Top Designs Education Forums 2024

What: Museum Staff-led
When: Terms 1 to 2, See dates and times below
Duration: 60 minutes
Year level: Years 11 to VCE
Cost: $9 per student + education service fee
Minimum 20 students
Maximum 150 students
Booking information: Bookings 13 11 02
School visit information

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 23 March to Sunday 9 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

Top Designs speakers

Visual Communication and Design

Date	Times & Speakers
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 11:15am: Beci Orpin, Graphic Designer & Illustrator
Wednesday 8 May	1pm: Dr Gina Moore, Animator & Game Designer
Friday 10 May	9:30am: Paola Di Trocchio, Fashion writer, curator and speaker 11:15am: Alice Oehr, Illustrator & Designer
Thursday 16 May	9:30am: Matt Borg, Architect 11:15am: Jess McGeachin, Illustrator

Product Design & Technology

Date	Times & Speakers
Tuesday 7 May	1pm: Sophie Payne, Medical Product Designer
Wednesday 8 May	9:30am: Dr Caroline Francis, Industrial & Food Designer 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 11.15am: Lou Endicott, Illustrator

Media

Date	Times & Speakers
Thursday 9 May	9:30am: Mia McDonald, Portrait Photographer
Tuesday 14 May	9:30am: Ali McCann, Photographer

Systems

Date	Times & Speakers
Tuesday 7 May	9:30am & 11:15am: Max Plumley, Software Engineer
Thursday 9 May	11:15am: Richard Pilkington, Digital Media Systems Engineer

Theatre Studies

Date	Times & Speakers
Friday 19 April	10am: Tom Brayshaw, Theatre Production, Technical and Lighting Designer

VCE VET CDM

Date	Times & Speakers
TBC	10am: TBC

DESIGN WEEK EDITION

Date	Times & Speakers
Thursday 23 May	9:30am: 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.

Visit the Top Designs 2024 web hub

FAQ

Seminars run for 55 minutes and include a Q&A component.
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.
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.
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.
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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