Exhibition21 Jun – 17 Aug 2019
Melbourne Modern: European art & design at RMIT since 1945
In the wake of World War II hundreds of exiled and displaced European artists, architects and designers arrived in Melbourne and sought…
Melbourne Modern: European Art & Design at RMIT since 1945 | European Influence in Design
Hear how RMIT changed the face of design, with influential industrial designers Robert Pataki & Philip Zmood in conversation with Ian Wong.
About the speakers
Robert Pataki Industrial designer Robert Pataki is perhaps best known for his work on the design of the 1984 Safe n’ Sound baby capsule, which won an Australian Design Award and Design Council Selection in 1985 and the Prince Philip Prize for Australian Design in 1986.
Philip Zmood Automotive designer Phillip Zmood helped conceive some of Australia’s most iconic cars, including the Holden Torana, Monaro, Kingswood and Commodore.
Ian Wong Ian Wong is an industrial designer with over thirty years of professional practice experience. Ian is currently a director of EJO a small multi discipline design studio. He is Program Director – Master of Industrial Design at the Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou) and Director of the Monash Art Design and Architecture Industrial Design Centre (Kunshan).
This venue is wheelchair accessible. RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.
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