The ExLab: Experimental Furniture Exhibition showcases innovative and experimental furniture pieces designed and made by graduate students at the Melbourne School of Design, in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. This year, the design brief challenged students to design a small furniture piece using…

The NGV’s Designing Women exhibition will highlight the dynamic and critical force of female designers in shaping contemporary design culture with works including Oru Chair by UAE’s Aljoud Lootah, Yang Metamorphosis designed by Carlotta de Bevilacqua for Artemide and Horse Lamp by Swedish design studio Front Design. Drawn from the NGV Collection, Designing Women will explore lighting, furniture, object and fashion…

MPavilion 2018, designed by Barcelona-based architect and educator Carme Pinós of Estudio Carme Pinós, opened today in the Queen Victoria Gardens. Internationally influential for her community-focused philosophy of design, Carme Pinós’s MPavilion marks the first public work in Australia by a female Spanish architect. Initiated and commissioned by the Naomi…

Fringe Furniture is back for its 32nd year, as an open-access and cutting-edge exhibition that pushes the boundaries of design. The exhibition will be held at Abbotsford Convent from Thursday 13th September until Sunday 30th September during the 2018 Melbourne Fringe Festival. This year’s exhibition is set to be a…

Australia’s premier open building event Sydney Open returns on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 November, marking 21 years since the city first unlocked its doors to some of the most historic and architecturally inspiring buildings usually off limits to the general public. From places of historic significance to award-winning new buildings that shape this city’s…

The Naomi Milgrom Foundation today unveiled highlights of the MPavilion 2018 program. MPavilion 2018, designed by renowned Barcelona-based architect Carme Pinós of Estudio Carme Pinós will open to the public from 9 October 2018 through 3 February 2019. The four-month program comprises over 400 free events taking the form of…

Narek Galleries, the beautiful newly-premised art gallery based in the coastal town of Bermagui NSW, is thrilled to announce Landscape, a new exhibition inspired by the vitality of the rural landscape. Opening on 17 November and continuing through to 15 December, Landscape features four celebrated Australian artists – Merran Esson,…

The shortlist for the coveted Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards has been released, chosen from 975 projects across 14 categories nationally and abroad. Following the Chapter Architecture Awards announcements earlier this year, 203 projects were deemed eligible for national judging, with a shortlist of 70 announced today. Jury…

A ground-breaking Indigenous design charter has taken out the highest design honour in Victoria receiving the 2018 Victorian Premier’s Design Award of the Year. The annual awards celebrate the state’s best and brightest designers and innovators across categories including architectural, product and industrial, communications, digital and service design. The Jury…