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Smart works: Design and the handmade

Start Date 29 March 2007
End Date 04 November 2007
Venue Powerhouse Museum
Location Sydney, Australia
Curator Grace Cochrane
Designer Claudia Brueheim 
Graphic designer Danny Jacobsen 

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory board. Supported by Creative New Zealand

This exhibition looks at the inspirational work of 40 Australian and New Zealand designers and makers. It explores what ‘the handmade’ means to them in relation to contemporary design and manufacture. Smart Works features furniture, lighting, metalwork, glass, jewellery, ceramics, textiles and fashion. 

Image Courtesy of MAAS Powerhouse, Sydney. Photo: Jean Francois Lanzarone