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'Spark' is the national newsletter of the DIA, currently produced tri-annually and distributed free to all DIA members, plus selected design events or organisations.
It is printed in hard copy, on 100% recycled paper, and also available online in pdf format, below.
'Spark' advertising rates and specifications are also available as a separate pdf download.
Spark Newsletter No. 26
- Farewell from outgoing DIA National President
- Shanghai surprise
- Second Life
- Memories of a bygone era
- You don't need an Industrial Designer. Do you?
- Sydney 2010 DIA Hall of Fame recipients
- A Tryst in Paris (and London, and Melbourne)
- DIA/AGDA business integration workshops
SPARK26_Spring2012.pdf - 1430 kb
Spark Newsletter No. 24
- Dining out on success
- Engaging with design
- Design empathy
- Bedroom wall graffiti - and the parents don't mind
- Report on 2011 IDA Congress and member organisation General Assemblies, Taipei
- Tropical touches
SPARK24_Autumn2012.pdf - 953 kb
Spark Newsletter No. 21
- 2011 Australian Interior Design Awards
- 2011 Australasian Student Design Awards
- 2010 GOTYAs
- Bathroom design challenge
- Serving the community
- Hall of Fame
- Interior designer of the year
SPARK21_Winter2011.pdf - 961 kb
Spark Newsletter No. 17
- Carving up the opposition
- Gerard Herbst: A distinguished career
- Showing off in style
- Six new designers enter DIA Hall of Fame
- Designing a better future
- Fashion, fizz and fantasy
- Looking good: Australasian Student Design Awards Winners
- 2010 Australian International Design Awards announced
SPARK17_Winter_2010.pdf - 1902 kb
Spark Newsletter No. 16
- Drawing from the heart
- Goin' out the country
- Stylish beginnings, ignominious end
- IKEA. Love it, buy it, hack it
- The self, travel and centricity
- 14th IFI World Congress
- Big Picture winners announced
- Colours of the coast
SPARK16_autumn_2010.pdf - 1408 kb
Spark Newsletter No. 14
- Creative Spirit: A visionary designer breaks new ground - again
- What happened to the fun?
- GOTYA! Textile graduates take out top honours in NSW and Victorias
- New designers for DIA Hall of Fame
- DIA designers prominent in ‘visionary’ 2009 Interior Design Awards
- DIA attends Global Design Network
- QLD 'Bubble andSpeak' Breakfast Series returns
- Six Green Stars in the city of churches
- Record entries lift 2009 ASDA to new high
- Calm amidst the chaos
SPARK_14_Winter09_web.pdf - 1922 kb
Spark Newsletter No. 11
- Bright ideas from tomorrow’s designers
- CATC shines again
- New textile talent
- 2008 Interior Design Awards
- DIAS
- Polo/Lauren and Parallel Imports
- QLD Smartstate awards
- Platform
SPARK_winter08_web.pdf - 855 kb
The national newsletter of the DIA, currently produced quarterly and distributed FREE to all DIA members.
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