Top Designs Education Forums 2024
- What
- Museum Staff-led
- When
- Terms 1 to 2, See dates and times below
- Duration
- 60 minutes
Accessibility - Year level
- VCE
- Cost
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$9 per student + education service fee
Minimum 20 students
Maximum 150 students - Booking information
- Bookings 13 11 02
Explore furniture, fashion, graphic and product design, set, prop and costume design, film, print layout, photography, animation, web design, and mechanical and electronic projects created by students of VCE Media, Product Design and Technology, Systems Engineering, Theatre Studies, Visual Communication Design and VCE VET design studies.
Top Designs runs from Saturday 24 March – Sunday 14 July.
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Forums featuring VCAA representatives and industry speakers are offered in all studies as on-site presentations in the Melbourne Museum Theatre. Introductory talks are also available for selected studies.
Industry speakers will appear below as they are confirmed.
Speaker Bios
Visual Communication and Design
Date | Times & Speakers |
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Monday 25 March |
9:30am: Jo Pritchard, Visual Design Manager, Museums Victoria |
Tuesday 26 March |
9:30am: Jess Louey, Graphic Designer, Museums Victoria |
Wednesday 27 March |
9:30am: Katherine Horseman, Architect |
Wednesday 8 May |
1pm: Dr Gina Moore, Animator & Game Designer |
Friday 10 May |
9:30am: Paola Di Trocchio, Fashion writer, curator and speaker |
Thursday 16 May |
9:30am: Matt Borg, Architect |
Product Design & Technology
Date | Times & Speakers |
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Tuesday 7 May |
1pm: Sophie Payne, Medical Product Designer |
Wednesday 8 May |
11:15am: Leah Heiss, Medical Device Designer |
Thursday 9 May |
1pm: Dr. Charlie Ranscombe, Product Design Engineer |
Tuesday 14 May |
11:15am: Kristy Dickinson (Haus of Dizzy), Fashion Designer |
Wednesday 15 May |
9:30am: Leah Heiss, Medical Device Designer |
Media
Date | Times & Speakers |
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Thursday 9 May |
9:30am: Mia McDonald, Portrait Photographer |
Systems
Date | Times & Speakers |
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Tuesday 7 May |
11:15am: Max Plumley, Software Engineer |
Thursday 9 May |
11:15am: Richard Pilkington, Digital Media Systems Engineer |
Theatre Studies
Date | Times & Speakers |
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Friday 19 April |
10am: Tom Brayshaw, Theatre Production, Technical and Lighting Designer |
DESIGN WEEK EDITION
Date | Times & Speakers |
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Thursday 23 May |
10am: Hailey Cooperrider, game designer and collaboration designer |
This event is part of Melbourne Design Week 2024, an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the NGV.
Visit the Top Designs 2024 web hub
You can take a virtual tour of the exhibition, view the works, request exemplar folio pages, download a catalogue of works and find accessibility resources.
FAQ
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Seminars run for 55 minutes and include a Q&A component.
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Unfortunately, we are only offering in-person sessions at this stage. Please contact our Bookings team with requests for online forums. We may run these later in May.
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Due to child privacy laws, we are unable to record the sessions. But we offer them regularly to maximise the opportunity for all students to attend.
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No, these programs are developed to be booked by a teacher and delivered to a class of students. Home school networks are of course welcome to book programs.
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Booking prices to view the exhibition alone (without attending a talk) are as follows:
- $25 for groups less than 10
- $45 for groups of 10–50
- $65 for groups of 51–100
- $85 for groups of 101+
These bookings can be made through the Museums Victoria Bookings team by emailing: [email protected]
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