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Perth's Got Talent

It took travelling to the other side of the country to realise what amazing designers we have here on the sunset coast. I had already fallen in love with more than half of the designs before I looked up to the title of the stand and saw they were all students of Central Institute of Technology in Perth. I guess I could blame my seven year absence, but I was unaware that Central had such a prolific design scene and was more than just a place for short night courses in exotic languages - forgive me, that was my only experience. I am so happy to be shown my ignorance. Vivid was the first exhibit at Decor + Design that I walked through, and it wasn't until I saw the separate CIT stand that I realised so many of the entrants (and successful ones at that) were from my home town of Perth. Not to mention that more than half of the student entrants in the VIVID Design Competition were from WA - including CIT, University of Western Australia (UWA) and Curtin University (my home turf!). Go West!

I've tried not to be too limiting of my selection of designs that I found at the conference, so if you notice that your design is not here, just know that I was so overwhelmed by the talent, I may have forgotten to grab a card or scribble a note. For now, enjoy all this sunny WA talent and I'm sure I'll have another post soon with more.

Aerial Chair by Megan Devenish-Krauth, industrial designer at Megmeg, Perth.
{Aerial Chair by Megan Devenish-Krauth, industrial designer at Megmeg. I want this!}

Claire Morgan Furniture Designer/Maker, Chair in beech. More #Perth #Design on the blog
{Claire Morgan Furniture Designer/Maker, Chair in beech}

{Claire Morgan Furniture Designer/Maker, Credenza exploring six global cities' population and topology}

The 3D Hat rack by Jason Koch's Wong Brother Design. More #Perth #Design on the blog
{The 3D Hat rack by Jason Koch's Wong Brother Design, Curtin Uni. I also got a giggle out of their tagline - When it's Wong, it's right!}

Yulia Holil from CIT presented the Sandwiched shelf - and won the VIVID Green Award for 2014. More #Perth #Design on the blog
{Yulia Holil from CIT presented the Sandwiched shelf - and won the VIVID Green Award for 2014!}

Point 45 by Shannon Riddle Industrial Design. More #Perth #Design on the blog
{Point 45 by Shannon Riddle Industrial Design}

Jack Frost's Italic Desk Lamp, Curtin Uni. More #Perth #Design on the blog
{Jack Frost's Italic Desk Lamp, Curtin Uni}

The T-box by Kianoosh Kavoosi, CIT. More #Perth #Design on the blog
{The T-box by Kianoosh Kavoosi, CIT}

Tent by Amy Perejuan-Capone of Horse on Toast. The Tent is called A Tale of Two Fishes (Visual Diary 2013/2014). More #Perth #Design on the blog
{Tent by Amy Perejuan-Capone of Horse on Toast. The Tent is called A Tale of Two Fishes (Visual Diary 2013/2014), currently on exhibition at Paper Mountain, Northbridge. Photo by Dean Turner}

Amy Perejuan Capone of Horse on Toast. Reykjavik Cabinet. More #Perth #Design on the blog
{The Reykjavik Cabinet by Amy Perejuan-Capone of Horse on Toast. Photo by Dean Turner}

If this is the quality of designs that are coming out of this one group, I can't wait to go to future graduation exhibitions, if only to say I saw them before they were world-famous designers! Congratulations to the students and educators for producing such a high quality of design and workmanship and proving that no one has to go interstate or overseas to source unique and stunning designs.

xo Romona

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