New online look for design festival

The fifth State of Design Festival is set to change this year, with a new look website.

Held between July 14 – 25, the 2010 festival presents a broad program, under the theme Change by Design.

This year’s Festival boasts four major programs: Design Capital business program, Design for
Everyone public program, a trade fair Design:Made:Trade and the biennial Premier’s Design
Awards, which recognises design excellence in Victoria.

New events will include Lightsource, a commercial lighting exhibition for lighting designers, manufacturers and distributors and NEXT, a commercial exhibition space for companies seeking to promote innovative and eco-designed new products to the Australian market.

Last year more than 130,000 local and international visitors attend the festival, positioning it as one of Victoria’s premier platform to showcase design achievements.

An initiative of the Victorian Government, the State of Design Festival aims to increase the possibility of businesses using design as well as demonstrate how design can change the lives of Victorians.

Visit the new 2010 website: stateofdesign.com.au