Design Canberra kicks off this week and features a jam-packed nine day program of events involving 750 participants in 70 activities held in various creative spaces around Canberra.
The festival brings together artists, designers and architects with businesses, educational and collecting institutions to focus on instigating cultural collaborations at local, regional and national levels.

There are many ANU School of art students, artists and alumni involved in various events throughout the festival, including: 

Crafted ’15
21-23 November 2015 (opening 20 November, 6pm)
Nishi Grand Stair, 25 Edinburgh Ave, NewActon

Crafted ’15 is a showcase of work by ANU furniture students, presenting physical objects made through processes of research, experimentation, discovery and growth. Exhibitors Chelsea Lemon, Chris Dalzell and Melissa Nickols spoke to Design Canberra about their work here.

Stitched Up
21-29 November 2015
Hamlet, 16 Lonsdale Street, Braddon

Also showcasing the work of craft and design disciplines at ANU, Stitched Up features new work by emerging textile artists from the School of Art Textiles workshop.

The Multiples and Production: The Unique Offering
21-29 November 2015
Suite 2, 72 Northbourne Ave

“Why make anything for a world already full of ‘stuff’?” is the provocative question posed to artists featured in The Multiples and Production: The Unique Offering exhibition. It showcases the outcomes of a new course offered by ANU School of Art which focuses on bespoke and industrial production, sustainability and disposability, exploring sites and traditions, value-laden questions, and new technologies.

Alison Jackson Open Studio
21 November 2015
Pocket Studio, Unit 5/209 Gilmore Road, Queanbeyan

Gold and silversmithing graduate Alison Jackson opens her studio to show examples of hand-made jewellery, speak about setting up her own studio, and share her design practice.

F!NK + Co workshop tour by Robert Foster
21 November 2015
25 Endurance Avenue, Queanbeyan

Gold and Silversmithing alumni Robert Foster has created some iconic Australian designs. Go behind-the-scenes to see how an internationally renowned workshop is run and how these products are made.

Maddison Jayne Design pop-up exhibition by Anna Sutherland
21-29 November 2015
Suite 2, 72 Northbourne Ave

Textiles graduate Anna Sutherland showcases the colourful, bold and patterned hand-made fabrics and homewares she sells through her design label Maddison Jayne.

Tomkins + Peoples + Woolfe pop-up exhibition
21-29 November 2015 (opening 21 November, 5:30pm)
42 – 50 Northbourne Ave

An exhibition of collaborative work by gold and Silversmithing alumni Nellie Peoples, industrial designer Sam Tomkins and cook and landscape designer Mathew Woolfe, who work together to explore how the experience of sharing a meal can provide a context for inventive design.

ANCA Design Open Day
22 November 2015
1 Rosevear Place, Dickson and 96 Hoskins Street, Mitchell

ANU School of Art graduates Oliver Ayrton, Peter Giles, Dan Lorrimer, Ruth Oliphant and Pheobe Porter open their studios to share their various design practices.

Canberra Glassworks Open Studios
21 – 22 November 2015
11 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston

Visit the workspaces of glass artists Emilie Patteson, Christine Atkins, Brian Corr, Madeleine Dornan, Marina Hanser, Deb Jurss and Jenni Kemarre Martiniello, all graduates of the ANU School of Art Glass Workshop.

M16 Artspace Open Studios and Quesadilla Bar
22 November 2015
21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith

Check out current exhibitions by ANU alumni Bruce Tunks and John Carolan, visit the studios of resident artists, and grab a bite to eat at the Quesadilla Bar!

Six Wiluna Open Studio by Elliot Bastianon
21 November 2015
6 Wiluna Street, Fyshwick

Explore the creative space shared between artists working across furniture, gold and silversmithing and sculpture and chat to studio director and ANU School of Art Furniture graduate Elliot Bastianon.

Estelle Briedis exhibition by Cox Architecture
23-27 November 2015
1/19 Eastlake Parade, Kingston

An exhibition of work by Estelle Briedis, who graduates with honours from ANU School of Art Textiles workship this year and works with pattern systems and geometric shapes in screen and digital printing.

View the entire Design Canberra program here.