Design Matters National has launched the 2026 True Zero Carbon Challenge (TZCC), Australia’s leading carbon-positive residential design competition. The 2026 Challenge launched as part of Open House Melbourne at a special event titled Opening the Door to Melbourne’s Homes of the Future, held at RMIT, Carlton. Attendees explored award-winning designs…

The Regional Architecture Association (RAA) has announced its third event for 2025 – MPARNTWE: WHEN YOU COME TO ANOTHER COUNTRY — to be held in Alice Springs on Arrernte Country and representing the organisation’s first foray into Central Australia. Established in 2021, the Regional Architecture Association (RAA) is a member-based…

The countdown has started as Jia CURATED will be opening doors on 14th August 2025. Running for five days (14–18 August), this immersive event dedicated to craft, design and culture will bring together more than 100 local and international exhibitors and over 200 participating brands for its biggest edition to…

Nexus Designs and Cultivated have unveiled NEWNEW, a striking modular pavilion at this year’s Green Design Show (16–18 July), demonstrating how iconic furniture destined for landfill can be transformed into elevated residential interiors through circular design principles. The collaboration has seen multidisciplinary design studio Nexus Designs curate and specify finishes…

Decor + Design, Australia’s premier interiors trade event, returns to Melbourne Exhibition Centre, 16 – 18 July 2025 with a milestone 21st edition that will also feature the 2nd edition of the popular Green Design Show. It will be a beautifully curated area at the entrance to Decor + Design,…

NAIDOC week – 6-13 July 2025 – is an opportune time to spotlight Queensland’s most compelling exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contemporary craft at artisan’s galleries in Meanjin/Brisbane. Running until 19 July, The Shape of Time presents a rare opportunity to experience works from five leading Queensland Aboriginal…

One of the largest programs in the history of Open House Melbourne Weekend has been unveiled, with almost 200 buildings, places, and experiences open to the public to explore. Across one weekend in July (Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 July 2025), Victorians will be granted rare access to some of…

Mud Australia, in partnership with Craft Victoria, is proud to present the 2025 Shelley Simpson Ceramics Prize (SSCP)—a national award supporting the next generation of Australian ceramic artists. Now in its fifth year, the prize was established in 2020 by Shelley Simpson—Mud Australia’s Founder and Creative Director—and continues to recognise…

TarraWarra Museum of Art today announced the major solo exhibition Breathing Helps by acclaimed Australian artist Rose Nolan. The exhibition will be the first time Nolan’s large-scale, sculptural forms have been shown together, highlighting the recurring spatial and performative threads in Nolan’s practice. Presented from 9 August to 9 November, 2025, the exhibition will showcase these…

The winners of the 39th Dulux Colour Awards, one of the longest running architectural and design awards programs in the region, have been announced at the National Gallery of Victoria. Recognising the most inspired and transformative examples of colour use in the built environment, the prestigious Dulux Colour Awards are…