The Culture Hub Project

Culture Hub is an ambitious project that humbly attempts to create a better understanding of and connection between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people within Australia. With the increasing importance of the sustainability of Indigenous Australian culture, Culture Hub is using adaptation and innovation in utilising society’s dependence on modern information and communication technology in a positive way. 

We are looking at the potential for innovative information and communication technology mediums, through collaboration, to provide a concrete infrastructure that supports the process of knowledge sharing, and through which Indigenous Australians can be more visible and have a stronger voice. We are developing this idea in order to create further opportunities for the sharing of information to a mass audience, by means of an educational and information-based interactive platform, and linking this to a range of additional design applications.

Culture Hub has endeavored to open up this unique and sacred culture through exploration, for the sustainability of Indigenous Australian culture, and the cultural history of our country.

On Thursday 5 June 2008 our team presented our final research and outcomes. Some of these can be found under the ‘Culture Hub Outcomes’ page.

oh and by the way…

here is the final identity design we came to after all that development work…

School Action Plan

Found in the Herald Sun, Thursday 29 May 2008

Confidential: Star Watch Pg. 28

SCHOOL ACTION PLAN

Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning has spoken out about the need for Indigenous children to learn about their culture in schools.

The Brisbane rock band took a break from preparations for next month’s national theatre tour to visit a school in Brisbane, as part of reconciliation week.

The school is one of more than 400 across Australia to adopt a Reconciliation Action Plan, a program established to enhance relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

More Than ENOUGH ROPE

On tonight’s episode (Monday 26 June) of More Than ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton you’re going to hear a lot of stories about childhood, all of them from Aboriginal Australians – people you know well: Deborah Mailman, Leah Purcell, Troy Cassar-Daley, Nova Peris and the 2007 Young Australian of the Year, the dynamic Tania Major.

ABC Monday 26 June 9:35pm

Saying Sorry

The Message Stick program “Saying Sorry” is scheduled for first broadcast on ABC TV at 1.30pm on Sunday 25th May 2008 (the day before the 10th anniversary of the first National Sorry Day). It will be repeated the following Friday 30th May at 6pm (during National Reconciliation Week).

More Info http://www. abc. net. au/message/

Culture Hub Logo animation

Okay here is the first example of our Culture Hub Logo animating for Broadcast.  It may have some changes left to do to bring out the ink a bit more. It will be used as part of our Process reel, the ‘Your voice: have you Say Event reel” and the website interactivity video reel.

National Sorry Day

In support of this day, commemorated annually on May 26, purchase a silk hibiscus flower – the Stolen Generations’ symbol of support – for $2 at www.kimberleystolengeneration.com.au or call 08 9193 6502.

A few thousand words and a design proposal lighter…

On Tuesday 13 May I had the great privilege of submitting our Design Research Proposal. 

The proposal outlines our project objectives, research methods conducted, design constraints, audience, proposed outcomes, visual reference and much more.

Some key spreads from the proposal can be found under the Culture Hub Design Proposal page.

Our next step is to develop and complete the design outcome prototypes we have discussed within the proposal.

nearly there?

more developments (getting there)…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does it have a name??

YES!

back to the drawing board/brainstorming board got us to here: