30 June 2009
Acclaimed architects and design commentators reflect on the cities, eras, inventions and trends that have inspired them.
Steven Pozel is the director of Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design in Sydney.
The precinct with the most notable examples of fine architecture…
As a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright, there is no better place to stroll the streets than in the Chicago suburb Oak Park... [which was] contributed to by more than a dozen architects, including Walter Burley Griffin.
The holiday that rejuvenates creativity…
A grand tour of the great design epicentres: Helsinki, Copenhagen, London, Milan, New York, Tokyo.
Most useful design trend of the past decade…
Sustainable design solutions. While design is often thought to be about aesthetics, it is also about solving problems that can affect our future. Sustain-able design at its best uses low-impact materials, is energy-efficient, is durable and has an “afterlife”.
The period that most chimes with you…
The modernist period. I’ve always admired the simplification of form in this period. In architecture it was brought about by new materials such as steel and glass, which in turn drove innovative building techniques.
Source: Qantas The Australian Way July 2009