Powerhouse Museum: Australian Designers at Work

Students design various commercial products for the Cincinnati Art Museum using on-line sources, past designs, and creative educational software. This lesson has excellent project ideas for various student levels including: K-2, 3-5,...

From the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia, this is "Australian Product Designer at Work" from the exhibit "Australian Designers at Work". Product design or Industrial design is presented with an exploration of the career of...

From the Powerhouse Museum of Sydney, Australia this is the graphic designer section of the on-line exhibit and activity center, "Australian Designers at Work". This page examines the life and work of graphic designer Ray Parslow.

The Powerhouse Museum presents "Australian Visual Effects Designer" from the "Australian Designers at Work" exhibit. Here you can meet the multimedia designer Toby Grime, learn about the design process he employs, and see examples of the...

The Powerhouse Museum Sydney, presents "Australian Jewelry and Housewares Designers" from the "Australian Designers at Work" exhibit. Here you can meet actual jewelry designers, learn about how they work, and see the results of their work.

To prepare for a field trip to a local art museum, art class members journal their initial reactions to a reproduction of the work they will focus on during their visit. The whole class then considers the artistic elements in the piece...

Explore the possibilities of buildings, public spaces, and architectural design. Learners examine the work of SANAA architects Sejima & Nishizawa through background information, images, and guided class discussion. This lesson...

Is there a difference between examining an original work of art and viewing a reproduction? Class members are asked to reflect on this question after researching a piece, study a reproduction of it, and the examining the original in an...

Opened in 1959, the Phoenix Art Museum contains nearly 16,000 works, with collections from around the world (American, Asian, European, Latin American, and Western American); along with Fashion Design and the Thorne Miniature Rooms as...

A lot goes into creating those exhibits viewers see at museums. Go behind the scenes with an exhibit preparator who works with a curator and a designer to mount those fascinating displays of art.