"Dinosaur Designs" & "Encounters", Tokyo Designers Block 2003

An Exhibition of Contemporary Jewellery and Homewares

"The Australianness of our work is directly expressed in its brightness of colours and references to the natural environment".
(Louise Olsen, Dinosaur Designs)

The Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Object, will present a Dinosaur Designs exhibition at the Spiral Building in October 2003, as part of Ancient Future - Australian Arts Festival 2003 and the International Tokyo Designers Block.

The Dinosaur Designs team, Louise Olsen, Stephen Ormandy, and Lianne Rossler, are some of Australia's most exciting and talented designers. From the bohemian market stalls of Paddington (Sydney), the three designers over 20 years have built up a highly visible and successful design based business, operating its own stores in Australia and New York.

Dinosaur Designs offers Japan some of Australia's most creative and grooviest jewellery and homewares. Carefully hand made from polyester resin, the trio of designers fashion chunky jewellery and homewares in a limitless range of bright and hypnotic colours in a simple yet distinctive style.

Their work has received tremendous respect and admiration on an international scale as well as becoming a significant icon of Australian design.

From London to New York, Dinosaur Designs' eclectic range of works have won over the hearts, necks, fingers, and tables of celebrities such as Elle McPherson, Kylie Minogue, and Naomi Campbell.

Dinosaur Designs will be exhibiting at Tokyo Designers Block along with many other highly acclaimed Australian designers.

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