Welcome to another exciting year at Whitehouse! Although we're nearly at the end of January, we have already welcomed over 300 students to our Summer Design Beginnings Foundation and Advanced Workshops, and spent the last session with the 2009 VET in Schools cohort.

2010 is shaping up to be a very busy year for us with an overwhelming number of applications for the Bachelor of Design. If you haven't already got your application in, there's still time, click here to apply online today!

Wishing you all the best for success in 2010, and we look forward to seeing you on Campus soon...

Regards,
Whitehouse Team

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Graduates on Parade

An audience of prominent industry figures, fashion designers, Project Runway Australia 2009 finalists and proud parents witnessed a vibrant collection of work from graduating Sydney Campus students, and Melbourne's first and second year fashion students at the annual Whitehouse Exhibition & Parade in November. "Designer of the Year" and "Student of the Year" were awarded to standout students in each year and campus as well as the prestigious scholarship to study in Florence, Italy later this year.

The originality and diversity of the Interior Design and Styling students work was displayed in a collection of illustrations, photographic work and creative installations beside the Whitehouse open-air courtyard where up-and-coming designers mingled with those already established.

Looking forward, 2010 will celebrate the first graduating cohort of Bachelor of Design students from the Melbourne Campus in what promises to be an exciting end of year show. Watch this space!

The Future is in his Hands

Only a year ago, Daniel began his Bachelor of Design specialising in Styling & Creative Direction with the aspiration to become a trend forecaster or designer. "I've always enjoyed following what other designers are doing and being up to date in what I wear and looking good," he says. Combining his studies with part time work at David Jones, Calderazzo recognises, “...your success depends on how good you are and how you express fashion and your creativity”.

Daniel is not the only male, nor the only Daniel to succeed through Whitehouse. Daniel Avakian, a 2003 graduate has gone on to become one of Australia’s top emerging designers.

Trading in cars for creativity – a tow truck driver in another life – Avakian launched his self-titled label after debuting his collection at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week 2007. Having been featured in Vogue Australia and Oyster magazines, Daniel's exposure continues to grow. He credits his design ability largely to his eduation at Whitehouse, “the knowledge and skills I gained over the three years at Whitehouse has been phenomenal; the experience has broadened my imagination and views on design, giving me the freedom to develop and nourish my character both as a person and a designer" tells Avakian.

Flying High for Summer Fun

A two-hour plane ride and 800 kilometres later, Lucy Munro of Glen Innes High School landed in Sydney to attend the Whitehouse Institute of Design’s summer workshop program.

Wanting to be more expressive with her designs and drawings Lucy enroled in the Design Beginnings Fashion Illustration workshop where she has since met many students who have also traveled far to build their experience in fashion design.

Lucy describes herself as modest, original and old fashioned; drawing inspiration from elegant vintage pieces, and the designs of Alexander McQueen and Collette Dinnigan. With future aspirations to move overseas and open a store for her own label, Lucy’s taken the first step in the right direction.

Meet the 2009 "Designer of the Year" for Interior Design

Therese Moussa is a dynamic and diverse designer with a passion for textile and interior design. Her work experience with textile designers has resulted in four textile placement prints being issued for major fashion brands including Manning Carter, Country Road, Mink Pink and Trent Nathan.

Therese’s passion for textile design inspired her awardwinning graduate design for a sculptural urban memorial walk on Cockatoo Island. This moving memorial reveals the hidden female history of the island in which young girls who were interned in a reform institution on the island used sewing skills to find work and freedom from the terrifying mistreatment within the institution. Using repeating patterns of Cor-ten steel and tensile fabric panels the memorial takes you of a journey through fear to freedom.Therese’s design works in harmony with the island while also creating interest from the harbour and habour foreshore. It shows a sensitivity to both the heritage of the island the aspirations of the Sustainable Sydney 2030 targets. Therese is equally adept at textile, spatial, object and interior design offering an exciting interdisciplinary approach to all of her design work.

Dates to remember...

Feb 12 | Applications Close
Mar 2-4 | Orientation Days
Mar 8 | Semester One Commences
Jun 25-26 | Sydney Campus Open Days
Jun 28 | Melbourne Campus Winter Workshops commence
Jul 5 | Sydney Campus Winter Workshops commence
Aug 1 | 2011 Bachelor of Design Applications Open
Aug 8 | Melbourne Campus Open Day
Sep 20 | Brisbane City Workshops commence
Sep 27 | Perth City Workshops commence
Nov 22-23 | Sydney Campus Graduate Exhibition & Parade
Nov 29-30 | Melbourne Campus Graduate Exhibition & Parade