Events

MIFGS headlining designs revealed

21 Feb, 2019

The formidable line-up of landscape gardeners headlining The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show Presented by Lawn Solutions Australia has been unveiled, giving a taste of the outdoor spectacle taking place at the Royal Exhibition Building, from March 27 – 31. Initial 2019 garden plans illustrate a shared environmental awareness…

Our picks for Sydney Design Festival 2019

20 Feb, 2019

Sydney Design Festival will run from 1 – 10 March 2019 across Sydney. This year’s theme – Accessing Design – is a challenge to designers to expand upon and experiment with their creative practice through cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaboration. Curated and produced by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS), this year’s…

Inside Art and Architecture: Julian Brenchley

19 Feb, 2019

Architect Julian Brenchley, designer behind the popular television series, The Block, will be speaking at Melbourne’s Gasworks Arts Park Thursday 7 March as part of the venue’s Inside Art and Architecture series of monthly talks. Involved with The Block since its inception, Julian’s most recent transformation was The Gatwick Hotel…

Australian school finalist in global international sustainability prize

14 Feb, 2019

Lowanna College in Victoria has been named a Global High School finalist in the prestigious global sustainability award, the Zayed Sustainability Prize. The prize for the regional winner, Muntinlupa High School in the Philippines, is US$100 000. Lowanna had proposed a broad student leadership program for sustainability through projects that…

First lecture in Utzon Lecture Series delivered for 2019

13 Feb, 2019

“The Discipline of the Existing” is the title that architects Flores & Prats chose for their lecture that kicked off the Utzon Lecture Series for 2019, at UNSW Faculty of Built Environment in Sydney, on Wednesday January 23, 2019. The lecture focused on the design process of the Sala Beckett…

National Sustainable Living Festival 2019

7 Feb, 2019

Australia’s longest running and largest sustainability festival hits the streets in 2019 for its 20th year. This iconic, national platform showcases sustainability leaders and innovators with cutting edge solutions to an ever-growing audience. Disruptions for sustainability are happening right now all around the world – whether it’s the explosion in…

Open House: Tamworth Textile Triennial

2 Feb, 2019

The third Tamworth Textile Triennial, curated by Glenn Barkley, will open at artisan (Queensland’s home of craft and design) on Saturday 23 February at 2pm. The Tamworth Textile Triennial, held every three years, show-cases the best of textile art from across the country, attracting artist participation from all states in Australia and…

Designing Future Workplaces at MPavilion

22 Jan, 2019

The function and purpose of workplaces is changing – what was once simply a place to conduct one’s job now faces great demands. These environments are now expected to provide social connectivity; feature sustainable, peoplecentred design; and address millennial churn. A panel being held at MPavilion on Wednesday 23 January…

Entries open for the 33rd Dulux Colour Awards

18 Jan, 2019

Entries are now open for the 33rd Dulux Colour Awards, which invites Australian and New Zealand based design professionals and students including architects, interior architects, interior designers and interior decorators to submit work that celebrates exceptional and innovative use of colour across interior and exterior commercial, public and residential spaces….

MPavilion extends summer program to February

16 Jan, 2019

MPavilion today announced an extension of its current program of free events until Sunday 17 February 2019, with more talks, workshops, performances, installations and kid-friendly experiences to be held in the Queen Victoria Gardens, Southbank Arts Precinct. The extended season supported by principal partner ANZ sees MPavilion, an initiative of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, hosting…