Designers:
Balarinji
Balarinji is Australia’s most highly awarded and foremost Indigenous design and strategy agency. Since 1983 Balarinji has amplified Indigenous culture and narratives for a new shared Australian identity through design excellence. www.balarinji.com.au
An Aboriginal-owned agency with its origins in Yanyuwa culture, Balarinji’s multidisciplinary work comes from authentic engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culture, art, stories and identity.
Balarinji’s national and international design work for public and private sectors spans urban regeneration, major infrastructure, precinct planning, branding campaigns, public art and curatorial projects, interiors and digital design.
Project: Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa Art Aircraft livery design
The Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa Art Aircraft, designed by Balarinji in collaboration with Pitjantjatjara artist Maringka Baker, is an important and powerful expression of Australian identity. Telling the Two Sisters Creation story, through contemporary design excellence it celebrates family, resilience and the principles of caring for Country.
Through art, colour and story, the fuselage design expresses Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander philosophies about sustainability, including living close to and caring for Country, ideas which are deeply embedded within Indigenous culture and practice, and can inform Australia and the world.
Category: Interact
Designers and Project Team:
Lisa RJustine Cooper, Project Manager, Balarinji
Rachel Attwater, Graphic Designer, Balarinji
Manuela Strano, Designer, Balarinji
Gabriella Meek, Community Engagement, Balarinji
Ros Moriarty, Creative Executive, Balarinji
Maringka Baker, artist
Josephine Mick
Elaine Woods, artist's daughter
Selinda DeRose