What could greener, healthier and more connected streets in Australia look like years from now? A leading Brisbane urban design group will have the answer when it partners with more than 40 organisations, sustainable businesses and volunteers – as well as myriad technologies – to build the ‘street of the…

MAKE IT: Tools, Technique & Time is a new exhibition celebrating the tools and processes that makers use to create finished artworks. The innovative show opened at artisan, Queensland’s home of craft and design Friday 19 July. The exhibition reveals the artisanship of six makers who work across a wide…

Brisbane-based charity SolarBuddy is launching its first public campaign, the Brisbane Light Lunch. This is an opportunity to get Brisbanites together over lunch and assemble solar lights which will be gifted to children living in remote, off-grid communities in Papua New Guinea. For the next five weeks, Brisbane will come…

Learn about the design inspiration behind the revitalisation of The Espy with tours from Technē Architecture + Interior Design, the team behind the design of one of the city’s hottest venue openings of last year. Justin Northrop, Nick Travers and Dana Hutchins from Technē will be hosting one-hour tours of…

Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is delighted to present Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul, A Bundanon Trust touring exhibition in its first Victorian showing, alongside a new exhibition curated by SAM celebrating the Boyd family legacy in ceramics. This is the only time that these two major exhibitions will be presented…

Eden Unearthed, the largest privately funded exhibition of its kind in Australia, returns to Macquarie Parks’ Eden Gardens on Thursday 1 August. Now in its fourth year, the 40-installation strong showcase spanning over 2.5 acres prides itself on being philanthropic, unique and thought-provoking. Featured artworks range from sculptural pieces, textile…

Take part in an interactive workshop to explore how emerging trends might impact the city, and build shared visions for the future of Melbourne’s streets. This process of designing speculative futures for Melbourne’s streets will help you understand how to shape where you live today. City of Melbourne libraries will…

The Teapot Project is a collaboration between object designer-maker Kenny Yong-soo Son (Studiokyss) and prominent silversmith Hendrik Forster (Forster Studios). The duo’s evaluation of the social and historical meaning behind the humble teapot gives rise to exploration of their different cultural, generational and educational backgrounds – culminating in a shared…

The winners of Australia’s peak design industry awards – the highest honour for design innovation – were announced on 11 July 2019 at the 61st annual Good Design Awards Ceremony. The coveted top award, the Good Design Award of the Year was awarded to the revolutionary Inventia Rastrum 3D Bioprinter that is helping to cure cancer, with the…