youth@craft·design
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Kris Brankovic
- Industry Development Manager
- FORM Contemporary Craft and Design, Western Australia
- Email: kris@form.net.au
- Website: www.form.net.au
Kris blogs about the role organisations have to play in supporting export in the Export Blog.
I'm the Industry Development Manager at FORM Contemporary Craft and Design, Western Australia's peak body for the craft and design sector. Over the past five years, my role at FORM has shifted many times, from assisting with running a retail space to managing our Designing Futures project and now to managing our overall industry development program.
I am currently working on Designing Futures - which helps artists and designers to design and develop better products, market them to new audiences and improve their business practices; our exhibitions program - which examines all aspects of craft and design today; workshops, publications and various other public programs; and some strategy and policy work.
While I'm not a designer or maker, I have a passionate interest in the sector, and my role allows me to explore its many wondrous parts. I believe that Australia (and Western Australia in particular) is an amazing place, with so many opportunities presenting themselves during this 'boom' time, and I want to see that our sector takes advantage of them to full effect.
- Helix light, 2004
- Artist: Stuart Williams
- Medium: moulded UV resistant opal acrylic, aluminium and LED lights
- Dimensions: W 1400, D 200 and H 2400 mm
- Photography: Chris Geoghahan
- Dune pendant, 2004
- Artist: Malcolm Harris
- Medium: Large round: shown in Rock Maple; small round: shown in Tasmanian Blackwood
- Dimensions: Large round: H 1000, 150 mm dia; Small round: H 750, 150 mm dia
- Photography: Chris Geoghahan
Craft Australia gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance it receives from the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian government's arts funding and advisory body.
Craft Australia is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Government and all state and territory governments
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