3 weeks to go!

Come share a well-earned drink with us on exhibition night - Wed 30 Nov from 6-9 pm - and enjoy the fruits of our labour!

In order to raise the $55,000+ needed to stage the CO|LAB exhibition for 70 students, all graduating Interior Designers and Decorators students have worked tirelessly throughout the year.

We found over 70 generous industry sponsors. We held a hugely successful designer auction hosted by Stylecraft. We were sponsored to run (well, walk…) the City to Surf. We sold raffle tix at Café Culture as part of Saturday In Design. Together, we have given ourselves the opportunity to stage an unforgettable exhibition for graduating students this year - CO|LAB.

In order to make the exhibition as environmentally responsible a process as possible, the majority of materials purchased will be kept to be re-used by students at Design Centre Enmore.

A huge thanks to all of our sponsors, in particular to our Platinum sponsors - Aspect Designs, Stylecraft, Brighton Australia and Sunscreen.

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Find out about another of our great sponsors... Baresque

'We are Baresque. Our imaginative products unlock the potential in our clients, partners and staff to be creative and exceed expectations, ensuring outstanding outcomes in bespoke, high-end built environments.

Whilst our business offers a multifaceted range of products and services, we’re united in our goal of being an interior solutions partner for those that seek to create impressive spaces.

We are valued for our exuberance and flair, and trusted for our dedication to getting it right, no matter how high the sights are set.'

Wall-coverings - Fabrics - Translucent Surfaces - Cladding - Horizontal Surfaces

Visit Baresque at www.baresque.com.au

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Another of our wonderful sponsors...

'Designer Rugs has a successful history, operating since 1986 in the Australian and International flooring market. We carry a unique range of hand tufted and hand knotted rug collections designed by some of Australia’s leading designers and artists. In addition, we are Australia’s leading manufacturer of high quality custom-made rugs and carpets.'

Visit Designer Rugs at www.designerrugs.com.au

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Jardan is one of our generous sponsors - find out more about their beautifully made and sustainably designed furniture by visiting their site, address below.

Comfy sofas, desirable chairs, versatile tables, detailed beds; all designed and made in Melbourne.

For more than 20 years, Jardan has been producing beautiful, well made furniture. Each piece is custom made to the exacting standards of their experienced craftspeople. A dynamic, family-owned and run Australian company, the team at Jardan takes a friendly and collaborative approach resulting in inspirational design and a world class finished product.

The in-house design studio develops each new product with a focus not only on design but the highest environmental standards. Jardan’s full range is currently accredited to the Good Environmental Choice Australia Level A.

Visit Jardan at www.jardan.com.au

CO|LAB - the concept

5 weeks out, we thought we’d share with you a little about the CO|LAB concept and exhibition design selection process.

Over our 3 or more years at Design Centre Enmore the professional interior designers, architects, decorators and draftspeople who teach us have emphasised the importance of a strong concept in realising quality design.

At the beginning of this year, all graduating Interior Design and Decoration students came together to explore the idea of ‘stretch’ and how it applied to design in general, our own design work and our future in the industry. Split up into 16 teams, we then had the task of teasing out a concept from this starting point for the design of our graduate exhibition.

In one night of presentations and voting, all kinds of concepts were presented - from thinking about the materiality of skin to pushing beyond the everyday. Students and teachers voted to select one design, with the CO|LAB concept coming up the winner. The winning team behind CO|LAB is: Sanova Amiri, Connie Condylios, Alan Foster, Tuyen Le, Elizabeth Phan and Kelly Silm.

Their unique and challenging concept is that the exhibition will be…

“an anatomic manifestation of form and function. It is an opportunity to explore our selves as single cells that collaborate for a common purpose. CO|LAB as an event will invite guests to enter and experience students’ work as individuals and as a collective.”

Based around the idea of collaboration being integral to all design processes, students’ work will be displayed on custom-designed mega-light boxes – as a collective - or intimate stands - as individual cells linked together. Multi-media and light will play important roles in the creation of the exhibition spaces and experience.

Next week we’ll post more about the process of developing the exhibition design – stay tuned!

CO|LAB - The countdown begins

With 6 weeks to go until the CO|LAB Interior Design + Decoration Graduate Exhibition 2011, here's a teaser to kick start the countdown:

Get excited!

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COLLABORATE AND DESIGN
This blog has been set up to represent and promote the work of Design Centre Enmore graduating Interior Design and Interior Decoration students (degree, advanced diploma and diploma).

Each year, graduating students work together to design, fund and stage an exhibition. This high-profile event represents the culmination of our studies and gives us the opportunity to show the design community our work, ideas and collaborations. This year’s exhibition will take place November 22 2011.

During the year, this blog will feature graduate exhibition information, students’ work, fundraising events, and interviews with industry.

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CO|LAB
Each year the graduate exhibition design is decided in a competition between students, with 16 design teams this year presenting a wide variety of concepts and layouts.

The winning team for the 2011 exhibition presented their concept CO|LAB and won with overwhelming support from the student and teaching body. The team includes – Sanova Amiri, Connie Condylios, Alan Foster, Tuyen Le, Elizabeth Phan and Kelly Silm.

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CO|LAB DESIGN STATEMENT
The CO|LAB exhibition is an anatomic manifestation of form and function. It is an opportunity to explore our selves as single cells that collaborate for a common purpose. CO|LAB as an event in itself is a membrane that invites guests to enter and experience Interior Design and Decoration as individuals and as a collective.

You will find images of the CO|LAB design proposal here and we will soon present a video interview with the design team, with much more to come – watch this space!

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SUPPORT
Check out our regular updates, interviews and features on this blog and on our facebook page and spread the word! We are also seeking industry support to fund the exhibition. Monetary and product sponsorship is needed, contact us for information on our Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum sponsorship packages.