Congratulations to our long-time partner Qantas on the launch of its first Airbus A220, the beautiful Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa Art Aircraft that features Pitjantjatjara artist Maringka Baker’s artwork that tells the Creation story of the Two Sisters. Balarinji is proud to have designed this livery, working with Maringka and her family, Tjungu Palya Arts Centre, Copyright Agency, Qantas and Airbus. The 6th aircraft in the Flying Art Series, is a great example of how Indigenous design can influence how we think about ourselves as Australians, and how we can experience the strength, integrity and beauty of Aboriginal culture through best practice collaboration with artists and communities. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eS8iY5qa #Qantas #aircraft #design #Indigenousdesign #flyingart #MinymaKutjaraTjukurpa #AirbusA220 #aboriginalart #balarinji
BALARINJI
Design Services
Crows Nest, NSW 2,207 followers
Ancient Culture | Contemporary Design
About us
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 work for public and private sectors spans urban regeneration, major infrastructure, precinct planning, branding campaigns, public art and curatorial projects, interiors and digital design. Balarinji is known for its many iconic and nation-building design projects, including the Balarinji-Qantas Flying Art Series, featuring six aircraft with Aboriginal artwork liveries between 1994 and 2024. Balarinji is widely recognised for cultural design and sustainability excellence and is the winner of the Good Design Australian Design Prize, Design Institute of Australia President’s Award, and The Design Studio Award from INDE.Awards. In the 2023 Financial Review Sustainability Leaders list, Balarinji was shortlisted and ranked by Boston Consulting Group in the top 13% of Australian companies making a positive social impact. The National Museum of Australia holds Balarinji’s design archive and the John Moriarty Collection. Balarinji is also represented in the collections of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney and the Centre for Contemporary Graphic Design, Fukuoka, Japan. In 2012, Balarinji’s founders established Indigenous children’s charity, Moriarty Foundation. This life-changing solution to closing social disparity reaches 2,200 Indigenous children in 18 remote and regional communities through its two interrelated programs, John Moriarty Football (soccer) for 2-18 year olds, and Indi Kindi early learning from birth to 5 year olds. www.moriartyfoundation.org.au
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http://www.balarinji.com.au
External link for BALARINJI
- Industry
- Design Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Crows Nest, NSW
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1983
- Specialties
- Government relations, Public Art, Digital Design, Interiors, Indigenous design, Aboriginal art, design, branding, curatorial, cultural design, reconciliation action plans, infrastructure, urban design, Aboriginal stakeholder engagement, integrated art & design, placemaking, Connecting with Country, and Designing with Country
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Level 1, 61 Hume Street
Crows Nest, NSW 2065, AU
Employees at BALARINJI
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Jo Gitsham
Marketing communications & PR professional
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Marcos Tavares
Client Accounts Lead at Balarinji
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Ros Moriarty
Managing Director Balarinji, Executive Director Moriarty Foundation, Non-Exec Director Australian Design Council, Author (Allen & Unwin)
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Olajoke Amosun
Strategy & Marketing Lead at Balarinji | Driving Brand Growth
Updates
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Our Director Ros Moriarty reflecting on our Designing with Country approach while on Country in the Gulf of Carpentaria, NT. Reminder: Balarinji will be presenting at the SXSW Sydney Conference on Monday, 14 October at the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney). We're excited to be a part of this event. We will be discussing Designing with Country: Cultural Design as Driver of Extraordinary Contemporary Places with our MD Ros Moriarty, and our Indigenous Creative Lead, Ngunnawal man Johnny Bridges. Grab your badges and join the conversation here: sxswsydney.com #SXSWSydney2024 #deigningwithCountry #ICCsydney
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Our founders, Ros Moriarty and Yanyuwa man John Moriarty, had the pleasure of catching up with World Design Organization President, Thomas Garvey from Montréal, Canada, for some Sydney sun and a global conversation about Indigenous design. #Indigenousdesign #design
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Happy Indigenous Football week!
Happy Indigenous Football Week!! Join to us to celebrate the power of football to to change the lives of Australia's most vulnerable children. You can support our work by donating today at www.jmf.org.au. #IFW24 #Indigenousfootballweek #Indigenouscharity
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We believe in the power of design to tell stories deeply rooted in culture and Country. Our approach is about honouring Indigenous knowledges and embedding these into projects through design excellence. From landscapes to urban environments, we deeply collaborate with Aboriginal communities to ensure Country is at the heart of design, creating spaces that celebrate Australia’s diverse cultural heritage. Learn how we’re disrupting the design sector with our Designing with Country methodology > https://lnkd.in/gKkVaSYz Johnny Bridges (Balarinji's Indigenous Creative Lead) and our Director Ros Moriarty will be presenting on this topic at SXSW Sydney in October! Stay tuned for more information. Pictured: Johnny Bridges (Balarinji's Indigenous Creative Lead) and Ngemba artist Danny Eastwood. #Aboriginalnarrative #DeigningwithCountry
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30 years of Wunala Dreaming!
Celebrating 3️⃣0️⃣ years of the Qantas Flying Art Series! Today marks the day 30 years ago that we revealed 'Wunala Dreaming' to the world on our Boeing 747-400 VH-OJB alongside BALARINJI. John Moriarty AM and Ros Moriarty founded the trailblazing Indigenous design and strategy studio Balarinji in 1983, and Qantas has proudly worked with the Aboriginal-owned company for over three decades. 1️⃣ 1994. Wunala Dreaming was inspired by the natural colours of Australia, from the bright reds of Central Australia, to the purple-blues of desert mountain ranges, and the lush greens of Kakadu. 2️⃣ 1995. 'Nalanji Dreaming', Boeing 747-300 VH-EBU. 'Nalanji' is a Yanyuwa word meaning 'our place', and is a celebration of the balance and harmony of nature in Australia, and reflects the lush colour palette of tropical Australia. The themes of the coast and reef were designed to complement the Red Centre and Northern Territory and motifs of Wunala Dreaming. 3️⃣ 2002. 'Yananyi Dreaming' Boeing 737-800 VH-VXB. Yananyi Dreaming drew on the work of Pitjantjatjara artist Rene Kulitja who painted her dramatic country surrounding Uluru. The design shows pathways leading to the symbol of Uluru, illustrated as both a physical form, and as an abstract representation of concentric circles. 4️⃣ 2013. 'Mendoowoorrji' Boeing 737-800 VH-XZJ. Inspired by the work of the late West Australian Gija painter, Paddy Bedford, Mendoowoorrji is an interpretation of the 2005 painting ‘Medicine Pocket’ which captures the essence of Bedford’s mother’s country in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. 5️⃣ 2018. 'Yam Dreaming' Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner VH-ZND. This livery was inspired by 1991 artwork ‘Yam Dreaming’, painted by the late artist, Emily Kame Kngwarreye. The painting captures the essence of the yam plant, an important symbol in Emily’s Dreamtime story, and an important food source in her home region of Utopia, 230 kilometres north east of Alice Springs. 6️⃣ 2023. 'Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa' Airbus A220-300 VH-X4A. Painted by senior Pitjantjatjara artist Maringka Baker, ‘Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa’ (two women dreaming) tells the Dreaming story of two sisters travelling back to their home.
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WUNALA (Kangaroo) DREAMING - In Yanyuwa language from the NT's Gulf of Carpentaria. The livery Balarinji designed depicted the ceremony tracks of Kangaroo Spirit ancestors and the continuation of all living things in harmony with nature. This week we celebrate 30 years since this iconic aircraft was launched. #aviation #liverydesign #aircraft
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This week we're celebrating 30 years since the launch of Wunala Dreaming. This aircraft livery was created and designed at a time when Aboriginal design was rarely showcased or celebrated. It was a culturally restorative statement by the best-known Australian brand in the world Qantas ✈️ A project we're truly proud of. #aviation #flyingart #wunaladreaming #boieng747
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REMINDER! Thanks for having us in October SXSW Sydney! Balarinji's Designing with Country session will be part of the South by South West (SXSW) Sydney lineup! We're excited to be a part of this event. We will be discussing Designing with Country: Cultural Design as Driver of Extraordinary Contemporary Places with our MD Ros Moriarty, and Ngunnawal man Johnny Bridges, our Indigenous Creative Lead. Grab your badges and join the conversation here: sxswsydney.com #SXSWSydney2024 #SXSWSydney #balarinji #ICCsydney
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Last spots available in the annual International Football Week Moriarty Cup charity tournament on 24 September 2024. Don't miss your chance for football glory!! Enter your corporate team to enjoy a fun, competitive round-robin day of football at the iconic Allianz Stadium with all proceeds raised going directly to John Moriarty Football’s grassroots football for good program. Register your team today: https://rb.gy/owmyj7