Australian design for positive change
We aim to support and promote Australian creatives who are working for positive change and to inspire others who are yet to begin.
bindarri is independent and not for profit.
bindarri is a website comprised of four parts
blog = we publish regular posts.
features (e-zine) = periodical articles and interviews.
directory = Australia’s largest collection of links to promote, educate, network and assist creatives and designers to make positive change.
projects = we are involved in and will implement various projects to support Australia’s activist community or act as a catalyst for change in the design community.
your involvement
bindarri welcomes people to get involved by submitting posts, links, stories, ideas, volunteering etc. More information and contact the team here
design for positive change
We have an open interpretation on the meaning of design and are open to all submissions from creatives. Positive change includes social, environmental, political, global, community and personal.
freedom of ideas and innovation
bindarri promotes creative commons and open source frameworks to accelerate the development of solutions to the worlds problems including climate change and wealth inequity. download the source code for this website here
our name
in our search for a name we wanted a word that had no meaning or experiences attached to it and so began by looking for a word outside the english language.
we researched within the languages of our indigenous nations as a gesture to show pride in our australian cultures and to acknowledge the indigenous peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of australia
bindarri is the Nyungar word for lightning, the Nyungar (people) are from the South West of Australia. This region has many indigenous place names so Nyungar words are embeded in the english spoken by western australians.
our website
our hosting (ilisys) is powered by government accredited GreenPower generated from renewable sources and physically located in perth
the design, construction and management of bindarri is by dvize melbourne
Our first official post was on Wednesday, the 6th of May 2009
“What do you think an artist is?
An imbecile who has only eyes, if he is a painter, or ears if he is a musician, or a lyre in every chamber of his heart if he is a poet, or even, if he is a boxer, just his muscles?
Far from it: at the same time, he is also a political being, constantly aware of the heartbreaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. How could it be possible to feel no interest in other people, and with a cool indifference to detach yourself from the very life which they bring to you so abundantly?
No, painting is not done to decorate apartments.
It is an instrument of war.”
Pablo Piccasso
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