State of Design Festival

Description
The State of Design Festival is Victoria's peak design event, held 14-25 July 2010. The Festival covers many cross-disciplinary design agendas relating to the profession of design and the marketplace that it provides to. The Festival offers both local and international conversations on design, with a focus on design from across Victoria. Through partner organisations and brand alliances, the Festival links Victorian design into the global design conversation, offering an understanding of the Victorian design context, the opportunities and the successes. Under one Festival umbrella the best local designers are honoured through the biennial Premier's Design Awards to be held again in 2010, whilst others are discovered at our trade fair, Design Made Trade. Get involved and unearth metropolitan and regional talents in our satellite program Design for Everyone, or come and listen as some of the world's most esteemed designers and design-focused business leaders share their knowledge and insight at the design and business conference Design Capital. Come and see why Victoria is Australia's centre for design excellence and Melbourne, its design capital. The State of Design Festival 2010 will again work towards shaping Australia's design future. Join in and be inspired.