What: Public design presentation full of awesomeness

Where: Hyde Park Hotel

When: Monday 3rd August, 6-9pm

by Hafsteinn Juliusson

23rd July - 2nd August, 2009