Author: Rebecca Whittington

After much deliberation, MENTORAPDG has offered places to 6 emerging practitioners to be mentored in 2022/23. We received applications from a pool of emerging practitioners who demonstrated excellence in their work, and commitment to developing their skills, networks and professionalism. The selection is based on the mentee’s level of experience in the industry, the calibre and potential [...]

The Australian Production Design Guild are thrilled to announce that the 2023 APDG Awards will return to Melbourne in August. Award entries will be open for the month of April 2023 for works designed between February 2022 and February 2023. There has been some flexibility in dates due to the pandemic over the last few years, but [...]

  Congratulations to all APDG members who were nominated and those who won AACTA Awards this year! So many talented designers! See full list of nominees and winners.   Best Costume Design in Television:  Rita Carmody Heartbreak High – Episode 1: Map Bitch Best Production Design in Television:  Scott Bird APDG The Tourist – Episode 1 Best [...]

APDG National executive member and designer Jo Briscoe APDG is curating the Australian contribution to Prague Quadrennial in 2023 as part of her role as Senior Lecturer at VCA.  Here she talks about the upcoming projects and preparations for PQ23.June 2023 brings with it the 15th edition of the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) [...]

Belinda Tromp from Docklands Studios Melbourne interviews multi-APDG Award winning member Cappi Ireland APDG about why American abstract painter Mark Rothko is an inspiration, what it is like being on set with Quentin Tarantino and how she rose to the top with no formal studies in costume design. It was in the Australian Outback that a young [...]

‘What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.’ Pericles, (495-429 B.C) Australian & New Zealand Contingent – Jo Briscoe APDG, David Ingram, Stephanie Crowe, Lina Zackariya, Helen O’Loan, Kate McKenzie, Courtney Westbrook, Grant Major, Caley Miles, Rosie Waugh, Bianca Milani, Parnell Marsden, [...]

George Liddle APDG (pictured with actress) reflects on his early days as a designer at the ABC as the national broadcaster celebrates its 90th year.  Our public broadcaster the ABC turned 90 in June, happy birthday ABC. The ABC is a cultural and information Australian icon.  Australia is a vast country, major population centres separated by thousands [...]

With the change in the Federal Government comes a renewed and refocussed energy toward clarifying and embedding the National Arts Policy. By way of example, MAKE IT AUSTRALIAN, is an important initiative and flag bearer for the Screen Industry. It is imbued with a sentiment which also flows to Live Performance and every corner of [...]