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 2,168 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, 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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Connection to Country and Place drives Balarinji's work. It creates a sense of belonging where language, culture, knowledge, Dreaming, Law, and Ceremony are interdependent and one with Country. This NAIDOC Week we are celebrating our talented team, what inspires them and their dedication to creating impactful change for a new, shared Australian identity. #Balarinji #NAIDOCweek2024
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Australia’s foundational Indigenous narrative offers an original frame of thinking for meaningful, holistic placemaking. It comes from a different worldview that is layered, complex and holistic. This NAIDOC Week we are celebrating our talented team, what inspires them and their dedication to creating impactful change for a new, shared Australian identity. #Balarinji #NAIDOCweek2024
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As a nation we’ve only just started to realise the richness and beauty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. It’s early days in seeing these stories in public view. We have hardly touched the tip of the iceberg. This NAIDOC Week we are celebrating our talented team, what inspires them and their dedication to creating impactful change for a new, shared Australian identity. #Balarinji #NAIDOCweek2024
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Balarinji’s Designing with Country cultural framework brings together local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creative practitioners and communities for authentic storytelling, interpretation and legacy. This NAIDOC Week we are celebrating our talented team, what inspires them and their dedication to creating impactful change for a new, shared Australian identity. #Balarinji #NAIDOCweek2024
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Indigenous imagery, story, philosophy, intellectual framing, language are incredible sources of inspiration, they are both an opportunity and a responsibility. The responsibility lies in bringing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who are local to Place to the centre of the co-design process. This NAIDOC Week we are celebrating our talented team, what inspires them and their dedication to creating impactful change for a new, shared Australian identity. #Balarinji #NAIDOCweek2024
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We are seeking an Indigenous Engagement & Design Integration Specialist to join our Community Engagement team. Join our team and help us amplify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, voices and narratives authentically and create impactful change for a new, shared Australian identity through design excellence. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gSKACnde #sydneyjobs #designindustry #aboriginalculture #communityengagement #aboriginalbusiness #Indigenousdesign
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👏 👏 A round of applause for Balarinji's co-founder and MD, Ros Moriarty, whose newest children's book 'BEACH SONG' has been shortlisted in the 2024 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards in the 3-5 years category. BEACH SONG celebrates the wonder and joy a child feels in the natural world of the ocean and the beach. Published by Allen & Unwin and illustrated by Samantha Campbell. https://bit.ly/3VnFefz
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We have some exciting news! Balarinji's Designing with Country session has been officially announced as part of the 2024 SXSW Sydney lineup! We're honoured to be apart 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 John Bridges, our Indigenous Creative Lead. https://lnkd.in/g65niURh #SXSWSydney #Indigenousdesign #designingwithcountry #connectingwithcountry #design
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A very special #NRW occasion at Qantas HQ last week where our founders Ros Moriarty and John Moriarty got to hear from the extraordinary panel of Professor Megan Davis, Gail Mabo and Sidney Saltner moderated by Ebony Williams. Balarinji's partnership with Qantas began in 1983 when the airline sold Balarinji’s Aboriginal-themed silk and superfine wool scarves on board. We went on to work together across four decades on Qantas’ long-running uniform textile, Wirriyarra, and six Qantas-Balarinji Art Aircrafts, including Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa, launched in February 2024. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eS8iY5qa #qantas #reconciliation #NRW24 #Indigenousdesign
Managing Director Balarinji, Executive Director Moriarty Foundation, Director Australian Design Council, Author (Allen & Unwin)
A very special #NRW occasion at Qantas HQ this week to hear from the extraordinary panel of Professor Megan Davis, Gail Mabo and Sidney Saltner moderated by Ebony Williams. Generous, engaging and thought provoking. Wonderful to catch up with Megan.
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