First Knowledges Design: Building on Country Indian Crafts Through fifteen bright and graphic

Through fifteen bright and graphic desert landscapes the book looks in detail at unusual species

meet groundbreaking Japanese artist Hokusai

the school left an indelible mark on design as well as the practice of art education throughout the world

the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Australian Museum

Pearling quickly became a ruthless and illustrious industry spanning from Shark Bay to the Torres Strait Islands

First Knowledges Design: Building on Country Indian Crafts Through fifteen bright and graphicAboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion. Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and storytelling, refined over many millennia, are now being applied