GRADUATION | elevate 2019 student awards
Thank you all to our wonderful students of 2019 and to our sponsors, Havwoods, Polytec and Bristol Paints, for making another incredible graduation ceremony. Our graduates received their certificates, with a few extra special awards on the night. HDS Awards 2019 INTERIOR DESIGN Top Student Interior Design Katie Jones Deadline Destroyer Mary Ann Dawson Left […]
GRADUATION | elevate 2019 gallery
INFO NIGHT | october 15th
INFO NIGHT | 15 october 2019 2020 INTAKE Start your journey into the design industry by joining us for an info night! Ask any questions you have about curriculum, dates, prices, career opportunities etc. “Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.” – Edward de Bono […]
WORKSHOP | get your creative on
Does getting creative sound fun to you? Hopefully the answer is a – heck yeah!! Brooke Art Studio, located on the Central Coast, is teaming up with American artist Tatiana Soash, to plan the perfect Sunday cr-afternoon. Wether you consider yourself a creative professional, artsy AF or a little lacking in the creative department this […]
INFO NIGHT | mid-year intake 2019
FORGE YOUR OWN PATH “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me” – Ayn Rand The design industry is continually expanding, and the range of career paths is diverse. As our environment and technology changes around us, design is a constant. Design is more than aesthetics. It […]
EVENT | HDS x The Design Kids
HDS is thrilled to be hosting April’s edition of #tdktuesdays! Join us next Tuesday at to kick off the sixth edition of 36 Days of Type! There will be plenty of cheap drinks and a few drawing materials if you can’t source your own. Digital and analogue tools welcome – there’s plenty of space for […]
LA ISLA | t – magazines best product of the year 2018
SANCAL, a leading manufacturing company of contemporary design, have taken out T-Magazines Best Product of the Year for 2018 with La Isla. T Magazine’s debut Design Awards ceremony sought out to recognise designers who demonstrate out-of-the-box thinking, originality, talent, impact and creative vision, and products that are innovative and progressive, can integrate with the environment, […]
BREAK THE MOULD | graduation 2018
On Friday the 11th of January we came together to celebrate our Graduates of 2018. HDS encourages bold and disruptive design that is produced once a deep understanding of traditional design values are met. You must first learn the rules to break the rules! Staying true to traditional design practices does not mean they are left in […]
WORKSHOP | rustic wreaths & native arrangements
The Storekeeper & Co are joining up with some locals to bring you a gathering at the foot of the Watagans with like-minded folks to nourish your souls and get your hands creating. Elissa, master floral designer from Wandering Flora, is a local from the Lake Macquarie area, who puts heart into everything she creates. […]
EVENT | The Brief
Set in a relaxed atmosphere, we invite leading designers to deconstruct project briefs and open engaging discussions about the design industry. September’s edition we are thrilled to host Ian Wrightson from Wrightson Stewart! Ian will be taking you through one of their latest commissions, Wilston Project, from initial brief through to completion..and beyond! Wilston Project […]