The @alt.material collective presents its third exhibition, DUCTILITY – an ongoing series of investigations and experiments around materiality. Leading and exciting emerging designers are invited to explore how design can shape life through materiality and fabrication. Their objects made for the exhibition will then be auctioned via Instagram at the…

What does it mean to live without a reliable home? And when homelessness has become an intractable urban reality, how might architects understand and address it? What It Takes to Make a Home, a documentary short film by the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) screening in cities worldwide in fall…

There are fewer than three weeks to go before the Sydney Edible Garden Trail (21 – 22 March),a not for profit weekend self-guided garden trail around more than 60 private and community edible gardens, opens on the North Shore. The mission of the team of volunteer coordinators is to encourage…

Does Melbourne actually have terrible weather, and why you can experience a hailstorm on a 40° day? Do trees make rain, and what do Solstice and Equinox really mean? Can you learn to tell if it’s going to rain just by looking at the clouds? For those curious about the…

Bigger and better than ever. A haven for foodies and lovers of all things artisan, Precinct 75’s 2020 AUTUMN DESIGN FAIR will feature an extensive range of curated Australian bespoke brands including new stall holders and returning favourites. Located at the Precinct 75 creative hub in St Peters, the AUTUMN…

It’s a working farm, a cooking school, a reception venue and a place of residence all in one. Daylesford Longhouse by Partners Hill, the 2019 Australian House of the Year, is a “hybrid house.” On Saturday 4 April, this contemporary farmhouse in regional Victoria will play host to a day…

Artist collaborators Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine are bringing the profoundly touching 360-degree stop-motion VR film PASSENGER to ArtSpace at Realm until 26 April 2020, as part of their new exhibition, Take me with you. Premiering internationally at the 76th Venice Film Festival, nationally at Melbourne International Film Festival, and winner of the Virtual Reality Award – Best Film at the 60th Thessaloniki International…

Alice Springs-based ceramic artist Mel Robson focuses her practice around ideas of place, identity and the ways in which histories, stories and associations can become embedded in everyday objects. In this solo exhibition, Robson presents a collection of ceramic vessels that explores place through the lens of mapping and cartography. These…

Blurring the line between art and design, Second Life uses upholstery offcuts, which would otherwise be destined for landfill, to create a series of intriguing sculptural, watertight vessels. Second Life explores the end of life potential of upholstery waste, as it is reborn and reimagined with new purpose. The exhibition…