artsConnect
is a commercial concern based in Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia which, for a fee provide a profile of an artist,
with a statement by them, examples of their work and a link
to their Web site. Artists are listed in 35 categories including
aboriginal artists, animators, cartoonists, ceramic artists,
digital artists, fashion designers, glass artists, graphic
designers, illustrators, jewellery designers, mosaic artists,
painters, photographers, printmakers, sculptors, and textile
artists.
The
RMIT Design Archives of RMIT University in Melbourne, Victoria
is increasingly becoming the foremost centre for research
into the history of Australian design and designers. It
is a growing facility which actively collects material specifically
relating to design in Melbourne from the twentieth century
onwards, including fashion and textile design, architecture,
industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture,
graphic design, gold and silversmithing and sound. It incorporates
the Frances Burke Centre, established in 1994, that housed
archives of some of Melbourne’s key fashion and textile
designers.
The
RMIT Design Archives will eventually be housed in the new
Design Hub on the corner of Victoria and Swanton Streets,
Melbourne which is due for completion in 2011.
