Luke Batten
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Recognition

Recognition

 

Physical & Digital Press

Australian Wood Review

(2023) Australian Wood Review Magazine, Issue 121, Page 37.

Maker of the Year Awards feature.

Australian Wood Review

(2023) Australian Wood Review Magazine, Issue 119, Pages 56-59.

I authored an article for Australian Wood Review about Design and simplicity.

In a creative context, our natural inclination for grand gestures can be precarious. Addition is easier than subtraction, frequently resulting in too much design. Simple design is often overlooked or mistaken for something lacking. It represents however, a great sophistication, distilling complexity into something beautifully minimal.

— Luke Batten

Design Quarterly

(2016) Design Quarterly Magazine, Issue 52, Pages 100-101.

(on using a shared workshop to produce my work) “...and at times raw, exchange of ideas. This facilitates critical reflection of my own work, further develops my own processes...”

— Sophia Watson

The Canberra Times

(2015) Capital Life: What's on in Canberra's arts scene from October 17

Ever looked at a piece of furniture and wondered how it was designed? Wonder no longer. The Gallery of Australian Design's latest exhibition Process shows the work behind emerging designer/maker Luke Batten's pieces. The finished products are revealed but the process underpinning their creation is also on display. From idea to production, audiences are invited to explore and reflect upon the development method unique to each product. Rather than just being a means to an end the hands-on exhibition is said to subtly suggest that the process is an art-form in its own right. Batten works with wood to craft unique objects investigating "material, structures and function". Process is on at the Gallery of Australian Design, Kingston until October 28.

— Clare Colley

Green Magazine

(2014) Green Magazine, Issue 37, Page 10.

“...founder of contant mechanics. Apprently he was pretty good at spreading the load - and so is this striking, strong and flat-packable chair.”

— Jenny Lyon

UsFolk Magazine

(2013) UsFolk Magazine, Issue 4, Pages 51-54.

“...the Hertzian Chair and the Cartesian Stool. Both Designs explore the contrast between the flexibility and rigidity of the material they are made from. They are beautiful, functional, sophisticated and challenge our preconceptions of wooden furniture.”

— Juliette Dudley

 

Exhibitions, Awards & Competitions

2023

  • Australian Wood Review, Maker of the Year Awards 2023. Top 15 Award in Chair, Tables & Desks category for ‘Fragment’. (Australia)

  • Australian Wood Review, Maker of the Year Awards 2023. Highly Commended Award in Art & Object category ‘Fragment’. (Australia)

  • Members Exhibition, Craft + Design Canberra. Exhibition. (Canberra, Australia)

  • Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize. Finalist & Exhibition. (Manly, Australia)

  • Australian Wood Review Magazine, Issue 119. Authored a design article (Pages 56-59). (Australia)

2022

  • Australian Wood Review, Maker of the Year Awards 2022 . Commended award for ‘Apex’. (Australia)

  • Australian Wood Review, Maker of the Year Awards 2022 . Commended award for ‘Duo’. (Australia)

  • Australian Wood Review, Maker of the Year Awards 2022 . Commended award for ‘Swell’. (Australia)

  • Nurture: 2022 Craft ACT. Exhibition. (Canberra, Australia)

2021

  • 3000 kms in 2021! During the 2021 calendar year I ran 3000 outdoor kilometres, raising $1080 for charity. (Australia)

  • Australian Wood Review, 2021 Maker of the Year Awards. Commended award for ‘Watson’. (Australia)

2020

  • Coming From The Six, Volume 4. Exhibition. (Canberra, Australia)

2018

  • Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Exhibition. (U.S.A)

2016

  • Design Quarterly Magazine, issue 52 group feature. (Australia)

2015

  • Gallery Of Australian Design, 'Process' solo exhibition.  (Canberra, Australia)

  • Australian International Furniture Fair, Vivid furniture exhibition.  (Melbourne, Australia)

  • Australian Government, the Department of the Treasury, Secretary’s Budget Awards.  (Canberra, Australia)

  • Australian National University, Untitled Photography Exhibition.  (Canberra, Australia)

2014

  • Melbourne Fringe Festival, Living Traces furniture exhibition. (Melbourne, Australia)

  • Workshopped 14, Clean Slate furniture exhibition. (Sydney, Australia)

  • Launch Pad 2014, furniture exhibition & awards (shortlist). (Melbourne, Australia)

  • Green Magazine, issue 37 feature. (Australia)

  • You Are Here Festival, Paste-ups exhibition. (Canberra, Australia)

  • Australian Government, the Department of the Treasury, Secretary’s Australia Day Award. (Canberra, Australia)

2013

  • Melbourne Fringe Festival, Make It True furniture exhibition. (Melbourne, Australia)

  • Usfolk magazine, UsFolk magazine launch & exhibition. (Canberra, Australia)

2011

  • Workshopped 11, Self-titled furniture exhibition. (Sydney, Australia)

  • Australian National University, Masters degree graduate exhibition. (Canberra, Australia)

  • Australian National University, Helmut Lueckenhausen Prize for Furniture. (Canberra, Australia)

  • Australian National University, Graduate Materials Prize. (Canberra, Australia)

2008

  • Design Institute of Australia Awards, 3rd place, Industrial Design Graduate of the Year. (Sydney, Australia)

2007

  • University of Canberra, Bachelor’s degree graduate exhibition series. (Canberra, Sydney & Melbourne, Australia)

2006

  • Design Institute of Australia Awards, Industrial Design Merit Award. (Canberra, Australia)

2005

  • University of Canberra, Golden Key International Honour Society. (Canberra, Australia)