Open_collab is an international collaborative workshop created by renowned designer Patrick Thomas (Berlin). It encourages experimentation and collaboration through design.
On March 14, 313RGB, Wayne Smith and Okay Kiosk will present the Australian edition of Open_Collab as part of Melbourne Design Week 2020. Participants and industry professionals will work together, responding to the theme of ‘Global/Local’. Participants will get a unique opportunity to learn from each other, utilising random image-making processes that provoke unexpected juxtapositions and chance encounters.
14 March 2020
10:00am—4:00pm
5:00pm—7:00pm
Collingwood
Open_collab: Global/Local features a full day workshop lead by Industry Mentors, followed by a free opening showcasing artwork produced on the day. The whole event will be documented with a printed publication for sale after the day.
The workshop is aimed at students, educators and professionals at any stage of their careers. It will help participants to appreciate the importance of teamwork and allow you to view your own work from a new perspective, demonstrating what we are capable of achieving when we work together to reach a common goal. Purchasing tickets to this unique event connects you and Melbourne with the broader worldwide design community by taking part in Patrick Thomas’s Open_collab project.
Open_collab: Global/Local brings together a broad mix of Design talent from Australia and beyond, to be industry mentors at the workshop.
Open_collab: Global/Local is part of Melbourne Design Week 2020, an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the NGV.
is a graphic artist, author and educator currently living and working in Berlin. Thomas utilises multidisciplinary techniques in his work including over-printing, processing and coding - making commentary on socio-political movements.
He is a professor at ABK - Stuttgart, member of Alliance Graphique Internationale, exhibited artist across five continents and published Protest Stencil Toolkit through Laurence King Publishing.
@xpatrickthomas
is a multidisciplinary creative and Design Lecturer. As 313RGB he has produced large scale events and exhibitions including: Up Over Down Under™ — an exhibition of The Designers Republic™ with agIdeas International Design Week and Sound to Light in conjunction with MONA for Dark Mofo.
is a Designer and Design Educator working for various studios and cultural institutions across Australia and the UK. He predominantly works in music, the arts and social enterprises.
is a Polish born creative who combines design, photography and animation under the alias of Okay Kiosk. She runs workshops combining paper-craft and stop-motion animation at RMIT.
Open_collab Workshops have taken place in countries across the globe including:
Open_collab: Global/Local acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate: the Wurundjeri people and Elders past and present of the Kulin nations.
Open_collab: Global/Local acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate: the Wurundjeri people and Elders past and present of the Kulin nations.
opencollab.eventbrite.com.au
14 March 2020
10:00am—4:00pm
5:00pm-7:00pm
Collingwood
Open_collab: Global/Local is part of Melbourne Design Week 2020, an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the NGV.
Open_collab Workshops have taken place in countries across the globe including:
is a graphic artist, author and educator currently living and working in Berlin. Thomas utilises multidisciplinary techniques in his work including over-printing, processing and coding - making commentary on socio-political movements.
He is a professor at ABK - Stuttgart, member of Alliance Graphique Internationale, exhibited artist across five continents and published Protest Stencil Toolkit through Laurence King Publishing.
is a multidisciplinary creative and Design Lecturer. As 313RGB he has produced large scale events and exhibitions including: Up Over Down Under™ — an exhibition of The Designers Republic™ with agIdeas International Design Week and Sound to Light in conjunction with MONA for Dark Mofo.
is a Designer and Design Educator working for various studios and cultural institutions across Australia and the UK. He predominantly works in music, the arts and social enterprises.
is a Polish born creative who combines design, photography and animation under the alias of Okay Kiosk. She runs workshops combining paper-craft and stop-motion animation at RMIT.
Open_collab: Global/Local acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate: the Wurundjeri people and Elders past and present of the Kulin nations.